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Otomo Yoshihide
大友 良英
Otomo performing live at Club w71 in Weikersheim in 2007
Background information
Born (1959-08-01) August 1, 1959 (age 65)
Yokohama, Japan
GenresJazz, noise
Occupation(s)Multi-instrumentalist, composer
Instrument(s)Guitar, turntable
Years active1987-present
LabelsRecommended Records, P-Vine Records, Tzadik Records, Erstwhile Records
Otomo Yoshihide playing live in May 2005

Otomo Yoshihide[1] (大友 良英, Ōtomo Yoshihide, born August 1, 1959) is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a variety of contexts, ranging from free improvisation to noise, jazz, avant-garde and contemporary classical. He is also a pioneering figure in the EAI-scene, and is featured on important records on labels like Erstwhile Records. He has composed music for many films, television dramas, and commercials. He plays guitar, turntables, and electronics.[citation needed]

Biography

Early years

Otomo was born in Yokohama in 1959, but due to his father's job, moved to Fukushima when he was nine years old.[2] In high school, he frequented jazz cafés and started his own band.[2] After entering university, he began studying under the improvisational jazz guitarist, Masayuki Takayanagi.[2] He began performing around the world and released his first album in 1991 in Hong Kong.[2] It was when the music he composed for a 1994 Hong Kong film was well received at the Cannes Film Festival that he also began to work as a composer.[2]

Music

Otomo released Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita in 1999.[3]

