Otomo Yoshihide is a legend in the Japanese noise scene, but should he ever come to NZ he sure isn’t borrowing my turntables for a gig!
I picked up a copy of his DVD ‘Multiple Otomo” when I was last in Tokyo and while some of his experimental turntablism is fairly demanding to listen to (ever seen someone ‘shred’ on turntables?) this particular piece ‘Plucks’ just astounded me for its beautiful minimalism:
While on the other extreme….
“Plucks” is fantastic. Easily listenable on it’s own without knowing the creativeness used to achieve it.
Otomo played at the Adam Art Gallery in 2000 I think.
It was the loudest concert I have ever been to, I couldn’t hear properly for days after that.