Final JunKroom event on 22nd April 2011 at Urbanguild in Kyoto

Many thanks to all the performers for putting on a brilliant show at the last JunKroom event in Kyoto.
This was also a charity event to help people in the Tokoku region who are suffering as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. The door money plus a collection we did during the show brought in around 48 000 yen- which I'll round up to 50 000 yen. So we have 25 000 yen to give to ゆめ風基金（Yume-kaze fund) and 25000 yen to give to JVC Thank you everybody for contributing !!

DEtails about the work the charities are doing can be found on their Home Pages. (addresses below)

ゆめ風基金（Yume-kaze fund)
http://homepage3.nifty.com/yumekaze/

JVC
http://www.ngo-jvc.net/jp/projects/touhoku/report0413.html


Please watch this space for for future developments....The JunKroom event take a break and restart in London where I hope to be able to promote the excellent work of my friends in Kyoto and give UK audiences the chance to see some of the best Music, Dance and Art coming out of Japan.

Here's a list of performers who have participated in the JunKroom event over the last 4 years...many thanks to all of you!

Alexander Rishaug, Phonophani (Espen Sommer Eide), Sigbjorn Apeland Yosuke Fujita, ieva, Sseeaann Rrooee, WEAST (Murakami Hiroshi & Tanaka Ryo), Acsoc / Syndrome WPW (Serge Teuscher), CLONELINESS (aka Charles-Eric Billard) Yoshida Koichi - Udonya Mentei - Okuda Satoko - raw elements - Sseeaann Rrooee - 西野貴人 (太鼓) - Das Capital Punishment - Aleatoric Tinkerbot - Yangjah - 魚雷魚 - MaDonald - Mash Cucumber - 時空JIKUUUUUUUUU - amalls の skcaj -Peachman (Toshiya Momota) - Praed - Problematica - Bridget Scott - Christopher Fryman - Misuzu - Hamah Moh - Harikokue (Harico + Kozue Sugiura - ieva (Samuel Andre) - Lorenzo Senni - Naked Mozart (Donald the Nut + Chiko Choko) - Miimo - ra_ka - Seed - Yoji and his ghost band - Llama Labo - Buggatronic (Daniel Buess /James Hullick) - raks khamis - Tim Olive - Nick Hoffman - Takahiro Kawaguchi - AUJIK - Porta Chiusa - Hannes Lingens - Pierre Borel - The Patty Hearst Noise Opera - Vice - Problematica - Ritsuko Hidaka - DJ AFRIphoniCAAAA - Anthony Guerra & Mark Sadgrove - GG Jackson - Katsura Mouri - Hakobune - Kenichi Higashino - Hiromi Shirai - Sbot N Wo - madonaLD! - Akiko Igaki - Azumi Miyata - Junichi Inoue - Psychedelic Desert - S.C.F - Jet Vel - Armelle Dousset - Mariko Tajiri - Titan No Kai - Inouratomoe - Salads in Space - Hanaarashi - Oh My Cow - The Pumpkins - 7hz Tribe Arkestra - Moe Matsuki - Yuka Hanamoto - Public on the Mountain - Anne Marijin Koppen - Clemence Baars - Andrea Valvini - Day Good Explorer (Stephen Munoz & Jack Glacken) - Eddie 135 - Prof Mari Oka - Toshikuni Doi - Denki Gypsy Special - Kazuya Hagihara - Geronimo Label - Falsos Gitanos - Mir - Dan Marlin - Tomoko Sauvage - Charles-Eric Billard - Shinji Kameda - Bum Creek - Shags Chamberlain - Floating Room - Mitsu Salmon - ryotaro - Jana Winderen - Julie Pereira - Baku - Akira - Tadashi Yonago - SEVEN FIELDS from J - Kusum Normoyle - JP DuQuette - Malawicob - Takashi Tanaka - Alice Sailor and Damage Distortion - Sadaharu Horio - Handsome Buggy - Iron Egg - Karolina Raczynska - Caitlin Coker - Amrik Sahnsi - Ms Meka Nism - Junko Imai and Chiaki Kuwahara - Richard Dean - Sylwia Gorak - Floating Room - Veejay Figshta - Bloom Creation - Titan No Kai - Teruyuki Tanaka - Take-Bow - Cosmic Kaigan - Uratomoe Trio - Jerry Gordon - Mesuinu & Co - Hiroyuki Furuya - Johnny Miller - Shabushabu - Hana Joss - Shinyokoeband - Kaneko Kitawaki Guitar Duo - 15 mm films - Duncan Galbraith - Suda Nobuto - Fucked 76 - Matthew Mullane - Yuko Nexus 6 - On Furukawa - Tonko - Takaaki Matsui - Hiro Ohta - Keisuke Uemura - Ippei Ikeda - Yasuo Fukurozaka - kogut (Joan Laage) - David Lakein - Empty Orchestra - Yumiko Nii - Reiko Kiyama - Cell 63

