Jorge Queijo + Maria MónicaJorge Queijo + Maria Mónica

Live: Jorge Queijo (from Portuguese) Maria Mónica (from Portuguese) à qui avec Gabriel Yoshio Machida Cal Lyall Artist Information: Jorge Queijo  [Jorge Queijo Homepage](http://jorgequeijo.net) Maria Mónica

Channel 180 - TRANSITION from Maria Monica on Vimeo.

Maria Mónica (video), Jorge Queijo (sound) [mariamonica.com](http://mariamonica.com) à qui avec Gabriel  à qui avec Gabriel ("à qui" being the performer's name, and "Gabriel" being the name of her accordion) is a composer and musician based in Tokyo. She made her debut with "UTSUHO" on John Zorn's TZADIK label in 2001 (featuring Haino Keiji as a guest musician). She began playing solo improvisation in 2002, and has collaborated with a range of musicians since 2007. Recently, she plays in a duo with Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple), and from 2012 has been singing Japanese Enka using the piano. [à qui avec Gabriel Web](http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~aqui/) Yoshio Machida  Sound and visual artist, Steelpan player. He studied minimal art, music and movie extensively under Kuniharu Akiyama and Kishio Suga at Tama art university in Tokyo. Machida has played for art and music festivals; ISEA2004, Sonar-Tokyo, Europhonics Jazz Festival, Maerz Musik, Cyberfest, etc. He has been introduced in a book "Haunted Weather" by David Toop and in a compilation album "Japanese Avant Garde" (Sub Rosa, 2002) with Yoshihide Otomo, Sachiko M, Merzbow, etc. In 2009, Machida directed sound design and composed soundtracks for Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition in Tokyo. In 2011, he had a solo exhibition using video installation, embroidery work and photopaper work in Bulgaria. He mainly plays improvisation with steelpan, not like Caribbean style, more like experimental and traditional Indian music. He will release an album by old modular synthesizer from a French label Baskaru in the spring, 2014. [Yoshio Machida Homepage](http://yoshiomachida.com/) Cal lyall  Currently based in Tokyo, Cal Lyall (guitarist, sound artist) had an early interest in diverse musical forms that led to intense travel and study throughout Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent. He continues to explore the possibilities of traditional forms in numerous projects (Tetragrammaton, Jahiliyyah, Palimpsest, Missing Man Foundation) which reflect a bevy of influences, ranging from free-flowing drone to ecstatic improvisation. He also performs as a solo artist with a number of distinctive artists, such as Tetuzi Akiyama, Tim Olive, Chihei Hatakeyama, Kelly Churko, Yoshio Machida, Government Alpha and Chie Mukai, among others. With an active performance schedule in Japan and past tours through Thailand, Laos, China and Korea, he also heads up the Subvalent record label, oversees the Tokyo Hub of Jolt Sonic Arts (Australia) and organizes the long-running [www.subvalent.com](http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall)