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Akira Sakata, Rie Nakajima

Roughly Random

Label: Ftarri

Format: CD

Genre: Jazz

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€14.00
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*200 copies limited edition* Akira Sakata is a treasure of Japan’s free jazz/improvised music world. Rie Nakajima is a London-based sound artist with an international career in Europe and beyond. Sakata and Nakajima have performed together in Japan and other countries since the mid-2010s. When Nakajima came to Japan for a time in 2023, the two appeared at Ftarri, Tokyo, on December 4, performing two duo sets. Sakata, on alto sax and clarinet, forgoes ferocious sound-making and plays with calm elegance throughout, occasionally interrupting his performance on winds and producing reverberations with a bell or a singing bowl. (On track 2, he also included the restrained and masterful speaking for which he is known.) Nakajima created a variety of sounds from many small objects placed on the floor and hung from stands. She also produced sound by playing a self-made wind instrument. This CD documents both sets of the nearly-80-minute concert in their entirety.

Details
Cat. number: ftarri-946
Year: 2024
Notes:
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, bells, singing bowl, vocals
Rie Nakajima: objects, motor

Recorded live at Ftarri, Tokyo, December 4, 2023
Recorded and mastered by Ftarri
Artwork by Marie Roux
Design by Cathy Fishman

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