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CD Feature/ Jamie Saft & Merzbow: "Merzdub" Utmost respect and utter disdain: A Dub-drenched quarrel over who reigns supreme in the land of Noise and Sludge.

CD Feature/ V.A.: "Signal to Noise Vol. 6" Human encounters: A bewildering and extremely entertaining eclecticism.

CD Feature/ Jean-Luc Guionnet & Toshimaru Nakamura: "Map" An atuned auditive process: Past and history are collapsing into a burning marker on a shifting timescale.

Kent Nagano: Festival Bel Canto translates torments of the human soul Conductor Kent Nagano is offering a double boon to all fans of bel canto. Together with his colleagues of the ...

CD Feature/ Yasushi Yoshida: "Little Grace" A fragile cobweb of insinuations and metaphors: Dreamy melancholia and delightful misery.

CD Feature/ Sawako: "Bitter Sweet" Emphasises harmony instead of information: A cocoon for a brightly coloured butterfly.

15 Questions to Yui Onodera Sound artists are often extremely scepctical about the impact of their work. As the example of Yui Onodera shows, however, ...

15 Questions to Sawako Sawako politely deleted some questions of this interview, because she felt that "they are based on the typical 'A VS ...

Dream Amsterdam: Ryoji Ikeda floods the city with pure light The Dream Asterdam foundation has announced that Japanese multimedia artist Ryoji Ikeda will be their featured artist for this year's ...

Interview with Yoshio Machida In a quiet way, an important series came to a close this year when Yoshio Machida presented the final installment ...

Toshimaru Nakamura: Learns English in "One Day" Influential Japanse sound artist Toshimaru Nakamura has teamed up with „English“, the duo of Joe Foster and Bonnie Jones, for ...

CD Feature/ Yoshio Machida: "Hypernatural #3" A sentimental ending: Even decay is part of a circular flow.

Sound as an Instrument Tokyo is his theme: Yui Onodera is interested in the relationship between music and the place it comes from.

Mayuko Kamio: Plays exclusively for Sony BMG Japanese Violinist Mayuko Kamio has signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony BMG Masterworks. To both sides, this presents a ...

CD Feature/ Midori: "Bach/Bartok" Universal classics: Infused by a friendly avantgardistic touch.