Otomo Yoshihide

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Founded: b. 1959

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Website Link(s): Improvised Music From Japan site

Contents 1 Label(s) 2 Genre(s) 3 RIYL 4 Member of 5 Biography 6 Discography 6.1 Albums 6.2 EPs 6.3 Singles 7 Appears On 7.1 Compilations 7.2 Soundtracks 7.3 Mix CDs

[edit] Label(s)

• Tzadik

[edit] Genre(s)

• Free Jazz
• Turntablism
• Japanese Noise

[edit] RIYL

• Merzbow
• John Zorn
• Ornette Coleman
• Sachiko M
• Terre Thaemlitz

[edit] Member of

• Ground Zero
• Filament
• I.S.O.
• Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble/Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet/Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
• Novo Tono
• Les Scuplteurs Des Vinyl
• ORT
• No Problem

[edit] Biography

Otomo Yoshihide perhaps was more known as an innovative Jazz Guitarist when he started out, although he is now known for both Jazz and his experimental noise work with such groups as Ground Zero and Filament. He became interested in found sound and turntablism and experimental music in general and works now with a core of frequent collaborators as well as other outside musicians.

[edit] Discography

(full discography here -- selected albums appear below)

[edit] Albums

• Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble - Dreams
• Les Scuplteurs Des Vinyl - Memory And Money:Les Scuplteurs Des VinylMemory And Money

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

[edit] Appears On

[edit] Compilations

• Japanese Avant-Garde: Agitation & Stillness, Noise & Silence

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Mix CDs

• Hobotic Mixed CDs Volumes 1-5