The Final JunKroom Event in KYOTO on 22nd April 2011 @ Urbanguild in Kyoto

THE FINAL JUNKROOM EVENT!!!
AT URBANGUILD in KYOTO

22nd APRIL 2011


After producing and being involved in about 30 show in the last 4 years or so.... The JunKroom event in Kyoto finally comes to an end. I will be returning to England in the next few weeks after having lived in Kyoto for 5 years. Organizing and participating in these events has been an education for me- it’s helped me meet some of the most interesting performers in Kyoto. I hope in return, the event has contributed to the diverse cultural life of this city by acting as a forum for both local artists and those visiting from overseas. To all the performers who have contributed, and to all the visitors to the event, I’d like to say thank you for supporting JunKroom in Kyoto! And..... a huge THANK YOU to everyone at Urbanguild who have provided the perfect home to the event!

I will be restarting the JunKroom project in the UK, so.. to all the performers who have joined the event in Kyoto- there is an open invitation to come over and perform in England. Junkroom will become a bridge between Kyoto and London and will introduce the work of Japanese performers to audiences in the UK. I look forward to my new role supporting the work of all the friends I’ve made while I’ve been living in Kyoto.

For this last event I’ve decided that proceeds will be donated to charity to help the people in the NE of Japan who have been devastated by the Earthquake and Tsunami, as well as the problems with the Nuclear Power plant in Fukushima.
















THE FINAL JUNKROOM EVENT!!!
AT URBANGUILD in KYOTO

22nd APRIL 2011

Starts at 7.00pm Ends at 2.00am (or later!)
Entry 1500 advance or 1800 at the door
1 drink is included!

PERFORMERS

Acsoc (Serge Teuscher)

http://www.midinetterecords.net/acsoc/

Serge Teuscher who is a member of the electronic punk-rock outfit Syndrome WPW based in Lausanne in Switzerland, will be performing solo for this event under the moniker Acsoc. Expect some uncompromising and beautifully brutal sounds!

Naked Mozart

http://nakedmozart.com/

Naked Mozart are the Kyoto based duo of Donald the Nut -proto nerd rocker from San Francisco’s Three Day Stubble and classical violinist Chiko Choko. So what’s in store....perhaps the rebellious spirit of Mozart, sinister vocal acrobatics and dollops of potty humor.

WEAST (Murakami Hiroshi & Tanaka Ryo)

An artist unit, formed in August, 2010. The members are Murakami Hiroshi living in Tokyo and Tanaka Ryo living in Kyoto. As a theme 'What is connecting?,' they have a variety of experiments and tests. As a result they put out documents and performances.

Bridget Scott & Problematica

http://www.myspace.com/problematicajp

Kyoto based duo perform on Electric violin voice and metal percussion- For tonights performance they will be joined by Bridget Scott with her unique blend of Japanese traditional and contemporary dance.

SseeaannRrooee

Sean Roe (a.k.a Sseeaann Rrooee) was born in Crawley, England 1963. He is a Multimedia artist, Musician and Curator, and has exhibited and performed widely in the UK, Europe and Japan, and has also lectured and conducted workshops in Colleges, Galleries and Art Centres. Since 2007 he has produced the JunKroom multi-disciplinary live event in Kyoto.

Christopher Fryman & Misuzu

http://www.myspace.com/christopherfryman

Christopher Fryman will be performing on Trumpet (electronically treated and processed) creating an ambient backdrop for the exotic dancing of Misuzu.

Chikako Bando & Yumiko Nii

http://www.tcn.zaq.ne.jp/hanaarashi/Welcome.html

Chikako Bando and Yumiko Nii are both members of the extraordinary contemporary dance group “Hanaarashi” Their performances are strange and challenging! Highly recommended!

CLONELINESS aka Charles-Eric Billard

http://charlou2006.blogspot.com/

Charles-Eric Billard performs on home made and cannibalized traditional instruments combined with electronics, creating gently pulsating music with a Balinese flavour.


Mitsu Salmon & ryotaro

http://www.lightsake.blogspot.com/
http://www.ryotaro.info/

Mitsu Salmon creates solo and collaborative performance pieces weaving together music, dance, text and imagery. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She has received her BFA from the Experimental Theater Wing at New York University (January 2005). ryotaro is an accordionist, composer and performer. He uses MIDI-accordion; intermixing accordion, synthesizer and programmed sounds creating instant compositions.

Andrew Couzens & Caitlin Coker

Andrew Couzens is a Musician and video maker who aside from his solo work, also performs as a member of SCF and AmallsnoSkcaj . Tonight he will be Joined by Butoh inspired dancer Caitlin Coker who performs regularly in Ima Tenko’s dance company.

