Browse by Artist: ROWE/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA, KEITH

Artist:	ROWE/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA, KEITH
Title:	Weather Sky
Label:	ERSTWHILE
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	ERST 018CD

"Keith Rowe and Toshimaru Nakamura are two of the most important musicians in the world today. Fans of each other's work, they began to collaborate in early 2001, and have created in Weather Sky a timeless work of art. Rowe, who is best known for his groundbreaking work with AMM (the seminal improvising collective he co-founded in 1965 with Eddie Prévost and Lou Gare), also currently leads the Music In Movement Electronic Orchestra, an all-star group featuring many of Europe's premier electronic musicians. Nakamura plays the 'no-input mixing board', connecting the input of the board to the output, then manipulating the resultant feedback. Since 1998, he's been exploring the possibilities of his instrument in contexts ranging from solo to collaborations with Sachiko M, Andrea Neumann, and the duo project Repeat with drummer Jason Kahn. Weather Sky was recorded in Saint-Etienne, France in June 2001, and consists of three live improvisations totalling 73 minutes. Both musicians almost entirely sublimate their egos throughout, creating a pure abstract feedback, with occasional flecks of sound jumping to the foreground, combining to produce a sense of eternity."

Artist:	ROWE/TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA, KEITH
Title:	Between
Label:	ERSTWHILE
Format:	2CD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	ERST 050CD

"Keith Rowe and Toshimaru Nakamura first began collaborating in 2001, and since then they have developed into ideal partners, perfectly balanced from decidedly different perspectives, a consummate rapport without lapsing into predictability. Since their first CD, Weather Sky, was released in 2001, they have toured as a duo throughout Europe and the US, playing dozens of shows together. Between was mostly recorded over two days and nights in July 2005 at Amann Studios in Vienna, combined with one long track from Lausanne a few months earlier. The music seems impossible to process or analyze, defying boundaries and ground rules as soon as they seem to be established. The packaging originated with a photo by Yuko Zama, commissioned by the musicians, which provided the starting point for Rowe's cover painting. Erstwhile designer Friederike Paetzold then filled in the gaps 'between' impeccably, splitting the differences between the aesthetics while not ignoring her own, all adding up to a gorgeous design." Between, for me is about the tension and space between objects, and how we might occupy this area, to reside if you like between the conventions, to locate the flexibility that comes from de-theorizing the dogmas.' -- Keith Rowe.

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