Toshimaru Nakamura

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Profile: Guitar and no-input mixing board player

Toshimaru Nakamura formed "A Paragon of Beauty" in 1992, and the group released the CD A Paragon of Beauty in 1995.

Since 1994, Nakamura has frequently visited Berlin, working and performing in various projects. In the course of these visits, he formed the duo Repeat in 1998 with the American drummer Jason Kahn. They put out their first CD, Repeat, in the same year, and have toured in Japan, Germany, Switzerland and France.

Nakamura set aside his guitar around 1998 and began to concentrate more on producing electronic music. He developed a unique style, playing the "no-input mixing board."

In 1999, Repeat played in more cities and released a second CD, Temporary Contemporary. Nakamura also released the CD Un, a recording of his duo with Sachiko M ("no-no duo," with Sachiko M's no-sample sampler); and since then they have continued to perform together occasionally.

In addition to these activities, Nakamura has since 1996 been a composer/sound designer for the theatrical works of Bagnolet Choreography Concours-winning dancer Kim Ito. These works have been performed in Japan, the U.S., England, France, Germany, Israel and so on.

Since 1998 Nakamura has also organized, hosted and performed in a monthly improvised music gathering with guitarists Taku Sugimoto and Tetuzi Akiyama in Tokyo. The original venue was Bar Aoyama, but in August 2000, it moved to the gallery Off Site. This event, featuring guest musicians, has been growing as an important meeting point of the Tokyo improvised music scene. The CD The Improvisation Meeting at Bar Aoyama, a compilation of live recordings of performances at the bar, was released in October 1999.

In November 2000, Nakamura released his first solo CD, No-input Mixing Board. This title describes the way in which he was creating music at that time. He participated in the UK "Japanorama" tour at the beginning of 2001.

• 1998 - Un [with Sachiko M] - 320 Kbps
• 2000 - No-Input Mixing Board - 256 Kbps
• 2001 - Do [with Sachiko M] - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - ATØN [with Andrea Neumann] - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - No-Input Mixing Board 2 - 179-221 Kbps
• 2001 - Weather Sky [with Keith Rowe] - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Vehicle - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Meeting At Off Site Vol. 1 [with Tetuzi Akiyama & V/A] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Meeting At Off Site Vol. 2 [with Tetuzi Akiyama & V/A] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Meeting At Off Site Vol. 3 [with Tetuzi Akiyama & V/A] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Foldings [with Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto & Mark Wastell] - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Side Guitar - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - No-Input Mixing Board 3 - 255-318 Kbps
• 2004 - Cavern With Nightlife [with John Butcher] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Brackwater [with Tomas Korber, eRikm & Otomo Yoshihide] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - From Tour [with Sean Meehan] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Good Morning Good Night [with Sachiko M & Otomo Yoshihide] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Why Not Béchamel [with eRikm & Günter Müller] - 320 Kbps
• 2004 - Compositions for Guitars Vol. 2 [with Tetuzi Akiyama, Otomo Yoshihide & Taku Unami] - 320 Kbps
• 2005 - Untitled [with Keith Rowe, Sachiko M & Otomo Yoshihide] - 212-269 Kbps
• 2006 - Untitled [with Keiichiro Shibuya & Norbert Moslang] - 320 Kbps
• 2006 - Between [with Keith Rowe] - 198-250 Kbps
• 2008 - Siyu [with Annette Krebs] - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - Dance Music - 202-235 Kbps
• 2008 - One Day [with English] - 320 Kbps
• 2008 - MAP [with Jean-Luc Guionnet] - 192 Kbps
• 2009 - Semi-Impressionism [with Tetuzi Akiyama] - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - In Search Of Wild Tulips [with Tetuzi Akiyama, Erik Carlsson & Henrik Olsson] - 192 Kbps
• 2009 - Untitled [with Keith Rowe] - 320 Kbps
• 2009 - Soba to Bara [with Ami Yoshida] - 320 Kbps
• 2010 - Egrets - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Dusted Machinery [with John Butcher] - 320 Kbps
• 2011 - Maruto - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Unbalanced In (Unbalanced Out) [with Barry Chabala, Bonnie Jones, Louisa Martin, Tisha Mukarji & Gabriel Paiuk] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Messier Objects [with Klaus Filip, Andrea Neumann & Ivan Palacký] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Yokutojin [with Katsura Yamauchi] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Protocol [with Chip Shop Music] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - Unbalanced In (Unbalanced Out) [with Barry Chabala, Bonnie Jones, Louisa Martin, Tisha Mukarji & Gabriel Paiuk] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - Green Heights [with Ken Ikeda & Tomoyoshi Date] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - Foz [with Manuel Mota] - 320 Kbps
• 2013 - No-Input Mixing Board 8 - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - IHJ / Ftarri [with Tetuzi Akiyama & Jason Kahn] - 320 Kbps
• 2015 - Between Two [with Tetuzi Akiyama & Jason Kahn] - 266-279 Kbps
• 2015 - 3 Amps [with Katsuyoshi Kou] - 320 Kbps

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