JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL DAY 2JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL DAY 2

Featuring: Haino Keiji + Otomo Yoshihide L?K?O + SIN:NED + Makino Takashi (Filmwork) Yumiko Tanaka + Mary Doumany + Morishige Yasumune + Cal Lyall + )-(U||!C|< + Akiko Nakayama (alive painting) DJ: Evil Penguin To reserve a 2 DAY PASS: please send a mail with the subject header "JOLT TOURING FESTIVAL PASS" to [jolt2015@super-deluxe.com](mailto:jolt2015@super-deluxe.com), including your name, phone number, and the number of passes you wish to reserve. Organized by: Jolts Arts Inc. / Test Tone / The Click Clack Project [joltarts.org](http://www.joltarts.org) [www.test-tone.com](http://www.test-tone.com) Artist Information: HAINO KEIJI  Active since the 1970s, Japanese improviser and singer-songwriter Haino Keiji remains a towering figure in contemporary experimental music. Born in 1952 in Chiba, Haino was first drawn to the theater by way of Antonin Artaud, but an encounter with The Doors stimulated him into playing music. Spurred by a deep interest in folk music from around the world, he studied and absorbed a wide range of traditions, particularly the early blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and medieval European troubadour music. In the early 1970s, he joined the group Lost Aaraaf as a vocalist, while at the same time delving into home recording and teaching himself guitar and percussion. In 1978 he formed Fushitsusha, taking the hard rock sound at that time into utterly new, powerful and profound dimensions. To this day, Fushitsha remains an essential vehicle for his cathartic sound explorations, while his solo work and a long list of other collaborative projects (including Nijiumu, Aihiyo, Seijaku, Vajra, Sanhedrin, Nazoranai and Hardy Soul) showcase his diverse and uncompromising musical interests. A Haino Keiji performance is a masterclass in extremes; it's an excoriating experience that oftentimes takes unprepared concertgoers completely off their feet. His overwhelming presence on stage is proportional to his intensely prolific recorded output and live schedule, releasing close to 200 albums and performing upwards of 1500 shows worldwide to date. His long list of collaborators include the likes of Loren Connors, Barre Phillips, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Lee Konitz, Joey Baron, Misha Mengelberg, Rashied Ali, Akita Masami, Peter Brötzmann, Kang Tae Hwan, Mikami Kan, Yoshizawa Motoharu, Yoshida Tatsuya, Kudo Tori, Jim O'Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide and many more. [www.fushitsusha.com](http://www.fushitsusha.com) VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/IgVGriFcFn0](https://youtu.be/IgVGriFcFn0) OTOMO YOSHIHIDE  Improvising guitarist, turntablist and composer Otomo Yoshihide is one of the most prominent figures in experimental and avant-garde music of his generation. Born 1959 in Yokohama, Japan, Otomo was the son of an engineer, which led to an early interest in building electronic sound-generating devices and collages using open-reel tape recorders. During high school, Otomo performed in a local rock band before moving on to free jazz, influenced primarily by saxophonist Kaoru Abe and guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi. In university, he also became fascinated with folk music, and in 1981 traveled to Hainan, China to research the area's musical culture. Upon returning to Tokyo, Otomo became involved in the free improvisation scene in earnest, leading to the bands No Problem and ORT, and a duo with saxophonist Junji Hirose in the late 1980s. In 1990, Otomo joined bassist Kato Hideki's group Player Piano and also formed his own noise rock group, Ground Zero. A defiantly noisy amalgam of jazz, rock, and the avant-garde, the group shattered minds with five groundbreaking albums before disbanding in 1998. Other Otomo-helmed groups of the period included the Double Unit Orchestra, Mosquito Paper and Sampling Virus Project. After Ground Zero, he continued to branch out into a range of diverse projects, such as the minimal sine wave-based explorations of Filament and I.S.O., or a return to jazz with his New Jazz Quintet. A consummate collaborator, he continued to work with artists like Christian Marclay, Keith Rowe, John Zorn, Günter Müller, Jon Rose, Sachiko M, Akita Masami and Haino Keiji, among many others. In recent years, he has focused on his "Ensembles", a series of unique collaborative concerts and musical works.In addition to his own groups and performance, he continues to make his mark as a highly versatile and in-demand composer for film and television, and has produced more than 70 movie soundtracks to date. He has received numerous awards for his scores, including the Japan Record Award in 2013.His artistic pursuits have also gained prominence due to his community involvement, which include music workshops for handicapped children and his activities following the Great East Japan Earthquake, most notably PROJECT FUKUSHIMA!, for which he received a Minister of Education Award in 2012. [otomoyoshihide.com](http://otomoyoshihide.com/) VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/wNgPvVPGyf0](https://youtu.be/wNgPvVPGyf0) L?K?O  Fusing club music shamanism and experimental turntablism with shapeshifting skill, L?K?O has forged a singular path