Geoff Leigh / Chris Brown / Katan HiviyaGeoff Leigh／Chris Brown／日比谷カタン

Live: (()) Geoff Leigh (United Kingdom: The Artaud Beats, ex. Henry Cow) + Shizuku Aosaki + Max Manac'h + SAWADA (()) Chris Brown (America) solo & group with Akihiro Kubota + Tadashi Usami (()) Special Guest：Katan Hiviya solo Artist Information: GEOFF LEIGH session Geoff Leigh (UK / The Artaud Beats, ex. Henry Cow)  Flute, sax and electronics [Geoff Leigh Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Leigh) Shizuku Aosaki Voice and celtic harp [Shizuku Aosaki Official Website](http://www.aosakishizuku.jp) Max Manac'h [Max Manac'h Official Website](http://www.maxmanach.com) SAWADA Snare drum [SAWADA Official Website](http://www.snaredrumsolo.com) CHRIS BROWN solo & group Chris Brown (USA)  Composer, pianist, and electronic musician, creates music for acoustic instruments with interactive electronics, for computer networks, and for improvising ensembles. Collaboration and improvisation are consistent themes in his work, as well as the invention and performance of new electronic instruments. These range from electro-acoustic instruments ("Gazamba", 1982), to acoustic instrument transformation systems ("Lava", 1992), and audience interactive FM radio installations ("Transmissions", 2004, with Guillermo Galindo). As a performer he has recorded music by Henry Cowell, Luc Ferrari, José Maceda, John Zorn, David Rosenboom, Larry Ochs, Glenn Spearman, and Wadada Leo Smith; as an improvisor he has recorded with Anthony Braxton, Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Ikue Mori, Alvin Curran, William Winant, Biggi Vinkeloe, Don Robinson, and Frank Gratkowski, among many others. Recent recordings of his music include "ROGUE WAVE" (on Tzadik), "TALKING DRUM" (on Pogus), a duet with Fred Frith titled "CUTTER HEADS" (on Intakt), and "SUSPENSION", with the CBD Trio, on Rastascan. He is also a member of the pioneering computer network band "The Hub", which has just released"BOUNDARY LAYER"a box set recording celebrating over 20 years of music on Tzadik. He is also a Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM) at Mills College in Oakland, California. [Chris Brown Official Website](http://www.cbmuse.com) Akihiro Kubota Born in 1960, Kubota is a professor of the Art & Media course in the Information Design Department of Tama Art University. He earned his doctorate at the University of Tokyo, Department of Engineering. He has pioneered the development and synthesis of a broad spectrum of hybrid creative endeavors, including satellite art (artsat.jp), bioart (bioart.jp), digital fabrication (fablabshibuya.org), and sound performance with instruments he has invented (hemokosa.com). He is the author of Kieyuku Computer (Disappearing Computer-Human Interface; Iwanami Shoten 1999), co-author of Post-Techno(logy) Music (Ohmura Shoten, 2001), and translation supervisor of the Japanese editions of FORM+CODE in Design, Architecture, and Art (Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, LUST; BNN, 2011), Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information (Manuel Lima; BNN, 2012), Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing (Matt Pearson; BNN, 2012) and Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking (Nicolas Collins; O'Reilly Japan, 2013). Tadashi Usami KATAN HIVIYA  A absolutely mind blowing performer. After years of experience as a backing guitarist, he started his own career as a solo musician, writing his own songs and singing them accompanying himself on acoustic guitar in 2001. Hiviya performs regularly throughout Japan and has been invited to perform abroad at prestigious music festivals such as: Vilnius JAZZ Festival 2005 (Lithuania), Litoměřice JAZZ Festival 2006 (Czech Republic), Kongsberg JAZZ Festival 2006 (Norway), Moers JAZZ Festival 2011 (Germany). [Katan Hiviya Homepage](http://katanhiviya.com/index.html)