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Improvised Music from Japan

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Improvised Music from Japan is a website and record label.

The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it concentrates on Japanese and Japan-based improvisers, particularly free improvisers.

In December 2001, a compilation box-set, also called Improvised Music from Japan, was released to mark the fifth anniversary of the website. It was a 10 CD collection of previously unissued material from a variety of Japanese musicians (some of them collaborating with Europeans and Americans). The artists featured on the release are:

The label has since released a number of other records featuring similar artists:

  • Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 1 (IMJ-501, April 2002)
  • Otomo Yoshihide, Ensemble Cathode (IMJ-502, July 2002)
  • Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Neumann and Sachiko M, In Case of Fire Take the Stairs (IMJ-503, December 2002)
  • Ami Yoshida, Tiger Thrush (IMJ-504, July 2003)
  • Shoji Hano, 48 (IMJ-505, May 2003)
  • Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 2 (IMJ-506, May 2003)
  • Yumiko Tanaka, Tayutauta (IMJ-507, due January 2004)
  • Raku Sugifatti (Radu Malfatti and Taku Sugimoto), Futatsu (IMJ-508/9, December 2003)
  • Aki Onda, Bon Voyage! (IMJ-510, October 2003)
  • Otomo Yoshihide, Park Je Chun and Mi Yeon, Loose Community (IMJ-511, December 2003)
  • Peter Brötzmann and Shoji Hano, Funny Rat (IMJ-512, October 2003)
  • Toshimaru Nakamura, Side Guitar (IMJ-513, December 2003)
  • Han Bennink and Kazuo Imai, Across the Desert (IMJ-514, December 2003)
  • Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 3 (IMJ-515, December 2003)

Other Japanese artists which could be considered free improvisers include:

See also

List of Japanoise artists

External links

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