Taku Sugimoto
Composer / guitarist / improviser
Currently he is more active in composing, while maintaining
an interest in improvisation.
These past few years he has performed, worked, and collaborated closely
with Radu Malfatti, Manfred Werder, Stefan Thut, Cristian Alvear,
Christian Kobi, Simon Roy Christensen, Johnny Chang, Takeshi Masubuchi,
and Minami Saeki.
He is a member of Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble, an ensemble focusing on
performing compositions of contemporary or experimental music.
http://www.japanimprov.com/tsugimoto/index.html
youtube.com/watch?v=fCpyjWAlGLY
youtube.com/watch?v=9_68Ye9MKQg
Minami Saeki
Film actress, singer, and dancer born
in Nagasaki on the 18 February 1990.
she studied classical ballet, contemporary dance, classical singing,
etc.
she has acted in films, e.g., “Village on the Village” (Yukihiro
Kurokawa) or “Natsu no Musumetachi-Himegoto” (Teiichi
Hori) among others.
she is active as a singer and has performed with Taku Sugimoto,
Junichiro Tanaka, Wakana Ikeda, Masafumi Ezaki, Takashi
Masubuchi among others in the fields of both pop and
experimental music.
the CD “Songs” is a collaborative work with Taku Sugimoto.
youtube.com/watch?v=JJX1Q--D3AA
youtube.com/watch?v=U08OR_B4FiE
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TAKU SUGIMOTO + MINIAMI SAEKI + LÉO DUPLEIX
Léo Dupleix
Born in Paris (1988), graduated from Brussel Royal
Conservatory (master degree in piano Jazz). Lived in Japan for a year,
and is now based in Paris.
Léo Dupleix is an electronic musician, piano player, mainly working in
the improvised and experimental fields. He uses,computer, contact
microphones, speakers, electronic devices, Pianet (electric piano from
the 70’s), synthesizers, field recordings, to create his music.
He is interested in non-idiomatic improvisation, and composition,
electro-acoustic.
He writes scores to be performed.
He performs in solo, as well as with other musicians, and with the
bands Tandaapushi, and vierge noire.
With Siebengeiste, he explore improvisation with dancers.
He also composes music for movies.
He owns his own label of limited edition releases, AlbertineEditions.
Collaborations with: Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, Naoto
Yamagishi, Lauri Hyvarinen, Ura Hiroyuki, Simon Roy Christensen,
Laurens Smet, Seijiro Murayama, Yuta Kawasaki, Kayu Nakada, Louis
Evrard, Kou Katsuyoshi, Henrik Olsson, Akemi Nagao, ...
He performed in Europe(instants chavirées, atelier tampon, Fylkingen,
De Studio, Recyclart, Aanen loumo ...) and Japan (Ftarri, Superdeluxe,
Bar Ishee, Club Candy...)
leodupleix.bandcamp.com
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