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Featuring: nariiki (Kevin McHugh (piano) + Akihiko Ando (alto sax and effects) + Takumi Matsumura (flute) + Ryuichi Yoshida (baritone sax) + Daigo Wakasugi (drums)) Lo-shi + Akiko Nakayama (alive painting) + Misako Kikuchi (dance) Kinetic (Hiroki Chiba + Masatsugu Hattori) + Cal Lyall l Yousuke Fuyama (visuals) Akiyama Tetuzi + Noel Meek (from New Zealand) Artist Information: Akiyama Tetuzi + Noel Meek (from New Zealand)  AKIYAMA TETUZI Akiyama specializes in creating music with elements of both primitivism and realism by connecting his own aspirations, in a minimal and straightforward way, to the special instrumental qualities of the guitar. Sometimes delicately and sometimes boldly, he controls sound volumes ranging from micro to macro, in an attempt to convert the body into an electronic entity. [www.japanimprov.com/takiyama](http://www.japanimprov.com/takiyama) NOEL MEEK Noel Meek is a Wellington-based sound artist who builds drones on samplers using live recorded samples of acoustic and electric instruments with minimal digital manipulation or effects, but using non-traditional tunings and notes pitch shifted by microtonal intervals to build layers of overtones. He also heads up the experimental label End Of The Alphabet Records. [NOEL MEEK bandcamp.com](https://pseudoarcana.bandcamp.com/album/onho) Kinetic (Hiroki Chiba + Masatsugu Hattori) + Cal Lyall  KINETIC While both members of Kinetic come from extensive jazz backgrounds, their musicianship is informed as much by recent currents in electroacoustic sound and post millennium electronica. In 2011, the duo formed to explore the rhythmic nature of their chosen instruments, while discovering the collaborative possibilities of bass and drums in a number of rarefied contexts. With an approach suggesting a kind of 'human electronica' unfolding in real time, Kinetic has built a dynamic rhythmic language that extends from a jazz sensibility into other music realms, like hip hop and electroacoustic minimalism. Within this context, they are also pursuing a coherent synthesis with electronics as an instrumental tool. Although beat based, their distinctive sound arises from an extensive musical framework of their own creation. [KINETIC Homepage](http://kineticjapan.tumblr.com) CAL LYALL Musical nomad since first discovering the malleability of 4-track tape, Cal Lyall is a guitarist and sound artist currently based in Tokyo, Japan. An early interest in diverse musical forms led to intense travel and study throughout Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent, including lengthy visits to India, Pakistan and Iran. Creating a musical universe constructed from field recordings, stringed instruments, microphone systems and other electronic debris, he continues to explore the possibilities of traditional forms in numerous projects, incorporating influences ranging from free-flowing drone to ecstatic improvisation. [CAL LYALL Profile](http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall) YOUSUKE FUYAMA Yousuke Fuyama was born in Nagano, Japan in 1983. He is an artist, composer, programmer, visual and graphic designer and VJ. He has been studying musical research and sound art and completed his Master’s Degree in Media Science at Tokyo University of Technology Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences. His main focus is on expression through data interconversion using various interfaces and programs. Fuyama won the first prize at LAPTOP BATTLES TOKYO Vol.4 (2008) and continues to perform worldwide at venues such as FUTURA2008 (France), International Festival for Arts And Media Yokohama 2009, DPG, soundfollies, SonarSound Tokyo 2011 and 2012, SONICACTS 2013 (Netherlands) and Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2013 (South-Korea). He VJ/DJs at club events in Tokyo, and is also a lecturer of Max/MSP/Jitter. His installation piece was featured at “alienate/demonstrate/edit” 2012 in New Zealand and he has released sound works from Sludge-tapes (Japan), TTL Recordings (UK) and visual works from Hz-record s(Japan), PROGRESSIVE FOrM (Japan) and Mozart Kind (UK). [yousukefuyama Homepage](http://yousukefuyama.com) Lo-shi + Akiko Nakayama (alive painting) + Misako Kikuchi (dance)  LO-SHI Formed in 2012 around Gotal (guitar, samples, beats) and Ralouf (theremin, Jew's harp), Lo-shi are a Tokyo-based instrumental unit who create eerie, atmospheric soundscapes that combine beauty and dissonance in powerful and evocative ways. Influenced by the skittering beats of post-acid house British electronica, the cosmic soundscapes and quirky experimentation of krautrock bands like Can and Neu!, as well as art-related movements such as surrealism and Dada, in 2013 Lo-shi performed an improvised soundtrack to Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” with Damo Suzuki and more recently took part in the Taico Club music festival in Nagano. Named after the nightmare-eating chimera of Japanese mythology, "Baku" is the band’s second album, and first vinyl release through Koenji-based Call And Response Records. [www.lo-shi.org](http://www.lo-shi.org) AKIKO NAKAYAMA Visual artist Akiko Nakayama creates installations, live performance and photographic works dealing with energy cycles, movement and colors. Employing a wide range of techniques, her unique approach to live painting results in melting landscapes, kaleidoscopic patterns and surreal and saturated vistas. Working in collaboration with some of Japan's most distinctive improvising artists, including Keiji Haino, Akira Sakata and Hiromichi Sakamoto, she pursues what she titles 'alive painting', in which she aims to find the 'existence of life' in the act of creating out of nothingness. [www.akiko.co.jp](http://www.akiko.co.jp) MISAKO KIKUCHI After studying classical ballet at an early age, Tokyo-born dancer Misako Kikuchi went on to explore other dance styles such as modern ballet, modern jazz, street dance or flamenco, while refining her own improvisational approach to dance. Following her inclination towards variegated, often experimental forms of music, she developed a very personal style that eludes any easy categorisation. Calling forth the music rather than following it, playing unaffectedly on contrasts and counterpoints, her performances create uncontrived moments of beauty that make you feel that being alive is not irreconcilable with being free. [www.misakokikuchi.com](http://www.misakokikuchi.com) NARIIKI  nariiki is an experimental collective of musicians from the Tokyo avant garde jazz and noise community. Every new performance features a special guest musician, accompanied by core members Kevin McHugh (piano), Akihiko Ando (alto sax and effects), Takumi Matsumura (flute), Ryuichi Yoshida (baritone sax) and Daigo Wakasugi (drums). DJ EVIL PENGUIN  Master of disguises, Mexican top-hats, ambient rockabilly to minimal Hawaiian Kumulipo chants, the Evil Penguin pauses deeply against a backdrop of Neue Deutsche Welle. Celebratory, subliminal, moment-to-moment. A Tasmanian treasure with a penchant for open spaces.