into previously unknown worlds of sound. Concocted from seemingly infinite crates of obscurities, his eclectic sonic journeys have confounded some along the way, but his uncompromising style and visionary craftsmanship attracted a loyal following from the very beginning. His mixed tapes and CDs explore different musical themes each time, and many of them – including “Bed Making”, “Thai Village Classics” and “Strictly Rockers” – have become classics for collectors and have long since sold out. He has also extended the language of the turntable beyond the confines of the club, collaborating with artists in virtually every genre. In 2008, he started the unit Oigoru with Japanese tabla phenom U-Zhaan, releasing the album “Borshakaal Breaks” to much critical acclaim. In 2010, he gained international attention as a featured artist in the French documentary about Japan’s noise and avant-garde scene called “We Don’t Care About Music Anyway,” which was followed by a series of awe-inspiring shows during an international tour to support the film. In Japan, L?K?O has repeatedly played the Dommune nightclub, which boasts the largest number of viewers worldwide for a Ustream channel dedicated to music. His 3-hour sets have drawn 5000-10000 viewers each time, all the while lifting his performances to near-legendary status. As one of Japan’s leading DJs and turntablists, L?K?O continues to traverse genre-defying territories with quiet determination, and shows no sign of slowing down. VIDEO: [https://vimeo.com/35638144](https://vimeo.com/35638144) SIN:NED  Sin:Ned (aka Wong Chung-fai/Dennis Wong) is an improviser, experimentalist and noise practitioner from Hong Kong. He is the co-founder of Re-Records, advisor of soundpocket, and core member of No One Pulse and After Doom. His focus on noise and sound signifies an implicit form of mysticism in search of direct and pure physical sonic experience through chaos, errors and the extremes. As an instrumentalist, he struggles to defy all existing rational and orthodox structures by pursuing a seemingly “meaningless, aimless and purpose-less” sonic existence. A veteran music critic, his writing has influenced a wide spectrum of experimental musicians and alternative music listeners both in Hong Kong and across China. With his prolific output as a sound artist and improviser, along with his Noise to Signal concert series, he is the main proponent of the Hong Kong underground experimental music scene. His collaborators include artists such as Zbigniew Karkowski, Yan Jun, Alfred 23 Harth, Otomo Yoshihide, dj sniff, Xper.Xr, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Torturing Nurse, and many more. [http://sin-ned.blogspot.jp](http://sin-ned.blogspot.jp) VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/f20MYpscJqc](https://youtu.be/f20MYpscJqc) MAKINO TAKASHI  Makino Takashi is an experimental filmmaker who lives and works in Tokyo. He creates and exhibits films that make full use of all film and video techniques, treating the image and the music as elements of equal importance. In 2001, after graduating from the Cinema Department of Nihon University College of Art, Makino moved to London to study music and lighting design at the atelier of the Brothers Quay. Makino continued to make films after returning to Japan and has held solo screenings regularly since 2004. He met Jim O’Rourke in 2005, which accelerated his filmmaking pace. His film, No is E won the Terayama Shuji Prize at the Image Forum Festival 2007. Makino was prominently featured at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, where Elements of Nothing was nominated for the Tiger Award. Since then his films have been invited for screenings at more than 30 international film festivals and video art festivals. In 2009, still in cosmos won the Grand-Prix at the 25FPS International Experimental Film & Video Festival 2009. [makinotakashi.net](http://makinotakashi.net) VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/4vOEVjRHPi4](https://youtu.be/4vOEVjRHPi4) YUMIKO TANAKA  Active since the early 1980s, shamisen player and vocalist Yumiko Tanaka is one of the few luminaries of traditional Japanese music who has also made a indelible impact on the world of contemporary music, theater and the avant-grade. In 2009, she became the general holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property as a member of Gidayu-bushi Preservation Society.Tanaka's credits range from performing with orchestras, such as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, to collaborating with pioneers in the world of jazz and experimental improvisation, including Elliott Sharp, Otomo Yoshihide, John Zorn, Sakata Akira, Haino Keiji, John Russell, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Yoshida Tatsuya, Sabu Toyozumi, Aki Onda and conductor Butch Morris. As a soloist, Tanaka has toured ever corner of the globe, while also participating in many contemporary music groups, such as Pro Musica Nipponia, ITO and Otomo Yoshihide's band, Ground Zero. She has performed in several notable venues, including the Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls, and has received accolades in the New York Times and awards to numerous to mention. Tanaka has a Master's degree in musicology from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music and is currently an associate professor