ALEXANDER RISHAUG (solo) / PHONPHANI & SIGBJØRN APELAND (duo) + GUESTS LIVE IN JAPAN, FEBRUARY 2011

Here are details about the Alexander Rishaug, PHONPHANI & Sigbjorn Apeland tour of Japan.
The Photographs are from their recent (17th Feb) performance at the JunKroom event at Urbanguild in Kyoto.



















ALEXANDER RISHAUG (solo) / PHONPHANI & SIGBJØRN APELAND (duo) + GUESTS

LIVE IN JAPAN, FEBRUARY 2011

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop) with SIGBJØRN APELAND (harmonium)

LIVE + + LECTURE at Gift_Lab, Tokyo 16.02.2011 – start 07:30pm

http://www.giftlab.jp
http://jimushitsu.blogspot.com
http://www.last.fm/event/1828711+『今日のノルウェー実験音楽+2011

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop) with SIGBJØRN APELAND (harmonium)
YOSUKE FUJITA (pipe organ)
MITSU SALMON (vocal, dance, text, visuals)
RYOTARO (MIDI-accordion, synthesizer)
IEVA (laptop, field recordings)
SSEEAANN RROOEE ( turntables, amplified paper)

LIVE at UrBANGUILD, Kyoto 17.02.2011 – open 06:45 pm / start 07:00pm

http://www.urbanguild.net
http://junkroomkyoto.blogspot.com
http://www.deepkyoto.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180187135350900

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop) with SIGBJØRN APELAND (harmonium)
HACO (voice, electronics)
REIKO IMANISHI (koto)

LIVE at Common Cafe, Osaka 18.02 – open 07:00 pm / start 07:30pm

http://www.talkin-about.com/cafe/index.html
http://ompasha.blog.shinobi.jp

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop) with SIGBJØRN APELAND (harmonium)
HACO (voice, electronics)
ALI MORIMOTO (sampler, gameboy)

LIVE at Guggenheim House, Kobe, Shioya 19.02.2011 – open 07:00 pm / start 07:30pm

http://www.nedogu.com/blog/archives/1455
http://www.nedogu.com

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop)
AKINORI YAMASAKI (guitar)
TIM OLIVE (guitar, electronics)
SONIR (laptop)
MIKU-MARI (guitar, electronics)

LIVE at Sample - White Room, Nara 24.02.2011 – start 06:00

http://samplewr.exblog.jp

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop)
YASUHIRO USUI (guitar)
RYOKO ONO (alto sax )
TARU TATSUMAKI (drums)
ZONZONO (sampler/electronics)

LIVE at K.D Japon, Nagoya 25.02.2011 – open 06:30 / start 07:30pm

http://www2.odn.ne.jp/kdjapon
http://www.usui-yasuhiro.com/live

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ALEXANDER RISHAUG (laptop)
PHONOPHANI (self-made instruments, laptop)
HOSOMI SAKANA (laptop)
TAISHI KAMIYA (soprano saxophone, laptop)

LIVE at Soup, Tokyo 26.02.2011 - start 07:30pm

http://ochiaisoup.web.fc2.com/index.html
http://jimushitsu.blogspot.com
http://www.cmflg.com
http://www.last.fm/event/1790435+『今日のノルウェー実験音楽+2011

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The tour is supported by The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo, MIC/UD, Arts Council Norway
and Bergen Council.

Booked and organized by Tetsuro Yasunaga, Sean Roe, Haco, Ali Morimoto, Satoshi Nakazawa
Usui Yasuhiro, Daiki Asari, Espen Sommer Eide and Alexander Rishaug

JunKroom Special Event 17th February 2011 @ Urbanguild Kyoto

必見！ノルウェーから実験電子音楽アーティスト３人がやって来ます！
Alexander Rishaug アレクサンデル・リスァグ(Smalltown Supersound), Phonophani フォノファニ(Espen Sommer Eide) エスペン・ソンメル・アイダ（Rune Grammofon）and Sigbjorn Apeland　シグボーン・アプランド　ハーモニウム電子音楽プレーヤー

PLUS!! Yosuke Fujita Japan, Mitsu Salmon & ryotaro USA/Japan, ieva (Samuel Andre) France, Sseeaann Rrooee UK



JunKroom special event
17th February 2011 (Thursday)
at Urbanguild
Doors open 6.45pm Starts 7.00pm
1500yen adv 2000yen at door (includes 1 drink)

Join the Facebook guest list
and and get reduced entry (1500 yen inc 1 Drink)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180187135350900

International Show with 3 amazing guests from Norway!

