Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano feat. Jim O’Rourke & Akira Sakataメテ・ラスムセン ＆ クリス・コルサーノ feat. ジム・オルーク ＆ 坂田明

JAZZHOUSE (Denmark) take-over at SuperDeluxe! May 20th program: 19:30- Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano 21:00- Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano feat. Jim O’Rourke & Akira Sakata Featuring: Live radio + DJ by The Lake Food by René Warn (Michelin star chef, substituting Clou) Chocolate by Svenningsen Nordic Chocolatier Beer by Mikkeller Tokyo Interior + Design by: - E-Types - AMPD - Engelbrechts - Louis Poulsen & Kähler Danish Art Exhibition: - Nina Wengel - Thorbjørn Bechmann - Inger Scharff and Merih Koç - Andreas Schulenburg Every night snacks and small plates (1300-2500 JPY) will be available from a pop-up restaurant at SuperDeluxe. The food is prepared by the Danish Michelin-awarded chef René Warn. (René Warn will substitute for Clou, who was previously announced.) Clou Gastro Event has unfortunately been cancelled. Contact [eva@jazzdanmark.dk](mailto:eva@jazzdanmark.dk) with inquiries. TICKETS Tickets on sake now via [PEATIX](http://peatix.com/event/242427/) SuperDeluxe also accepting reservations! Exhibition: Nina Wengel Thorbjørn Bechmann Inger Scharff and Merih Koç Andreas Schulenburg Artist Inforimation: Mette Rasmussen & Chris Corsano)  Music critics seem to love Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen and American drummer Chris Corsano. Her creative, exhilarating and at the same time sensitive way to master the alto saxophone has made Mette Rasmussen one of the most sought-after sax player at the moment. Chris Corsano (US) has been voted as one of the ’100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music'. Together they bring free-improvised music in a buoyant sound, part primal energy drive, part liberation breathes. In the second half of their concert at SuperDeluxe the duo will enjoy the excellent company of the two legendary Japan-based artists, guitarist Jim O'Rourke and saxophonist Akira Sakata - both are internationally acclaimed for their contributions to the experimental and improvised music scene. Member: Mette Rasmussen (sax) Chris Corsano (d) (US) Jim O'Rourke (g) (US) Akira Sakata (sax) (JP) Akira Sakata  Akira Sakata was born in Kure-city, Hiroshima in 1945. Studied marine biology at Hiroshima university. Formed a group Saibo-bunretsu (Cell fission) in Tokyo in 1969, and was also performing with various free-jazz musicians during this time. Since the late 1960s, Sakata has been a constant figure in jazz and creative music scenes as an ever evolving and adventurous, multi-instrumentalist, and member of classic groups such as Yamashita Yosuke Trio, from 1972 till 1979, and Wha-ha-ha plus many of his own, like the Sakata Akira mii. He has recorded with Chris Cosey, Peter Brotzmann in Last Exit, DJ Krush, Yoshimio, and others. In 2005 he began peforming with guitarist Jim O'Rourke, drummer Chris Corsano and acoustic bassist Darin Gray. They've since released three albums together. Friendly Pants is the first American release by Sakata in more than 20 years. It pairs the 65-year-old traveler alongside bombast Chikamorachi (Corsano/Gray) and O'Rourke as the producer. [www.akira-sakata.com/](http://www.akira-sakata.com/) Jim O'Rourke  Born 1969 in Chicago. O’Rourke encountered the music of Derek Bailey as youngster and began visiting him in London at the age of 13. Eyes opened to the power of improvisational guitar, he released several of his own highly experimental works and has worked closely with John Fahey and Loren Mazzacane Connors. During his long association with the Chicago experimental and improv scene O’Rourke participated in several bands and projects including Gastr Del Sol and Loose Fur. His work with Takehisa Kosugi music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as well as Tony Conrad, Arnold Dreyblatt, Christian Wolff and others built bridges between contemporary and popular music. O’Rourke’s release of landmark albums Bad Timing and Happy Days in 1997 and Eureka in 1999 garnered much attention. From 1999 to 2005 he was a member of Sonic Youth, playing bass, guitar and synthesizer as well as recording and mixing the band. In 2004 he won a Grammy Award for his production of Wilco’s A Ghost is Born. O’Rourke has also earned a loyal following for his participation in numerous albums by various artists around the world. He has a deep knowledge of Japanese culture and currently lives in Tokyo. Some of his many production credits in Japan include Quruli, Kahimi Karie, and Eiko Ishibashi. He also continues to be a consummate collaborator, working with Akira Sakata, Merzbow, Yoshihide Otomo, Seiichi Yamamoto, Boredoms and others. His recordings of Toru Takemitsu’s Corona for pianists Tokyo Realization was awarded the Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Award for Excellence in 2006. He has also scored films by Werner Herzog, Olivier Assayas, Shinji Aoyama, Koji Wakamatsu and others. His own short films have been part of the 2004 and 2006 Whitney Biennial and the 2005 Rotterdam Film Festival. O'Rourke is a diverse and powerful artist. Always searching, his borderless activity goes beyond the common labels Alternative, Post-rock, Experimental-pop, Film music, Free music, Jazz, Americana, Contemporary music and continues to defly classification. OPPOSITE 2017 [official facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/OPPOSITE2017/) Nina Wengel  Nina Wengel was born 1979, Aarhus, Denmark and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has a MA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 2008. Nina Wengel is an artist working in many medias. Mainly though, she works with contemporary landscape painting, light installations and events. [www.ninawengel.com](http://www.ninawengel.com) Thorbjørn Bechmann  Thorbjørn Bechmann (1966) lives and works in Copenhagen. His works are mainly concerned about reflections on process and matters, through color and composititon. Lately he’s works have been formal abstaction in oil on canvas, but he is working in a broad range of medias, including video and photography. Thorbjørn Bechmann is showing at 4 different venues in Japan, this spring. [www.thorbjornbechmann.com](http://www.thorbjornbechmann.com/index.html) Inger Scharff and Merih Koç  Visual artists Inger Scharff and Merih Koç are contributing to the venue with the space-specific piece “Gate”. The duo is concerned with human’s penchant for self-editing and fear of banalities and clichés. However, what seems banal often appears more complex and nuanced when we take a closer look. The “GATE” consists of two fraternal sculptures that reflect each other. They have been formed so that they fit together. Their shapes depend on each other.They part from each other but they also belong together. Like culture to culture, people to people and artist/performer to audience/observer. Through attention and honesty in the process the artists wanted to explore how they realized their ideas. The piece has been created with a point of no return attitude that resembles musicians playing a concert. Like musicians and audience always prepare, the artist have prepared in terms of materials, dimensions, idioms and position in the room. After the preparations the piece was created in one improvisational take. The sculptures' fragmented idiom is inspired by the structure of classical busts and sporadically applied gold leafs, not to cover but to frame and emphasize the process. Placed on each side of the stage, they are creating an illusion of a gate to the experience (the picture above shows the models). Andreas Schulenburg  Andreas Schulenburg (1975) was born in Germany and was later educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Schulenburg works with several different genres and media – amongst other ceramics, drawing, felt and sculpture. Yet, his favoured media remains felt, which is used for both small objects, large sculptures and two dimensional pictures. [www.charlottefogh.dk](http://www.charlottefogh.dk)