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Akio Suzuki (鈴木昭男) is a japanese artist born in North Korean Pyongyang (1941). At the age of four he moved to Japan, to a town called Aichi.
During the 60’s ,he began his “self-study events”; for four years he worked as a sound researcher, studying the sound qualities of places in nature and architectural spaces. He investigates places by constructing a topography of sound based on the principle of call and echo. The intensive study during the 1970’s of the phenomenon of reverberation or echo inspired him to invent his own instruments, such as the glass harmonica à la Suzuki and the ANALAPOS spiral echo instrument. In the late 70’s he successively developed other sounds generated with newspapers and other curious objects.
Since the 1970’s, he has been performing many times,using these self-built instruments. In 1981, Suzuki received a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Since 1989, he has often been working with the dance and performance artist Junko Wada.
Today he lives in the countryside near the Japanese coast.
During the 60’s ,he began his “self-study events”; for four years he worked as a sound researcher, studying the sound qualities of places in nature and architectural spaces. He investigates places by constructing a topography of sound based on the principle of call and echo. The intensive study during the 1970’s of the phenomenon of reverberation or echo inspired him to invent his own instruments, such as the glass harmonica à la Suzuki and the ANALAPOS spiral echo instrument. In the late 70’s he successively developed other sounds generated with newspapers and other curious objects.
Since the 1970’s, he has been performing many times,using these self-built instruments. In 1981, Suzuki received a scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Since 1989, he has often been working with the dance and performance artist Junko Wada.
Today he lives in the countryside near the Japanese coast.
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mattimeus wrote:
plate juggling '79 is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. just wonderful in all regards
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Creepcleaner wrote:
my mind is blank
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bidsprinkhaan wrote:
"At the age of four he moved to Japan, to a town called Aichi." from North Korea? wtf
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insomniacme wrote:
wow touchey
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wppss wrote:
WHO WOULD HE SEELL OUT TO?!?!?!?!?! Idiots! dont even get it
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green_pencil wrote:
I love this..so much!
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dynamical_chaos wrote:
great man!
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insomniacme wrote:
Yeah
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redorange wrote:
If you happen to be in London next Tuesday, 21st April, I recommend the UK premiere of BAKIRINOSU, a female acapella duo from Osaka, Japan. Fed by diverse influences, the twin voices of Bakirinosu have their roots in popular Japanese music and travel, a cappella, along melodic lines that evoke both European folklore and the sound of unknown threnody, from further away. Part of Osaka’s art scene, Ras and Gaki collaborated on rock projects before testing out a more daring formula based on song. Bakirinosu is a young group, whose candour is captivating and whose voices are beautifully simple, spontaneous and tranquil, oscillating between ethnic breathlessness and poetic nursery rhymes. BAKIRINOSU live at CAFE OTO, London Tuesday 21 April 2009, 20h00 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL, www.cafeoto.co.uk Book now at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/45498 £8 in advance, £10 at the door
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Delirium-Cordia wrote:
Took an eternity download but I'm liking it.
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Grindfucked wrote:
I like this guy
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SolitudEE wrote:
Interesting.
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diegochersicola wrote:
http://remitur.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/various-artists-haunted-weather-2004/
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