Film and television

Otomo has composed music for a number of films and television programs,[4] including Naoki Kato's Abraxas,[5] Tsuyoshi Inoue's The Town's Children,[6] and Ryuichi Hiroki's Yellow Elephant.[7] He composed the music for the 2013 NHK morning television drama Amachan and it became his most commercially successful work up to that point. The soundtrack for Amachan reached number 5 on the Oricon Albums Chart,[8] and Kyoko Koizumi's version of the song Shiosai no Memorī from the drama, composed by Otomo, reached number 2 on the Oricon Singles Chart.[9] He performed live on New Year's Eve at the 2013 Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[10]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Otomo Yoshihide (1987)
  • Problem (1988)
  • Duo (1989) with Junji Hirose
  • Silanganan Ingay (1989) with Junji Hirose
  • No Problem (1990) with No Problem
  • Who Is Otomo Yoshihide? (1991)
  • Visions of Japan (1991) with Yuji Katsui and Hiroshi Higo
  • Ground-0, No. 0 (1991)
  • Terminal-Zero (1991)
  • We Insist? (1992)
  • Turntables Solo (1992)
  • Memory Disorder (1993)
  • Peril (1993) with Peril
  • The Night Before the Death of the Sampling Virus (1993)
  • Ground Zero (1993) with Ground Zero
  • Early Works 1: 81-85 (1994)
  • Monogatari: Amino Argot (1994) with Carl Stone
  • Balance of Power: Variety (1994) with Hiedaki Sasaki
  • All at Once at Any Time (1994) with David Moss and John King
  • Multiverse (1994) with Peril
  • Null & Void (1995) with Ground Zero
  • Tatakiuri (1995) with Jon Rose
  • Revolutionary Pekinese Opera (1995) with Ground Zero
  • Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Version 1.28 (1996) with Ground Zero
  • Duo Improvisation (1996) with Yasuhiro Otani
  • p53 (1996) with p53
  • Twins!! (1996) with Bob Ostertag
  • Ututu: Doppo Jukyo-at no Ho e Atelier El Sur (1996) with Kiwao Nomura and Keiki Midorikawa
  • My Dear Mummy (1997) with Masahiko Shimada
  • Memory & Money (1997) with Les Sculpteurs de Vinyl
  • Conflagration (1997) with Ground Zero
  • Consume Red (1997) with Ground Zero
  • Plays Standards (1997) with Ground Zero
  • Sound Factory (1997)
  • Melted Memory (1997)
  • Vinyl Tranquilizer (1997)
  • Filament 1 (1998) with Filament
  • Consummation (1998) with Ground Zero
  • Gravity Clock (1998) with I.S.O.
  • Memory Defacement (1998)
  • Television Power Electric (1999) with Jim Baker, Aeron Bergman, Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Ernst Long, and R. Wilkus
  • Filament 2: Secret Recordings (1999) with Filament
  • I.S.O. (1999) with I.S.O.
  • Bits, Bots and Signs (1999) with Voice Crack
  • Metal Tastes like Orange (1999) with Masahiko Okura, Günter Müller, and Taku Sugimoto
  • Cathode (1999)
  • Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita (1999)
  • Four Focuses (1999) with Martin Tétreault, Yasuhiro Otani, and Sachiko M
  • 21 Situations (1999) with Martin Tétreault
  • Panty Christ (1999) with Justin Bond and Bob Ostertag
  • Pilgrimage (1999) with Microcosmos
  • Without Kuryokhin (1999) with Kenny Millions
  • Moving Parts (2000) with Christian Marclay
  • Music for Dance Art Hong Kong's "Memory Disorder" (2000)
  • Anode (2001)
  • Flutter (2001) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • 29092000 (2001) with Filament
  • Thumb (2002) with Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, Sachiko M, and Robbie Avenaim
  • Ensemble Cathode (2002)
  • Les Hautes Solitudes: A Philippe Garrel Film: Imaginarry Soundtrack (2002) with Taku Sugimoto and Sachiko M
  • Miira ni Naru made: German Version (2002) with Masahiko Shimada
  • Pulser (2002) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • Invisible Architecture No. 1 (2002) with Philip Jeck and Martin Tétreault
  • Ajar (2002) with Almá Fury, Yasuhiro Otani, and Xavier Charles
  • Dreams (2002) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble
  • Tails Out (2003) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • ONJQ + OE (2003) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet and Tatsuya Oe
  • ONJQ + OE: Short Density (2003) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet and Tatsuya Oe
  • Turntables and Computers (2003) with Nobukazu Takemura
  • Studio—Analogique—Numérique (2003) with Martin Tétreault
  • Time Travel (2003) with Günter Müller
  • Warholes or All Andy Would Enjoy (And Fear) / Warhol Memory Disorder (2003) with Lengow, Heyermears, and Sachiko M
  • Soup (2003) with Bill Laswell and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
  • Loose Community (2003) with Park Je Chun and Mi Yeon
  • The Crushed Pellet (2003) with Eiichi Hayashi and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi
  • Turntable Solo (2004)
  • Compositions for Guitars Vol. 2 (2004) with Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura, and Taku Unami
  • Brackwater (2004) with Korber, Tomas, eRikm, and Toshimaru Nakamura
  • Good Morning Good Night (2004) with Sachiko M and Toshimaru Nakamura
  • Intonarumori Orchestra (2004) with Intonarumori Orchestra
  • Filament Box (2004) with Filament
  • 1. Grrr (2004) with Martin Tétreault
  • 2. Tok (2005) with Martin Tétreault
  • 3. Ahhh (2005) with Martin Tétreault
  • 4. Hmmm (2005) with Martin Tétreault
  • Out to Lunch (2005) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
  • See You in a Dream (2005) with Yuki Saga
  • Trace Cuts (2005) with eRikm, Martin Tétreault
  • Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (2005) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
  • Time Magic City (2006) with BusRatch
  • Episome (2006) with Bill Laswell and Tatsuya Yoshida
  • Sora (2007)
  • Prisoner: A Film by Adachi Masao: Original Soundtrack (2007)
  • Multiple Otomo (2007)
  • Encounter (2007) with Itaru Oki
  • Modulation with 2 Electric Guitars and 2 Amplifiers (2007)
  • Modulation with 2 Electric Guitars and 2 Amplifiers: Alternative Version (2008)
  • Core Anode (2008)
  • Country Kill (2008) with Joy Heights
  • Les Archives Sauvées des Eaux (2008) with Luc Ferrari
  • Guitar Duo (2008) with Seiichi Yamamoto
  • Sweet Cuts, Distant Curves (2008) with Choi, Joonyong, Hong Chulki, and Sachiko M
  • Monte Alto Estate (2009) with Sim
  • Guitar Duo x Solo (2009) with Shinichi Isohata
  • Shinjuku Crawl (2009) with The Thing
  • Good Cop Bad Cop (2009) with Derek Bailey, Tony Bevan, and Paul Hession
  • Ultra Miracle Love Story (2009)
  • Book from Hell (2010) with Zai Kuning and Dickson Dee
  • 3-Part In(ter)ventions (2012) with Jim O'Rourke
  • Piano Solo (2013)
  • Existence (2013) with Shinichi Isohata
  • Quintet/Sextet (2013) with Sachiko M, Evan Parker, John Edwards, Tony Marsh, and John Butcher