at the Hyogo University of Teacher Education, lecturing on Japanese music history and teaching shamisen and koto to both undergraduate and graduate students. VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/0FwU6-P6bXo](https://youtu.be/0FwU6-P6bXo) [www.japanimprov.com/ytanaka](http://www.japanimprov.com/ytanaka/profile.html) MARY DOUMANY  Mary Doumany is a virtuoso harpist, who also composes and sings her own material. Her voice has an intimacy and fluidity that seem effortless and there is a unique freedom to her interpretations. She is one of a new breed of Australian cross genre artists, who incorporate influences from many styles and traditions to create their music. This is very much in evidence on her album of original solo harp works, entitled ‘Elemental’. Julie Raines, harpist with the MSO describes it as ‘unusually beautiful, superbly written, displaying Mary Doumany’s mastery of interesting special effects, and her true insight and understanding of the harp’s character.’ Passionate about exploring and demonstrating the versatility of the harp, Mary says that improvisation is an essential element of her compositions: ‘I love the excitement of improvisation, especially when playing solo. It gives you the freedom to respond to the moment and the audience.' [www.marydoumany.com](http://www.marydoumany.com) CAL LYALL  Born in Montreal, Cal Lyall studied classical composition and jazz performance in Quebec, eventually moving westward in Canada to teach music and perform. An 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. A visit to Japan in 1998 led to long-term residency in Tokyo, where he is currently active as a sound artist focusing on improvisation, folk music and urban noise. Involved in the arts scene in Japan for over fifteen years, he has organized large-scale performances involving both Japanese and overseas artists, while also remaining a key member of a number of musical groups which have toured both locally and internationally. His musical activities are documented on over 30 albums he has both curated (including three full-length compilations released on medama records in Japan) and contributed to as a writer or musician. As a curator, he established the monthly Test Tone concert series in 2005 at Tokyo’s SuperDeluxe. Featuring over a thousand distinct artists over its 9 year run, it reached its 100th instalment in 2014. He also performs as a solo artist with a number of distinctive artists, such as Tetuzi Akiyama, Tim Olive, Che Chen, Chihei Hatakeyama, Kelly Churko, Toshio Kajiwara, Jean-François Laporte, Christophe Charles, Yoshio Machida, L?K?O, Pardon Kimura, Government Alpha and Chie Mukai, among others. With an active performance schedule in Japan and past tours through Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, China, Korea, Australia and the US, he also heads up the Subvalent record label and oversees the Tokyo Hub of Jolt Sonic Arts (Australia). VIDEO: [https://vimeo.com/80570512](https://vimeo.com/80570512) [http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall](http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall) MORISHIGE YASUMUNE  As one of Japan's most unique voices of the cello, improvising musician Morishige Yasumune continues to collaborate with a wide array of dancers and musicians both in Japan and around the world. His improvisational approach looks to extend the cello's sonic possibilities, expanding the vocabulary of the instrument into rich unexplored territories. In addition to his improvisational work, he also composes his own vocal works, accompanying his voice with either cello or piano. More recently, he is playing electric bass in Haino Keiji's band Fushitsusha. In additional to his musical activities, Morishige is also a distinctive photographer who published his first collection, entitled "photographs", in 2010. VIDEO: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwqM8PxobVg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwqM8PxobVg) [www.mori-shige.com](http://www.mori-shige.com) )-(U||!C|<  James Hullick, known by his moniker )-(u||!c|<, is a Melbourne-based sound and media designer, artistic director–composer and researcher who works at the forefront of international sonic arts creation and presentation. With a focus on working with communities, his sonic practice is wide-ranging. The innovative terrains of sonic excellence that he continues to work through include: site-specific sonic art installation; surround sound; recursive compositional techniques; perceptual music-making; real-time scores; sound-making machines and community arts projects. James founded JOLT (2008) and has artistically directed many projects since that time. JOLT projects and JOLT festivals have taken place internationally in the US, Asia, Europe and the UK. In 2011 he also founded the Click Clack Project, an organisation that combines community sonic artists with professional sonic artists. James holds a PhD and recently completed a three-year fellowship at the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music. He was awarded an Australia Council Fellowship for 2015 and received the Michael Kieran Harvey Piano Scholarship 2015–16. [www.hullickmedia.com](http://www.hullickmedia.com) 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) VIDEO: [https://youtu.be/h_UimZzclOU](https://youtu.be/h_UimZzclOU)