Henrik Olsson, Toshimaru Nakamura (中村としまる), Tetuzi Akiyama (秋山徹次)

Henrik Olsson

Born in 1975 in the village of Kyrkhult, a small industrial community in the south of Sweden. Studied classical percussion and received his MFA in 2001 at The Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg. Henrik moves freely between notated music and free improvisation, blending acoustic and amplified sounds with the use of contact microphones. His music has been released on labels such as Another Timbre, Häpna, Kning Disk, BombaxBombax, Monotype Records, iDEAL, Hockey Rawks and more. Member in bands such as Skogen, Muddersten, Gahlmm, Bohuslän Big Bang etc. Over the years he has been collaborating with musicians such as Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Tisha Mukarji, Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Angharad Davies, Axel Dörner, Ko Ishikawa and many more.

中村 としまる　TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA

ノー・インプット・ミキシング・ボード奏者。

舞台音響技術、遊戯施設の効果音および音楽制作、或いはまた楽団でギターを弾くなどの２０歳代を経てたが、結句、何物も身につかなかった。唯一、ひょんなことから興じていったオーディオ・ミキサーを用いたフィードバックの演奏のみが、手に馴染み且つ精神との整合も取れるものとなり、それが我れも演奏家の端くれであるという大胆な誤認を自らにもたらす。この悲劇的な思い上がりを前提として、演奏の機会が与えられればこれに応じ、現在に至る。

Toshimaru Nakamura has been producing electronic music on self-named "no-input mixing board." The name describes the method of his music. "No" external sound source is connected back to "inputs" of the "mixing board”. Nakamura’s principle is being an improviser, no-input mixing board is the best vehicle so far to realise his attitude toward music. According to the nature of the set-up, Nakamura always has to deal with unpredictability, therefore, he is willing to abandon his control over the instrument to some extent, and place himself in the realm of obedience and resignation.

He has been performing live concerts in Tokyo and elsewhere by travelling around Europe, North America, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, China, Singapore and Malaysia since the middle of 1990's until now, for meeting, working and playing concerts with local musicians from those places and ones from different places.

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。