Live albums

  • Live at Aketa-no-mise in Tokyo, July 28, 1989 (1989)
  • Solo Live in Kyoto 93 (1995)
  • Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995 (1995) with Ground Zero
  • Live! (1995) with Eye Yamatsuka
  • Live!! (1996) with Eye Yamatsuka
  • Session 18 Oct. 1997 (1998) with Seed Mouth
  • Live at Otis! (1998) with Sachiko M and Yoshimitsu Ichiraku
  • Live (1998) with I.S.O.
  • Last Concert (1999) with Ground Zero
  • Guitar Solo Live 1 (1999)
  • Live (2002) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • Turntables Solo Live, 28 Feb 2002 in Tokyo (2002)
  • Soup Live (2004) with Bill Laswell and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
  • Erst Live 004 (2005) with Christian Fennesz, Sachiko M, and Peter Rehberg
  • Erst Live 005 (2005) with Keith Rowe, Sachiko M, and Toshimaru Nakamura
  • Concert in St. Louis (2005) with Grnr Coleman, Franz Hautzinger, and Sachiko M
  • Guitar Solo: 12 October 2004 @ Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo + 1 (2005)
  • ONJQ Live in Lisbon (2006) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet
  • Live 1992 (2007) with Ground Zero
  • Live Vol. 1: Series Circuit (2007) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
  • Live Vol. 2: Parallel Circuit (2007) with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

Singles

  • Otomo + Mao (1995)
  • Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Version 1.50 (1996) with Ground Zero
  • Live Mao '99 (1996) with Ground Zero
  • Untitled (1996) with Eye Yamatsuka
  • Museum of Towing & Recovery (1998) with Steve Beresford
  • Lupin the Third: Ending Theme (1999)
  • Split 7" (1999) with Christian Marclay
  • Re/cycling Rectangle (2000)
  • Digital Tranquilizer Ver. 1.0 (2004)
  • Digital Tranquilizer Ver. 1.01 (2004)
  • 4 Speakers (2009)

DVDs

Otomo Yoshihide performing in Denmark
  • Dark Room Filled with Light (2006) with Filament
  • Music(s) (2006)
  • Ensembles 09: Pre-opening Live at Shinjuku Pit Inn (2009)

As sideman

With Rova::Orchestrova

Film scores

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ "PROFILE" (Archive). Otomo Yoshihide Official Website. Retrieved on May 30, 2015. "When you write your Japanese name in English alphabet[...]For this reason, I would like to continue using the notation "Otomo Yoshihide" as before."
  2. ^ a b c d e 大友良英さんプロフィル. Asahi Digital (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Yoshihide Otomo Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita". Allmusic.
  4. ^ "Otomo Yoshihide o kaibai suru: Yasuo Ozawa x Yoshihide Otomo". 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Sundance Review: Punk Rock Meets Buddhism in Naoki Kato's Exquisitely Crafted Debut Feature 'Abraxas'". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 January 2011.
  6. ^ "The Town's Children". Special Broadcasting Service.
  7. ^ "'Kiiroi Zo'". The Japan Times. 8 February 2013.
  8. ^ 連続テレビ小説「あまちゃん」オリジナル・サウンドトラック (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  9. ^ 潮騒のメモリー (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Yoshihide Ōtomo – Amachan Theme: New music from Japan". The Guardian. 13 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Miliyah Kato, Kazunobu Mineta Perform Live-Action Piece of Cake Film's Theme". Anime News Network. April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
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