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Taku Sugimoto

g, eg, *1965
Musician of Electronic and Jazz
A.k.a. 杉本拓

Guitar and cello player Born in Tokyo, December 20, 1965. Taku Sugimoto started playing guitar when he was a high school student. At first he played rock and blues, and then he also became interested in free jazz, European free improvised music, and avant-garde classical music. In 1985, Sugimoto co-founded the improvisational psychedelic rock band Piero Manzoni, whose main influences were The Velvet Underground and MC5. The group, including Masaki Bato on bass and Sugimoto on guitar, disbanded in '88. For the next few years, Sugimoto was involved in solo performance and session work. It was during this period that he released his first solo LP, Mienai Tenshi ('88), which had a big, heavy sound. In '91, Sugimoto started playing cello, and for the next two years abandoned the guitar in order to focus completely on this instrument. He formed Henkyo Gakudan (which was active in '91-'92) with alto sax player Hiroshi Itsui and guitarist Michio Kurihara. The group's music sounded like somewhat high-volume improvised chamber music. Sugimoto was also briefly a member, in '93, of the psychedelic rock band Ghost, and in '94, of Tetuzi Akiyama's avant-garde classical music band Hikyo String Quintet. After releasing his cello solo CD Slub in '94, Sugimoto gave up the cello. Sugimoto and Tetuzi Akiyama launched their guitar duo Akiyama-Sugimoto in '94. Since that time, Sugimoto has gradually shifted from a loud, heavy sound to the extremely quiet sound, full of silences, which he has established through solo and other projects as his own unique style. He has played frequently with Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura (guitar, mixing board), Yuta Kawasaki (analog synthesizer), Otomo Yoshihide (turntables, guitar, electronics) and others. Since 1998, together with Akiyama and Nakamura, he has been organizing an inspiring monthly concert, The Improvisation Meeting at Bar Aoyama (renamed The Experimental Meeting at Bar Aoyama in '99, and Meeting at Off Site in 2000), which he continued to organize until his retirement from the series in February 2001. Currently Sugimoto's interest focuses on composition and its performance, rather than improvisation. With Taku Unami and Masahiko Okura, Sugimoto organizes the almost-monthly Chamber Music Concert at Loop-Line and the irregular Taku Sugimoto Composition Series at Kid Ailack Art Hall, both in Tokyo. He runs the label Slub Music, which in addition to Sugimoto's own recordings releases CDs by Taku Unami, Kazushige Kinoshita, Radu Malfatti, Antoine Beuger, and others

     
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Acoustic guitar
  • Violoncello
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Electronic
  • Jazz
  • Classical
  • Rock
Popular Tracks   
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Mirrors on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Spoon River I on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Flagments of Happiness on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Spring on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Midnoon on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Birds of Afternoon on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Stained Glass Windows on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Opposite on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto
Subtle on Opposite by Taku Sugimoto

