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"Pure electric works used by only SYNTHI 100 by a Japanese artist Yoshio Machida and a Belgian artist Constantin Papageorgiadis. So far this monster analog modular synthesizer (over 2 meters) was used with some equipments for historic pieces/albums (Stockhausen, John ...
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YM1701 | AMORFON

"Second album of Walk With The Penguin by a Japanese steelpanist Yoshio Machida and Serbian artists (ex. Cinc). The first album was regarded like "postrocktronica" (Terrascope), "Cocorosie kind of home made fun" (Folkpop reviews), "spring in your step"(Delusions of ...
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AMORFON017 | AMORFON

"Japanese Steelpan player and composer Yoshio Machida's 11th solo album. 6 pieces by only metal slit drum, with theme "tenderness". Like his past solo Steelpan albums "Naada" (2006) and "Steelpan Improvisation Series [i] and [ro]" (2012), this album is pursued ...
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AMORFON016 | AMORFON

SIROM - I (CD)

"Iztok Koren - banjo, bass drum, chimes, balafon; Ana Kravanja - violin, viola, ribab, kalimba, bendir, balafon, voice; Samo Kutin - ukulele, kalimba, tamburica, harps, balafon, sound objects. Recorded without overdubbing in Posavec, Slovenia 2015." (label info)
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AMORFON015 | AMORFON

"Steelpan trio album by a Portuguese drummer Jorge Queijo, a Japanese bassist Hiroki Chiba and a Japanese steelpanist Yoshio Machida. When Jorge Queijo came to play in Japan in 2014 and 2015, these tracks were recorded in Tokyo with these two Japanese artists. These ...
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AMORFON014 | AMORFON

"As the same as "i", on side A of Steelpan Imporovisation "ro", Machida plays only steelpans, without other sounds. He plays melody, rolling as drone like Tampura. Side B of "ro", Machida plays very rare low-key Steelpan called Big Mama (made in Germany). These are ...
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YM9127 | AMORFON

"Acoustic Steelpan Improvisation work series. Under the influence of traditional Indian improvised music, Machida has played distinctive improvisation so far. Based on the style, elements of Jazz, twelve-tone and ethnic & folk way are added into these albums. It's an ...
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YM9110 | AMORFON

"In 2005, Amorfon released "Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies", a compilation album of performances by babies less than 18 months old. This album idea came from an interest in looking deeper at improvisational performance, asking what is a performance that is ...
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AMORFON013 | AMORFON

MIIMO - MIIMO 5 (CD)

"5th album "miimo 5" is Electric Dub album featuring Steelpan & Electronic Steelpan (PanKAT) sounds, including Miles Davis's cover tune "All Blues"." (label info)
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MIIMO5-2012 | AMORFON

""Scape*dance" series are expression of "dance of light". It's animation work consist of 1,000 photographic paper works and music. These photographic paper works was made with only sun light exposure without camera. By the over-exposure, pink colored delicate images can ...
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YM1101 | AMORFON

MIIMO - MIIMO 4 (CD)

"Miimo is a Japanese Alternative Dub trio formed in 2005. Members are Yoshio Machida (a.k.a. an experimental steelpanist / composer), tatsu, a well known bassist in Japan in the field of Ska, Reggae to J-pop, Norihide Saji (a.k.a. plot.), a drummer / laptop artist. In ...
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MIIMO4-2011 | AMORFON

TALUGUNG - ANURA (CD)

"Talugung is the solo project of Canadian musician Ryan Waldron (aka a member of The Riderless). Since 2006, Talugung has been making music with a variety of instruments that he has collected or constructed. So far 6 albums, including "Flooded Fields"(Foxglove/Digitalis ...
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AMORFON012 | AMORFON

"Commissioned work from a legendary French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels to experimental steelpanist / composer Yoshio Machida. This is a soundtrack for their first retrospective exhibitoin at Mori Art Center in Tokyo in 2009-2010. From minimal ensemble like Nyman and ...
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AMORFON011 | AMORFON

MIIMO - MIIMO 2 (CD)

"Miimo is a Japanese Post-Dub electronica trio formed in 2005. Members are Yoshio Machida, tatsu, a well known bassist in Japan in the field of Ska, Reggae to J- pop, Norihide Saji (a.k.a. plot.), a drummer / laptop artist. 2nd album "miimo 2" is pop-electro Dub album ...
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MIIMO2-2009 | AMORFON

"Three years after the release of Naada, retrospectively, Yoshio Machida compiled his steelpan live recordings in Europe and Japan from 2001 to 2008. For his first tour in Europe in 2002, he made original "un-equal temperament" tuned steelpan by himself. It sounds like ...
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YM0901 | AMORFON

"Gene Bowen (a.k.a. Eugene Bowen) is a singer/songwriter based in California. He was working with Harold Budd, James Tenney, Daniel Lentz, Wolfgang Stoerchle and John Baldessari at California Institute of the Arts in the 70s. He plays guitar, keyboards, synthesizers and ...
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AMORFON010 | AMORFON

"Mutatation of "POP" post-rock by the Japanese active steelpanist / sound artist Yoshio Machida and the post-folk band Cinc. Sophisticated lyrics & sound burst! They recorded their pieces in spring 2006. Machida has visited to Serbia some times when he had his tours in ...
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AMORFON009 | AMORFON

"A neo alternative folk band from Serbia, CINC was praised by Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) for the previous album "Shine of Wot?" as "Beguiling". In this time, they made a unique enthusiastic album in the motif of classic poetries. Used poetries by a medieval poet ...
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AMORFON008 | AMORFON

"Gospel, Bulgarian choir singing tradition or a Hardcore Choir, HORKESKART. It all started in Belgrade in the autumn of the year 2000. A new amateur choir & orchestra group was formed for the presentation of remarkably talented art and design group SKART's unique ...
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AMORFON007 | AMORFON

"Since I released my CD "Hypernatural" in 1999, I have used the gong as a symbol of light in my works. This is because for thousands of years, the gong has been used as a symbol of the sun in countless rituals based on rice cultivation cultures throughout East Asia, and ...
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AMORFON006 | AMORFON

"All babies are geniuses. Have you ever listened to babies' musical performance seriously? These pieces in this album are live recordings with no editing. Playing Zither, Piano, Steel Pan, Turntable toy and pacifier instrument which is controlled by computer... 10 ...
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AMORFON005 | AMORFON

"There are many kinds of music & sound in this world. But most of all relaxation CDs for baby contain only soft classic music... However, babies must want to listen to cool music more in fact!! This is a compilation album for such babies. It's the album which ...
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AMORFON004 | AMORFON

"Serbia may be known for it's brass bands, but that's not all! Look out for a new & unique musical style that's coming up now, known as "The Psychedelic Folk Ensemble." This Belgrade-based band, started in the '90s, was initially influenced by such artists as Joy ...
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AMORFON003 | AMORFON

"YOSHIO MACHIDA: amorphone#2, steelpan, steel guitar, programming, live electronics (Max/MSP) TETSURO YASUNAGA: electronics(03, 05, 06) KEIICHI SUGIMOTO: guitar(01, 03, 06) "Infinite Flowers" is the 3rd album of YOSHIO MACHIDA, a sound & visual artist, based in Tokyo. ...
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AMORFON002 | AMORFON

"FITZ ELLARALD; tapes, programmings, guitar, bass, synthesizers. Fitz Ellarald is one of projects by Vladislav Dobrovolski, an artist/DJ who is representing Russian electronics, based in Moscow. Since 90's, he had joined some electric pop bands, and has played some ...
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AMORFON001 | AMORFON