Improvised Music from Japan
Improvised Music from Japan is a music website and record label.
The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it concentrates on Japanese and Japan-based musical improvisers, particularly free improvisers. It was founded in 1996 by Yoshiyuki Suzuki.
Releases
In December 2001, a compilation box-set, also called Improvised Music from Japan, was released to mark the fifth anniversary of the website. It was a 10 CD collection of previously unissued material from a variety of Japanese musicians. The artists featured on the release are:- Tetuzi Akiyama
- Big Picture (band)
- Haco
- Shoji Hano
- Junji Hirose
- Ryoji Hojito
- Yoshimitsu Ichiraku
- Kazuo Imai
- Incapacitants
- Atsuhiro Ito
- Utah Kawasaki
- Kyoko Kuroda
- Brett Larner
- Sachiko M
- Toshimaru Nakamura
- Takehito Nakazato
- Mitsuru Nasuno
- Masahiko Okura
- Aki Onda
- Yasuhiro Otani
- Otomo Yoshihide
- Tetsu Saitoh
- Michihiro Sato
- Skist
- Taku Sugimoto
- Tamaru
- Yumiko Tanaka
- Tsuguto Tsunoda
- Kazuhisa Uchihashi
- Michiyo Yagi
- Seiichi Yamamoto
- Tetsuro Yasunaga
- Ami Yoshida
- Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
- Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 1
- Otomo Yoshihide, Ensemble Cathode
- Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Neumann and Sachiko M, In Case of Fire Take the Stairs
- Ami Yoshida, Tiger Thrush
- Shoji Hano, 48
- Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 2
- Yumiko Tanaka, Tayutauta
- Raku Sugifatti, Futatsu
- Aki Onda, Bon Voyage!
- Otomo Yoshihide, Park Je Chun and Mi Yeon, Loose Community
- Peter Brötzmann and Shoji Hano, Funny Rat
- Toshimaru Nakamura, Side Guitar
- Han Bennink and Kazuo Imai, Across the Desert
- Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 3