microsuoni: Ami Yoshida

Ami Yoshida

	artista : Ami Yoshida
	titolo : Tiger Thrush
	etichetta : Improvised Music from Japan
	formato : CD
	packaging : cardboard jacket
	cod. nr. imj-504
		2003
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99 tracks (total time: 67 minutes, 58 seconds)
Ami Yoshida: voice, computer
The long-awaited solo album of amazing "howling voice" performer Ami Yoshida is finally here. It's hard to believe Yoshida's sounds, with their myriad nuances, are those of a human voice--they could easily be mistaken for minute digital noises. Over the past several years, this artist's work--including projects with Otomo Yoshihide (guitar, turntable); and the duos Cosmos, with Sachiko M (sinewaves), and Astro Twin, with Utah Kawasaki (analog synthesizer)--has garnered considerable attention on the improvised music scene both inside and outside Japan. Her 1997 release Spiritual Voice was a collaboration with the CD's producer, tamaru (bass guitar, effects), so this is essentially Yoshida's first solo album. This past June, the album Astro Twin/Cosmos (released 2002), featuring her duo work with Sachiko M and Kawasaki, took the top prize in the Digital Musics Division at the annual Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria. Consisting of 99 tracks (total time, 67'58") recorded by Ami Yoshida between January and March of this year, Tiger Thrush is a compendium of her extraordinary vocal powers. In her own words, it's "like a pictorial dictionary, arranged by category, of the sounds [she is] currently able to produce."

Prezzo : € 17,40

	Artist: Cosmos
	Title: Tears
	Label: Erstwhile
	Format: CD
	Cod. nr. erstwhile024

(1) 3'30'' | real audio

(2) 2'43'' | real audio

Sachiko M: sinewaves (1, 3), contact microphone on objects (2)
Ami Yoshida: voice

Sachiko M and Ami Yoshida, both from Tokyo, met in 1997 and formed the duo of Cosmos the following year.

Sachiko M has developed a unique style utilizing a memory-free sampler, creating pure, piercing sine waves with the device's built-in test tones and noise. She has also recently begun exploring the use of contact microphones, as documented on the second track of Tears. Sachiko has worked extensively as a solo artist, in groups such as Filament, I.S.O., and Hoahio, and in duo with Toshimaru Nakamura, as captured on do (Erstwhile). She also founded and runs the superb Amoebic label.

Ami Yoshida strives to create a pure sound, abstracting her voice until it becomes almost completely unrecognizable. In 1997, she released a duo CD, Spiritual Voice (1040), with Tamaru on electronics. Cosmos is the first project since then to feature her prominently, although she appears on Otomo Yoshihide's Cathode and Ensemble Cathode projects, and her solo pieces are a highlight of the 10-CD Japan Improv box set.

Though both women reside in Tokyo, Cosmos only perform together occasionally, so each meeting is very special. Tears is taken from two of those rare encounters, in September 2001 and February 2002. Sachiko and Ami incrementally build an atmosphere of fragile, yet deeply focused, intensity, forging a symbiotic fusion between human and electronic expression.

Price: € 9,90 offerta!