is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of Takehisa Kosugi at the Bigakko art school in Tokyo. Her primary instrument is the bowed Chinese er-hu, although she is also a vocalist, and plays piano and percussion. Every year she organizes the Perspective Emotion

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since 2010.

Discography

Solo

*''Kokyu Improvisation'' (胡弓インプロヴィゼイション) CD (PSF, 1990) CD *''Three pieces, solo improvisations'' LP (Siwa, 2000; CD, 2007) *''Crossing'' CDR (there, 2004) *V.A., ''Somethings #1'' CD (Last Visible Dog, 2007)

Ché-SHIZU

*''Yakusoku wa dekinai'' (約束はできない) LP (zero records, 1984; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001) *V.A., ''Aura Music'' LP (zero records, 1984) *V.A., ''Welcome to Dreamland'' LP/CD (celluloid, 1985) *''Nazareth'' (ナザレ) CD (PSF, 1993) *''A Journey'' CD (PSF, 1994) *''Live 1996 Suisho'' CD (PSF, 1997) *''Glimmering Star'' (瞬きの星) LP (Aleutian Retto, 1999; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001)

Collaborations

* East Bionic Symphonia, s/t LP/cassette (Kojima, 1976) * Takashi Kazamaki & Chie Mukai, ''Kaze o aruku'' LP (Fukyosha, 1983) * Marginal Consort, ''Collective Improvisation'' CD (PSF, 1998) *Chie Mukai, Jutok Kaneko, Christophe Charles, Ikuro Takahashi, Yoko Muronoi, ''The Planet I'' video/DVD (there, 2000) *Chie Mukai & Masayoshi Urabe, ''Dual Anarchism'' LP/video (Siwa, 2002) *Chie Mukai & Seiichi Yamamoto & Lamones Young, s/t CD (Last Visible Dog / Hospital Productions, 2003) *Chie Mukai & Rinji Fukuoka, ''L'energie d'existence'' CD (Turtle's Dream, 2003) *Enkidu, ''Hasselt'' CD (Turtle's Dream, 2004) *Chie Mukai & Gary Smith, ''Eight+'' CD (Paratactile, 2004)

Guest appearances

* Morio Agata (あがた森魚), ''Norimono zukan'' (乗物図鑑) LP (Vanity, 1981; CD reissue, Bridge, 2007) *Hallelujahs, ''Niku o kuraite chikai o tateyo'' (肉を喰らひて誓ひをたてよ) LP (Org Records, 1986; CD reissue, PSF) * Christoph Gallio, ''Cars & Variations / High Desert Songs'' CD (Percaso, 1994) * Kengo Iuchi (井内賢吾), ''Inugami to kachiku'' (犬神と家畜) LP (Kubitsuri, 1995) *Kengo Iuchi, ''Hanagurui no yoru'' cassette (Shikoku Manto, 1995) *Kengo Iuchi, ''Kuon no kane no ne'' cassette (Vanilla, 1995) * Nagisa ni te, ''On the love beach'' LP/CD (Org Records, 1995) *V.A., '' Los Angeles Free Music Society 1973-1995：The lowest form of music'' CD boxset ( Cortical Foundation/

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, 1996) *Kengo Iuchi/ MSBR, ''Icht'' CD ( alien8, 1998) * Maher Shalal Hash Baz, ''From a Summer to Another Summer (An Egypt to Another Egypt)''　CD (Geographic)

References

*Interview with Chie Mukai. G-Modern, issue 14, Winter 96-97. pp. 11–23 (Japanese) *Stofer, F. (2000). Japanese Independent Music, France: Sonore.

External links

Chie Mukai website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukai, Chie 1953 births Japanese composers Japanese women composers Japanese women musicians Living people