Filament is a
musical group
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from Japan that consists of
Otomo Yoshihide and
Sachiko M, two of the major exponents of the
electroacoustic improvisation
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Otomo Yoshihide Interview 2001
/ref> style of music.
The two played as a duo for the first time on November 5, 1995
/ref> in London
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, but it was not until 1997 that they began to play often together and Filament became one of their main projects. At first their work together was branded as A-102, then they used both Filament and A-102, and occasionally simply "duo," with no specific project name. Since their United States and France concert tour of May 1998, they have used the name Filament exclusively.
Discography
* '' 29092000'' (2001)
* '' Filament 2: Secret Recordings'' (1999) (With Günter Müller)
* '' Filament 1'' (1998)
References
External links
* http://www.japanimprov.com/yotomo/interview01.html
* http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/articles/00_signal.html
* http://www.japanimprov.com/filament/livenotese.html
Japanese rock music groups
Male–female musical duos
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