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Toshimaru Nakamura
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Toshimaru Nakamura

中村としまる

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Toshimaru Nakamura is a Japanese musician, active in free improvisation and onkyokei.

He began his career playing rock and roll guitar, but gradually explored other types of music, even abandoning guitar, and started working on circuit bending. He uses a mixing console as a live, interactive musical instrument: "Nakamura plays the 'no-input mixing board', connecting the input of the board to the output, then manipulating the resultant audio feedback."

Nakamura's music has been described as "sounds ranging from piercing high tones and shimmering whistles to galumphing, crackle-spattered bass patterns."

Nakamura founded the ensemble A Paragon of Beauty in 1992. He has recorded solo albums, worked as a session musician, and collaborated with artists including Sachiko M ("a kindred spirit"), Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Espen Reinertsen, Nicholas Bussmann, Taku Sugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, dancer Kim Ito, and drummer Jason Kahn.

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Toshimaru Nakamura (中村 としまる, Nakamura Toshimaru) est un musicien japonais, actif dans l'improvisation libre et le onkyo japonais.

Il a commencé sa carrière en jouant du rock and roll, de la guitare et a peu à peu exploré d'autres types de musique, même après l'abandon de la guitare, et a commencé à travailler sur le circuit bending. Il utilise une console de mixage comme un instrument de musique interactif live : « Nakamura joue de la console "no-input", reliant la sortie de la console vers son entrée, puis manipulant le feedback audio résultant. »

La musique de Nakamura est décrite comme des « sons allant de hautes fréquences perçantes et des sifflets à des basses fréquences grondantes ».

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