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Onkyo Marathon

Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 7 to 11pm
Japan Society
New York City

Onkyo Marathon, curated by Carl Stone, presented by Japan Society in association with Roulette, is two evenings of improvisational laptop music. The term 'onkyo' refers to a new genre of computer music that is primarily atonal, noise-based and improvised.

Held in a hanami (spring night flower-gazing) party atmosphere, the audience is encouraged to come and go during each four-hour marathon.

The artists include Otomo Yoshihide, considered the founder of the onkyo movement and leader of Ground Zero, who has been featured in major music festivals worldwide; leading electronica composer and former DJ Nobukazu Takemura, whom Spin magazine called "An enigma who stitches elegantly guileless symphonies out of a zillion delicate obsessive compulsive ticks"; Sachiko M, whose cutting-edge recordings consist entirely of sine wave improvisations that have become the focus of international interest; Paris-based Takamasa Aoki, a rising figure in electronic music worldwide; rough-edged sound from Taku Hannoda, a young guitar-electronica virtuoso from Osaka; and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, acclaimed for his drum/live videoÊsampling performance Doravideo. Select New York-based composer/musicians, including the famed Elliott Sharp and o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi), join the group for improvisation sessions.

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