OTOMO YOSHIHIDE & KEI MATSUMARU – Shutsumin

TROST | TR249 | CD | 2026

Otomo Yoshihide - guitar, turntable
Kei Matsumaru - alto & soprano saxophone, electronics

Shutsumin, the debut recording from the generation spanning duo of Japanese legend Otomo Yoshihide, toggling between guitar and turntables, and rising saxophonist Kei Matsumaru, a native of Palau New Guinea, who moved to Tokyo after studying jazz at the Berkelee College of Music in Boston, where he's become a close collaborator of Eiko Ishibashi in addition to leading his own genre-defying solo projects. Both musicians casually ignore lines between jazz, experimental music, and noise, fashioning a bracing set of improvisations marked by visceral timbres, quicksilver gestural exchanges, and charged interactivity.

 

CREDITS:

Recording:live at Shinjuku PIT INN, Tokyo, Japan April 13, 2024
Mix:Otomo Yoshihide
Mastering:Lasse Marhaug
Artwork:Lasse Marhaug

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