Kiyoharu Kuwayama

Kiyoharu Kuwayama is a sound artist based in Nagoya, Japan, who began working with sound in the late 1980s using a half-size violin and found junk. Under the name Lethe he has made a long series of recordings, Catastrophe Point, that use the resonance of abandoned warehouses and other disused sites. Kuwayama formed an improvising duo with violinist Rina Kijima in 1999, often playing in spaces chosen for their natural reverb; their records appeared on 20City, Trente Oiseaux and Alluvial.