Taku Sugimoto, born December 20, 1965, in Tokyo, is a Japanese guitarist.
He initially gained attention in the late 1990s for his restrained, melodic playing, unusual in the world of free improvisation. Critic Bruce Russell describes this era of Sugimoto's music by writing: "Sugimoto is perhaps the pre-eminent stylist on the guitar ... He brings a golden glow to every session he partakes in, having abandoned amped up noise in favour of a much more introspective and calligraphic style of play."[1][2][3]
Around 2002 his music became increasingly abstract, all but eliminating melody and featuring extended periods of silence.
He has collaborated with other Japanese musicians involved in the Onkyo movement, such as Sachiko M, Toshimaru Nakamura and Otomo Yoshihide. He has also collaborated with musicians from European free improvisation scenes, notably trombonist Radu Malfatti and guitarist Keith Rowe.
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with Onkyō include Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Sachiko M, and TakuSugimoto, among others. The Off Site, a venue in Tokyo, is home to the Onkyo...
Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 (which also included TakuSugimoto on cello). In 1995, Akiyama and Sugimoto formed a guitar duo, and played at venues in New...
Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Espen Reinertsen, Nicholas Bussmann, TakuSugimoto, Tetuzi Akiyama, dancer Kim Ito, and drummer Jason Kahn. "Archived copy"...
editor and publisher of the free paper Santa which he works on with TakuSugimoto and Toshiya Tsunoda. Yoshimura's music makes use of auditory feedback...
Metal Tastes like Orange (1999) with Masahiko Okura, Günter Müller, and TakuSugimoto Cathode (1999) Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita (1999) Four Focuses...
Philippe Garrel Film: Imaginary Soundtrack (2002) with Otomo Yoshihide and TakuSugimoto Artefact (2002) with Philip Samartzis Good Morning Good Night (2004)...
many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist TakuSugimoto, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke, and many European...
World Turned Upside Down, featured a trio of guitarists Keith Rowe, TakuSugimoto and percussionist Günter Müller. Rowe and Müller would both become fixtures...
Ambarchi, Dean Roberts, Bruce Russell, Campbell Kneale, Tony Conrad, TakuSugimoto, Matthew Bower, Philip Best, Drunkdriver, Ray Brassier, Junko and Jack...
performances from artists including Keith Rowe, Derek Bailey, David Toop and TakuSugimoto. During its time in operation, Sound 323 was described by Clive Bell...
released several solo albums on the label 12K and has collaborated with TakuSugimoto, Jerome Noetinger, Phill Niblock, and Oren Ambarchi. Ielasi also operates...
with Dan Warburton Quartet (2004), Hibari Music, with TakuSugimoto, Kazushige Kinoshita, Taku Unami The Harmless Dust (2005), Vectors, Headz, with David...
Venusmond - with Oswald Eggers, (Quell, 2000) An Old Fashioned Duet - with TakuSugimoto, (Slub, 2002) Eh - with Dieb13, (Erstwhile, 2002) Neuschnee - with Cristof...
Russell Painting the Passports Brown CD HERMES 036 Tetuzi Akiyama / TakuSugimoto / Bo Wiget Hokou CD HERMES 037 Birchville Cat Motel We Count These Prayers...
video artist of Efzeg. He was a member of the guitar quartet SSSD with TakuSugimoto, Werner Dafeldecker, and Burkhard Stangl. He has worked with Oskar Aichinger...
Tetsuaki Watanabe, with Shunsuke Ishikawa serving as assistant director, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Masaru Shindō providing the main...
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