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A powerful double bill featuring Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Otomo Yoshihide and Indonesian duo Senyawa On 6 August, Freespace Noise Fest wraps with a powerful finale double bill in The Box showcasing two leading names in experimental music. Opening the programme, Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Otomo Yoshihide performs a raw free-improvisation set on turntable and guitar. Renowned for his multi-faceted career spanning noise, jazz, pop and film soundtracks, Yoshihide has achieved iconic status among noise audiences worldwide. In the second session, Yogyakarta-based duo Senyawa, a band at the forefront of Indonesian contemporary music, perform tracks from their latest album Vajranala. Blending Rully Shabara’s vocals – a mix of Indonesian folk, throat singing, death metal and shamanistic howls – with the frenetic punctuation of Wukir Suryadi’s unique handcrafted instrumentation, their unique sound brings Freespace Noise Fest to an exhilarating end.
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Freespace — Hong Kong’s centre for contemporary performance in the heart of the West Kowloon Cultural District's Art Park — presents multi-genre performances and events, ...
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大友良英 Biography
Yoshihide Otomo (大友良英), born August 1, 1959 in Yokohama, Japan, is an experimental musician, a turntablist and guitarist. He played in rock bands while at college, but turned to improvisation after discovering free jazzand free improvisation musicians like the guitarist Derek Bailey, the saxophonist Kaoru Abe and guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi (from whom he had lessons). He was the leader of the noise rock group Ground Zero in the 90's.
Ōtomo studied at the Meiji University from 1979 where he took a course on ethnomusicology in which he concentrated on Japanese pop music during World War II and the development of musical instruments during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (samples of instruments and music from this period are found in several of his records). From 1981, Ōtomo played free improvisation in clubs, performing on guitar and also using tapes and electronics.
Read MoreŌtomo studied at the Meiji University from 1979 where he took a course on ethnomusicology in which he concentrated on Japanese pop music during World War II and the development of musical instruments during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (samples of instruments and music from this period are found in several of his records). From 1981, Ōtomo played free improvisation in clubs, performing on guitar and also using tapes and electronics.
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