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Chamber And Field Works (2015-2017)Bruno Duplant - Taku Sugimoto / Suidobashi Chamber Ensemble2018Album
Taku Sugimoto / Stefan ThutTaku Sugimoto, Stefan Thut2018Album
HCristián Alvear Montecino & Taku Sugimoto2018Album
SongsTaku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki2018Album
SextetMinami Saeki, Wakana Ikeda, Yoko Ikeda, Taku Sugimoto, Stefan Thut, Manfred Werder2018Album
Quintets: Berlin, San DiegoTaku Sugimoto2017Album
SongsTaku Sugimoto - Minami Saeki2017Album
OffingAngharad Davies & Taku Sugimoto2016Single
Arst (La Passe à Quatre, Live In Nantes, 1999)Noël Akchoté, Keith Rowe, Taku Sugimoto, Anthony Taillard2016Album
MadaTaku Sugimoto - Ryoko Akama, Cristián Alvear Montecino, Cyril Bondi, D'incise2016Album
SeptetTaku Sugimoto2015Album
Taku Sugimoto/Manfred WerderTaku Sugimoto, Manfred Werder2015Album
Quartet / OctetTaku Sugimoto2014Album
Live In SaritoteTaku Sugimoto, Moe Kamura2013Album
D Minor / Bb MajorMichael Pisaro / Taku Sugimoto2012Album
Untitled 1-4Otomo Yoshihide & Taku Sugimoto2011Album
Musical Composition Series 1Taku Sugimoto2010Album
10, 11, 12Taku Sugimoto2010Album
2 Seconds / B Minor / WaveMichael Pisaro / Taku Sugimoto2010Album
さりとて2 (Saritote II)Taku Sugimoto And Moe Kamura2010Album
Musical Composition Series 2Taku Sugimoto2010Album
Wedding CeremonyLucio Capece, Julia Eckhardt, Christian Kesten, Radu Malfatti, Toshimaru Nakamura, Taku Sugimoto2009Album
Tengu Et Kitsune IITaku Sugimoto / Taku Unami2009Album
26 (2009): Electronic VersionTaku Sugimoto2009Album
13 & 14 For GuitarsTaku Sugimoto2009Album
Chamber Music Concerts Vol. 1Masahiko Okura / Taku Sugimoto / Taku Unami2008Album
SantaMitsuhiro Yoshimura / Taku Sugimoto / Toshiya Tsunoda2008Album
ShiisanputouTaku Sugimoto2008Album
Three SpeakersTaku Sugimoto2008Album
さりとて [Saritote]Taku Sugimoto & Moe Kamura2007Album
DoremilogyTaku Sugimoto2007Album
Not BGM And So OnMitsuhiro Yoshimura / Taku Sugimoto2007Album
Live In KansaiTaku Sugimoto2006Album
Tengu Et KitsuneTaku Sugimoto / Taku Unami2006Album
Live In AustraliaTaku Sugimoto2005Album
Music For CymbalTaku Sugimoto2005Album
Principia SugimaticaTaku Sugimoto2005Album
QuartetNikos Veliotis, Taku Sugimoto, Kazushige Kinoshita, Taku Unami2004Album
Training ThoughtsTaku Sugimoto / Yasuo Totsuka / Mattin2004Album
Compositions For GuitarsBrett Larner / Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl2003Album
Chamber MusicTaku Sugimoto2003Album
AjarOtomo Yoshihide • Keith Rowe • Taku Sugimoto2002Album
Trio At OffsiteTaku Sugimoto, Masafumi Ezaki, Taku Unami2002Album
Les Hautes Solitudes--A Philippe Garrel Film: Imaginary SoundtrackOtomo Yoshihide / Taku Sugimoto / Sachiko M2002Album
In Tokyo (First Concert - Second Take)Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl / Christof Kurzmann2002Album
An Old Fashioned DuetBurkhard Stangl and Taku Sugimoto2002Album
Deluxe NakamuraBrett Larner, Taku Sugimoto2002Album
Eine Gitarre Ist Eine Gitarre Ist Keine Gitarre Ist Eine Gitarre...Taku Sugimoto & Annette Krebs2002Album
ToriTaku Sugimoto2001Album
Periodic DriftTetuzi Akiyama / Taku Sugimoto / Bo Wiget2001Album
ItaliaTaku Sugimoto2001Album
DenTaku Sugimoto - Kevin Drumm2000Album
I Am Happy If You Are HappyGünter Müller, Taku Sugimoto2000Album
The World Turned Upside DownKeith Rowe / Günter Müller / Taku Sugimoto2000Album
A Duo In BerlinAnnette Krebs / Taku Sugimoto2000Album
Metal Tastes Like Orange. Secret Recording 1Masahiko Okura - Günter Müller - Taku Sugimoto - Otomo Yoshihide1999Album
OppositeTaku Sugimoto1998Album
Folie Á DeuxKevin Drumm • Taku Sugimoto1998Album
DuoKevin Drumm & Taku Sugimoto1998Album
Fragments Of ParadiseTaku Sugimoto1997Album
Myshkin Musicu (For Electric Guitar)Taku Sugimoto1996Album
AltoTaku Sugimoto1995Album
Slub: Unaccompanied Violoncello SoloTaku Sugimoto1994Album
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