Kitamura Masashi

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Kitamura Masashi

voc, b, JP
Rock
A.k.a. 北村昌士 (Kitamura Masashi) Joseph "K"

Masashi Kitamura (July 22, 1956 – June 17, 2006) was a Japanese musician, editor, and music critic. He was a founding member of the bands YBO², Canis Lupus, and Differance. He also founded the labels Eastern Works/Chaos (2), Transrecords (2), and SSE Communications. He founded Fool's Mate magazine in 1977, and was the editor-in-chief until 1985. The title was taken from the Peter Hammill album. The magazine also gave Masami Akita (Merzbow) his first regular writing gig. He passed away at the age of 49 due to heart disease.

Instruments

Vocals
Bass
Electric guitar
Bass guitar
Guitar

Genres

Rock
Alternative
Electronic
Spoken Word
World

Plays With

Canis Lupus

Cryptmen

D-Konstruktion

Differance

Ibogurié

YBO²

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Prologue For Post Modern Music	Kitamura Masashi	1984	Album

External Links

Wikipedia

Discogs

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