Ikuro Takahashi (高橋幾郎 Takahashi Ikuro in Japanese) (born in 1957,

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) is a drummer and percussionist based in

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, also plays electronic and

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, Ché-SHIZU,

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. He has performed under the name Anoyondekigoto since 2000, a unit project with a Butoh dance
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Discography

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* 2012 Mabushii Itazura na Inori (CD, Heartfast) * 2012 Hikari To Nazukeyou (CD, Heartfast) * 1998 A little longer thus (CD, Tokuma) * 1998 The Wisdom Prepared (CD, Tokuma) * 1998 Withdrawe, this sable disclosure 'ere devot'd (CD, Les Disques Victo) * 1998 I saw it! that which before I could only sense (2CD Paratactile)

LSD March

* 2003 Totsuzen honno no gotoku LP (White Elephant) * 2005 Domori to sanshu CD (Siwa) * 2005 Kanashimino bishonen LP (HP Cycle) * 2005 Shindara jigoku LP (Siwa)

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* 1991 Kousokuya LP (Ray Night Music, 1991; CD reissue, PSF 2003) * 1995 Ray Night 1991-1992 Live CD (Forced Exposure) * 2004 Live Gyakuryu Kokuu CD ( PSF)

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* 1991 Maher Goes to Gothic Country LP (Org) * 1996 Return Visit to Rock Mass 3LP/3CD (Org)

Che-SHIZU

* 1997 Live 1996 Suisho CD (PSF) * 1999 Glimmering Star LP (Aleutian Retto)

Aihiyo

* 1998 Aihiyo CD (Tokuma) * 2000 Live CD ( PSF)

Other

* 1975-1977 as Seishokki (LP Siwa 2005) * 1984 with

(LP, PSF) * 1993 untitled with Reiko A (Cassette NekoIsis) * 1995 Gu-N with Gu-N (CD, Pataphysique) * 1997 Live Performance 1992/1994 with Tamio Shiraishi (CD, Pataphysique) * 1997 Of Dogstarman with Fumio Kosakai (CD, Pataphysique) * 2004 Anoyo no dekigoto (LP, Siwa) * 2008

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with Umeda Tetsuya (CD, Majikick Records) * 2017 with Eddie Marcon, Strobo / Koshin (7inch Single, Pong-Kong Records)

References

Interview. ''etcetera'', issue 1, 1996. unpaginated. (Japanese)

External links

Official site

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