is an

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ist,

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A member of

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, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the

Tama Art University or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan. History The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935 ...

under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara and

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. In the 1990s, Machida worked for an

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in Asia and Africa. Machida's first album ''Hypernatural'' (1999) had been featured with

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and

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's article about

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. In 2001, Machida started to play improvised music by

Steelpan The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists. Descriptio ...

with computer program

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. Machida has been invited to perform for music festivals like ISEA2004,

Sónar Sónar is a festival dedicated to music, creativity and technology, founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergi Caballero. The festival has been divided into two parts since its inception: Sónar by Day and Sónar b ...

Tokyo,

MaerzMusik MaerzMusik is a festival of the Berliner Festspiele and has been held annually since 2002 in March at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues. It is the successor festival to the Musik-Biennale Berlin and is considered one of the most im ...

, etc. In 2004, Machida founded an

label Amorfon. In 2009, Machida composed soundtracks for

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exhibition. In 2017, Machida released "Music from the SYNTHI 100" with Constantin Papageorgiadis. This album was made by only

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. Machida also organized "Japan-Macedonia exchange art exhibition" and some workshops for children.Workshops for children
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Photobatik Photobatik is one of Photogram techniques produced by a Japanese artist Yoshio Machida is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist. Person A member of ASCAP, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the Tama ...

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technique using photographic paper. Photograms are produced by partial exposure and development of the entire photosensitive surface. Photobatik is "whole exposure and partial development." Machida has expanded his technique to overexposure of the photographic paper followed by only fixing the image, resulting in a pink image.

Discography

Solo albums * CD : ''Tender Blues'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) * CD : ''Music from the SYNTHI'' (Baskaru, France, 2014) * 7.5 Vinyl : ''EMS Synthi Works'' (CYLAND AUDIO ARCHIVE, Russia, 2013) * Vinyl : ''Steelpan Improvisation Series ro'' (self-release, 2012) * Vinyl : ''Steelpan Improvisation Series i'' (self-release, 2012) * CD : ''The Spirit of Beauty: soundtracks for Van Cleef & Arpels'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2010) * CD : ''Steelpan Improvisations:2001-2008'' (self-release, 2009) * CD : ''Hypernatural #3'' (Baskaru, France, 2008) * CD : ''Naada" (Amorfon, Japan, 2006) * CD : ''Infinite Flowers'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2004) * CD : ''Hypernatural #2'' (Softl Music, Germany, 2001) * CD : ''Hypernatural'' (Japan, 1999) * FD : ''AMORPHOUS'' (

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Pieces with Koan software by SSEYO Ltd., 1999) Solo DVD * CD : ''Scape*dance'' (self-release, 2011) Group albums * CD : Yoshio Machida + Constantin Papageorgiadis ''Music from the SYNTHI 100'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) * CD : Walk With The Penguin ''Charm'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) * CD : Jorge Queijo / Hiroki Chiba / Yoshio Machida ''Luminant'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2016) * CD : Ohanami ''Agapanthus'' (Wonderyou, Japan, 2013) * CD : miimo ''miimo 5'' (self-release, 2012) * CD : miimo ''miimo 4'' (self-release, 2011) * CD : Ohanami ''Ohanami'' (Wonderyou, Japan, 2010) * CD : miimo ''miimo 3'' (self-release, 2010) * CD : miimo ''miimo 2'' (self-release, 2009) * CDR : miimo ''miimo'' (self-release, 2007) * CD : Walk With The Penguin ''steal a spoon for you'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2007)

Compilation

* 7.5'Vinyl : V.A. ''CAA#20'' (CYLAND AUDIO ARCHIVE, Russia, 2015) * CD : V.A. ''miimo "Starz File Vol.3'' (Avex, Japan, 2009) * CD+DVD : V.A. ''SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX 01 , skoltz_kolgen'' (SK Factory, Canada, 2007) * CD : V.A. ''

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- Hitokomakura'' (and/OAR, USA, 2007) * CD : V.A. ''Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century'' (

Quiet Design Quiet Design is an independent music and sound art label based in Austin, Texas, Austin,TX and founded in 2007. Owned and curated by composers Mike Vernusky and Cory Allen (musician), Cory Allen, Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists fr ...

, USA, 2007) * CD : V.A. ''water music'' (commune disc, Japan, 2006) * CD : V.A. ''seeds of dub'' (mao, Japan, 2004) * CD : V.A ''*Music for Baby!'' (Amorfon, Japan, 2004) * CD : V.A ''lib.'' (cubicfabric, Japan, 2003) * CD : V.A ''Kraakgeluiden'' (unsounds, The Netherlands, 2003) * CD : V.A ''Japanese Avant Garde'' (

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, Belgium, 2002) * CD : V.A (Improvised Music from Japan, Japan, 2002)

Notes

External links

Yoshio Machida website

Amorfon
Reviews at: * http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=1870 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080612005914/http://www.tokafi.com:80/newsitems/cd-feature-yoshio-machida-hypernatural-3/ * http://www.quietnoise.org/main.php?mode=r&id=105&arc=curr#currid * http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2008/03/30/brise-glace/ * http://neural.it/2007/05/yoshio-machida-naada/ * http://www.bodyspace.net/album.php?album_id=679 * http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5244&Itemid=64 * http://www.loop.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=27 * http://www.bodyspace.net/entrevistas.php?ent_id=116 {{DEFAULTSORT:Machida, Yoshio 1967 births Electroacoustic improvisation Free improvisation Japanese artists Japanese composers Japanese experimental musicians Japanese male composers Living people Musicians from Saitama Prefecture Artists from Saitama Prefecture Steelpan musicians