is a Japanese

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ian, a

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ist,

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, and

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Biography

A member of

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, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the

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under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara and Kishio Suga. In the 1990s, Machida worked for an

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in Asia and Africa. Machida's first album ''Hypernatural'' (1999) had been featured with

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and

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's article about

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. In 2001, Machida started to play improvised music by

Steelpan The steelpan (also known as a pan or steel drum) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago from Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Afro-Trinidadians. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. In 1992, the steelpan was declared ...

with computer program

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. Machida has been invited to perform for music festivals like ISEA2004,

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Tokyo,

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, etc. In 2004, Machida founded an

label Amorfon. In 2009, Machida composed soundtracks for

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exhibition. In 2017, Machida released "Music from the SYNTHI 100" with Constantin Papageorgiadis. This album was made by only

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. Machida also organized "Japan-Macedonia exchange art exhibition" and some workshops for children.Workshops for children
/ref> As a visual artist, Machida has produced

Photobatik Photobatik is one of Photogram A photogram is a Photography, photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The usua ...

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technique using photographic paper. Photograms are produced by partial exposure and development of the entire photosensitive surface. Photobatik is "whole exposure and partial development." Machida has expanded his technique to overexposure of the photographic paper followed by only fixing the image, resulting in a pink image.

Discography

Solo albums *CD : ''Tender Blues'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) *CD : ''Music from the SYNTHI'' (Baskaru, France, 2014) *7.5 Vinyl : ''EMS Synthi Works'' (CYLAND AUDIO ARCHIVE, Russia, 2013) *Vinyl : ''Steelpan Improvisation Series ro'' (self-release, 2012) *Vinyl : ''Steelpan Improvisation Series i'' (self-release, 2012) *CD : ''The Spirit of Beauty: soundtracks for Van Cleef & Arpels'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2010) *CD : ''Steelpan Improvisations:2001-2008'' (self-release, 2009) *CD : ''Hypernatural #3'' (Baskaru, France, 2008) *CD : ''Naada" (Amorfon, Japan, 2006) *CD : ''Infinite Flowers'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2004) *CD : ''Hypernatural #2'' (Softl Music, Germany, 2001) *CD : ''Hypernatural'' (Japan, 1999) *FD : ''AMORPHOUS'' (

Koan A ( ; ; zh, c=公案, p=gōng'àn ; ; ) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement from Chinese Chan Buddhist lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used in Zen Buddhist practice in different ways. The main goal of practice in Z ...

Pieces with Koan software by SSEYO Ltd., 1999) Solo DVD *CD : ''Scape*dance'' (self-release, 2011) Group albums *CD : Yoshio Machida + Constantin Papageorgiadis ''Music from the SYNTHI 100'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) *CD : Walk With The Penguin ''Charm'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) *CD : Jorge Queijo / Hiroki Chiba / Yoshio Machida ''Luminant'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) *CD : Ohanami ''Agapanthus'' (Wonderyou, Japan, 2013) *CD : miimo ''miimo 5'' (self-release, 2012) *CD : miimo ''miimo 4'' (self-release, 2011) *CD : Ohanami ''Ohanami'' (Wonderyou, Japan, 2010) *CD : miimo ''miimo 3'' (self-release, 2010) *CD : miimo ''miimo 2'' (self-release, 2009) *CDR : miimo ''miimo'' (self-release, 2007) *CD : Walk With The Penguin ''steal a spoon for you'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2007)

Compilation

*7.5'Vinyl : V.A. ''CAA#20'' (CYLAND AUDIO ARCHIVE, Russia, 2015) *CD : V.A. ''miimo "Starz File Vol.3'' (Avex, Japan, 2009) *CD+DVD : V.A. ''SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX 01 , skoltz_kolgen'' (SK Factory, Canada, 2007) *CD : V.A. ''

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- Hitokomakura'' (and/OAR, USA, 2007) *CD : V.A. ''Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century'' ( Quiet Design, USA, 2007) *CD : V.A. ''water music'' (commune disc, Japan, 2006) *CD : V.A. ''seeds of dub'' (mao, Japan, 2004) *CD : V.A ''*Music for Baby!'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2004) *CD : V.A ''lib.'' (cubicfabric, Japan, 2003) *CD : V.A ''Kraakgeluiden'' (unsounds, The Netherlands, 2003) *CD : V.A ''Japanese Avant Garde'' (

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, Belgium, 2002) *CD : V.A (Improvised Music from Japan, Japan, 2002)

Notes

External links

Yoshio Machida websiteAmorfon
Reviews at: *http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=1870 *https://web.archive.org/web/20080612005914/http://www.tokafi.com:80/newsitems/cd-feature-yoshio-machida-hypernatural-3/ *http://www.quietnoise.org/main.php?mode=r&id=105&arc=curr#currid *http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2008/03/30/brise-glace/ *http://neural.it/2007/05/yoshio-machida-naada/ *http://www.bodyspace.net/album.php?album_id=679 *http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5244&Itemid=64 *http://www.loop.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=27 *http://www.bodyspace.net/entrevistas.php?ent_id=116 {{DEFAULTSORT:Machida, Yoshio 1967 births Electroacoustic improvisation Free improvisation Japanese artists Japanese composers Japanese experimental musicians Japanese male composers Living people Singers from Saitama Prefecture Artists from Saitama Prefecture Steelpan musicians