Legion Of Two

i-and-e in assocation with DEAF 2009 presents a concert of improvised music

TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA (Japan) no-input mixing board
CHIP SHOP MUSIC (Ireland/Sweden)
ERIK CARLSSON percussion
MARTIN KÜCHEN saxophones
DAVID LACEY percussion, electronics
PAUL VOGEL computer, clarinet

Friday 23rd October 2009
The Ireland Institute,
27 Pear...se Street,
Dublin 2
8 pm 10 euro (tickets at door)

Toshimaru Nakamura has been producing electronic music on self-named “no-input mixing board,” after long unhappy years with the electric guitar. The name describes the method of his music. “No” external sound source is connected to “inputs” of the “mixing board.” Mostly an improviser, occasionally a composer for dancers, an instrumentalist for compositions. Over the last decade, Nakamura has performed solo and collaborated with a bewildering array of musicians from all over the globe including Keith Rowe, Christian Fennesz, Lucio Capece, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Annette Krebs, Axel Dörner and Rhodri Davies. .Recent releases include a duo with vocalist Ami Yoshida and Dance Music, a collection for compositions performed with dancers. Nakamura is also one of the musicians who contributed to David Sylvian’s recent album ‘Manofon’.

Chip Shop Music are an Irish/Swedish quartet that play some combination of reeds, percussion and electronics. Erik Carlsson, Martin Küchen, David Lacey & Paul Vogel began playing as a quartet in the Spring of 2007, releasing their first album later that year, followed by concerts in Spain, Sweden and Ireland. A new album is due for release in early 2010 on homefront recordings.
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