Yann Joussein, Tetuzi Akiyama (秋山徹次)

Yann Joussein

musician, drummer, electronic, improviser, composer, His music is an experiment between drum techniques and electronic music, exploring many musical styles, from free jazz to noise, from minimalist music to free rock. Interested as much in the traditional concert than in performance, Yann Joussein works in a diversity of esthetics and musical forms. Co-founder / co-artistic director of the Collective and Label COAX based in Paris, Yann Joussein directs many projects: TRIBALISM (piece for 7 musicians and 3 dancers, written in collaboration with choreographer Claire Malchrowicz), Tribalism3 (with Olivia Scemama and Luca Ventimiglia), VIDEO GAME PARTY (performance around music and video games), PHOQUE EVENTRE - drums solo, electronic percussion and vocals, RESERVE AUX INSENSES (sound and light installation for a drummer, according to Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, directed by Pierre Talaron, with the voice of Denis Lavant)

He can also be heard with Håla duett (duet with sheik Anorak, artistic director of gaffer records - with who he toured in England, Scotland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark), Snap with Julien Desprez and Clément Edouard, Bribes4, Dark Radish, Peter Brötzmann, Jean François Pauvros or Raphael Vanoli, as well as the Tokyo-based performer kunichiro bueno, Akiyama Tetuzi, Miki Naoe and Marie Takahashi with whom he has made four tours and residencies in Japan and France. He also plays with COAX ORCHESTRA, the RETROVISEUR quartet, the DDJ trio, Jacques Coursil, Thomas de Pourquery, the French- English group "tweedle dee" and with the Swedish "jolly boat pirates" among others.

秋山 徹次　TETUZI AKIYAMA

ギタリスト。1964年4月13日東京生まれ。

ギターという楽器の持つ特質に、自身の欲求をミニマルかつストレートな形で加えていくことによる、原始的で即物的な意味合いを含んだ演奏を得意とする。ミクロからマクロに至る音量を、繊細に、ときには大胆にコントロールし、身体の電子化を試みる。