Live in Australia, by Taku Sugimoto

Live in Australia

by Taku Sugimoto

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	1.	Dot (73) 01:12:24
	2.	Music for Amplified Guitar 01:02:20
	3.	Sample excerpt of Track 1 (This sample excerpt is not in the album.) 18:44
	4.	Sample excerpt of Track 2 (This sample excerpt is not in the album.) 20:32

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In the late 1990s and the early 2000s, Taku Sugimoto was an extremely restrained guitarist who produced very few sounds in performance, allowing silence to be the controlling force. As an improviser and composer, he garnered international acclaim and provoked strong reactions, both positive and negative. This two-CD set documents Sugimoto's live performances in Australia in September 2003 of two of his own compositions (one per CD): "Dot (73)" and "Music for Amplified Guitar." Environmental sounds--listeners' coughs, footsteps, chair scraping, and noises from outside--make their way clearly and naturally into Sugimoto's live concerts. Occasionally there's a sound from his guitar; it's as if he were collaborating with the sounds around him. This is very much the case on Live in Australia, and particularly on Disc 1. As the performance began, so did a rain shower, which grew more intense, filling the space with a sound like white noise. Over this background noise, Sugimoto quietly plucked a handful of short sounds.

2000年前後、杉本拓は演奏中ほとんど音を出さず無音が全体を支配する超寡黙ギタリストで、即興演奏家、作曲家として世界的に高い評価を得る一方、激しい賛否両論を引き起こす音楽家だった。本作は彼が2003年9月にオーストラリアでおこなったライヴ演奏 (彼自身の作曲作品) 2曲を、各ディスクに1曲ずつ収録したCD2枚組。杉本のライヴ演奏では、観客の咳や足音、イスを引きずる音、会場の外から漏れてくる音など、周囲で起こる様々な音が否応なしにはっきりと飛び込んできて、たまに発せられる杉本のギター音とあたかも共演しているかのような状況を生み出す。本作でもそれは明らかだが、特に Disc 1 では、始まってすぐに降り出した通り雨が次第に激しさを増して、ホワイト・ノイズのようにザーッという音で全体を埋め尽くし、そのノイズをバックに杉本が短音をそっとつま弾くというハプニングが記録されている。杉本拓の音楽を知る絶好の1枚であるばかりでなく、即興音楽や作曲のあり方への問題提起となる重要作。

credits

released June 12, 2005

Track 1 recorded live by Matthew Earle at Performance Space, Sydney, September 12, 2003
Track 2 recorded live by Lawrence English and John Chantler at Nine Hours North, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, September 14, 2003

All composed by Taku Sugimoto
Taku Sugimoto: guitar

Mastered by Taku Unami
Drawing by Taku Sugimoto
Design by che chat

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