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EUROPE TOUR in JULY 2010

sawako — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:26:38 +0000

sawako in Spain, UK and Italy in July 2010. more info coming soon.
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July.8th… A/V show at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
July.16th… performance in Leicester, UK
July.23-25… Interferenze Festival (performance, talk and installation), Italy

Soundwalk Editions

sawako — Sun, 16 May 2010 10:47:32 +0000

my new track “umi to mimi to nami to” is now on Soundwalk Editions, the monthly feature of artists and composers who use environmental field recordings as a point of departure in their work. all tracks are free to listen. presented by soundwalk.com
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Past features are included … Olivia Block, Machinefabriek, Aaron Ximm (quiet american), Jacob Kirkegaard, Steve Roden, Aki Onda, Francisco López, Yann Novak …

BITTER SWEET

sawako — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:08:06 +0000

At this point, only 2 copies left in 12kHQ.
Hurry up if you’d like to get it as the CD with beautiful photos (there are 2 photos inside, too) by Maki Kaoru.

SAWAKO’s track in Carl Stone’s websynradio

sawako — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:29:16 +0000

My tracks from “Summer Tour” are featured by Carl Stone’s websynradio. starts March 18 midnight (Paris time) and runs closes March 25.
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featuring music by: Ros Bobos, Robert Crouch, Joseph Hammer, Chihei Hatakeyama,Roger Kleier, Richard Lainhart, Tanner Menard, Ben Neill, Yann Novak, Yui Onodera, Sawako, Chas Smith, Carl Stone, David Toop, Wobbly

Brian Alfred’s solo exhibit

sawako — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:05:36 +0000

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I created a track for Brian Alfred’s new animation work which is showed his solo exhibit “It’s Already The End Of The World” at Haunch of Venison, NY. Flying Lotus, Ghislain Poirier, Ezekiel Honig, Roberto Carlos Lange, I am Robot And Proud, Shuta Hasunuma and others also made tracks for the same animation.

“minnna no furuhon 500″ from Keibunsha

sawako — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:23:59 +0000

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Sawako’s text about old books and book stores in NYC is in “Minna no Furuhon 500” published by Keibunsha, the book store in Kyoto.

send + receive “10 YEARS OF SOUND” 2 DVD BOX SET

sawako — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:23:32 +0000

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Celebrating the first 10 years of the festival, this set contains over 11 hours of audio, a beautiful booklet and a feature length documentary.
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20 incredible performances were painstakingly selected by committee from the rich festival history to be shared on one DVD as .wav files* (the best way to fit so much high quality audio). The artists featured on this disc are:
David Grubbs, Lee Ranaldo + Dean Roberts, Martin Tétreault, Oval, CiNdy (Sam Shalabi + Alexandre St-Onge), Tomas Jirku, Michael Dumontier, Tim Hecker, My Kingdom for a Lullaby (M. Grill, C. Kurzmann, B. Roisz + M. Siewert), Taylor Deupree, Jason Kahn, i8u, Aki Onda, 3×3is9 + Bernhard Günter, Scant Intone, crys cole, Steve Bates, Sawako, Fletcher Pratt and Oren Ambarchi.
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The second disc contains a feature length documentary created by Canadian filmmaker Caelum Vatnsdal. With extensive video footage culled from our archives alongside interviews with festival directors past and present the film not only gives a great overview of what s+r is all about but also provides a rare opportunity to witness incredible performances and events that have occurred at the festival over it’s first 10 years. Featuring several of the artists listed above as well as Peter Brotzmann, Otomo Yoshihide, Christian Bök, Ken Gregory, Steve Heimbecker, Kaffe Matthews, Alexis O’Hara, Peter Cusack, Mitchell Akiyama, Not Half and many more…
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This set serves as an incredible archive of audio art, a document of an important Canadian sound festival and simply put an amazing catalog of work.
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more info

“2 | Favourite Places” from audiobulb

sawako — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:24:01 +0000

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2 | Favourite Places brings together field and
composed recordings, providing a unique insight into
places of importance and significance within the lives
of contemporary artists from around the world.
more info

“Handmade Electronic Music” by Nicolas Collins

sawako — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:13:03 +0000

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Sawako’s crystal radio work, “ishi ~ listening stone,” was mentioned in “Handmade Electronic Music” by Nicolas Collins.
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“ishi ~ listening stone” is commissioned by Roulette with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation and was premiered on December 2007.

Oct.3rd(Sat) - NIJIKA:EVENT @ Brooklyn

sawako — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:23:30 +0000

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NIJIKA : EVENT
. . . an ephemeral intimate event about light and sound
. . . like fireflies in the city
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NIJIKA : EVENT is the outdoor event version of Sawako’s installation “Nijika” with special guests. “Nijika” created an ephemeral environment with physically modulated video projections, lights and sound. It is an installation as well as a nomadic salon, a performance stage, and a part of everyday life.
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2009.10.03 (Sat) 19:00-21:00 @ Grand Ferry Park, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Location: between Grand Street, West River Street and the East River
…audio performances:: o.blaat, Roberto Carlos Lange, sawako
…visual performances:: CJ, sawako
…environmental setup:: sawako
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RAIN DAY INFORMATION: if the weather is unsure, the decision will be posted on twitter. please check: http://twitter.com/sawakohome
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more info
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