OTOMO YOSHIHIDE & KEI MATSUMARU – Shutsumin

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 Papua 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.

"Shutsumin" refers to the transitioning state from sleep to wakefulness, and most commonly refers to Hypnopompia, where one may experience hallucinations and other abnormal sensations. 
All track titles are also words related to sleeping and dreaming

 

CREDITS:

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