Alexander Rishaug Norway
Phonophani (Espen Sommer Eide) Norway
Sigbjorn Apeland Norway
Yosuke Fujita Japan
Mitsu Salmon & ryotaro USA/Japan
ieva (Samuel Andre) France
Sseeaann Rrooee UK



Alexander Rishaug is a sound artist and musician based in Oslo, Norway. His sound is melodic, melancholic and often quiet. Rishaug explores tones and textures through the use of electronics, field recordings, toys or simply just playing around with an instrument. Rishaug combines an intimate knowledge of his musical equipment with the curiousness of an amateur. Rishaug was one of the key figures in ARM, a improv collective with Arne Borgan and Are Mokkelbost (Single Unit). As a solo artist he has worked with: Elin Vister, Svarte Greiner, Lasse Marhaug, Marius Watz, Andreas Meland, Erich Berger, Ivar Grydeland, Ole Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv, Pekka Stokke and Tape.

Alexander Rishaug／アレクサンデル・リスァグ:

1974年生まれ。オスロ在住のサウンドアーティスト／プロデューサー。既成の楽器にとらわれず、電子音や フィールドレコーディング、玩具など様々なエレメントを音響面から探求している。機材に関する深い造詣と 無邪気な遊び心を持ち合わせながら、Steve ReichやTerry Rileyを思わせるサウンドスケープを 作り上げることを得意としている。同時に90年代以降のグリッチ的手法とピエール・アンリやベルナール・ パルメジアーニの作曲語法を融和させたような構造を自身の表現の中に取り込んでいる。
オヴァルを引き合いに出されることもあるが、そこには批評性や没個性よりもむしろ、シンガーソングライターの 志向性に近い人間的な暖かさと喜びに彩られているのが彼の作品の特徴である。一方で、ブラックメタルの UlverやノイズユニットJazzkammerなどのリミックスを手がけるほか、コンラッド・シュニッツラーとコラボ レーションを果たすといったオープンなスタンスも彼のもうひとつの持ち味である。


Phonophani (Espen Sommer Eide) was born in Oslo, Norway. Espen played music originally on percussion instruments, flutes and trumpet, before emphasising computer-generated sounds. He currently lives in Bergen, Norway where he is involved in the city's experimental music scene. Eide has released several solo albums as Phonophani, under the Rune Grammofon record label. Phonophani is multi-instrumentalist and digital electronics music, characterized by various manipulated live instruments integrated with pure electronic sounds. Espen Sommer Eide is the developer of the Concertinome, a custom made instrument combining the concertina accordion with the monome style keyboard and electronic air pressure sensors. Eide also records music with Alog, his musical partnership with fellow Norwegian musician, Dag-Are Haugan. In 2005, Alog was the winner of the Spellemannprisen, the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy. In 2007, Alog was nominated for a Spellemannprisen for the album Amateur.

Phonophani／フォノファニ（Espen Sommer Eide／エスペン・ソンメル・アイダ):

1972年生まれ。ベルゲン在住のミュージシャン／アーティスト。Phonophani名義で作品を発表するほか、Alog のメンバーとしても知られている。エレクトロニクスとアコースティックを組み合わせた精巧かつ複雑な自作楽器 を用いた演奏を行う。これまでにRune Grammofonから多数のアルバムを発表しており、Alog名義の作品では ノルウェーのグラミー賞にあたる「Spellemannsprisen」を受賞している。
一方で、サイトスペシフィックなアート作品の制作や、劇団Verdensteatretに参加するなど音楽家以外の側面も 持っている。ル・コルビュジェ教会（フランス）の50周年記念制作やNorthern Lights Festival（ノルウェー）での サウンドインスタレーション、Manifesta7（イタリア）における古いレコードを再構築したオリジナル楽器の発表など その成果は多岐に渡る。
現在はノルウェー国内の美術館に向けたパーマネントコレクションの制作を手がける傍ら、インターネット上での 作品制作にも着手。過去にはベルゲンで電子音楽フェスのディレクターも歴任している。

Sigbjørn Apeland (born 1966) is a musician (organ, harmonium) and academic, well known for work that can be placed on the border between folk music, church music and improvisatory music.
After growing up in Sveio he graduated from The Rogaland Conservatory of Music (1988) specializing in the study and the performance of Church Music. He also studied ethnomusicology at the University of Bergen (1998), before doing a research fellowship at the Grieg Academy writing his dissertation on the Musical Life in the Norwegian Church as Cultural Practice (2005). Apeland has participated in a number of releases by Nils Økland (1995 -), Reid Horvei (1998), Inge Leiv Kvammen and Olav Kvammen (2000), Asne Valland Nordli (2001), Maryland's (2001), and Agnes Buen Garnås (2002). Apeland also plays with the Hardanger fiddle player Synnøve S. Bjørset and collaborates with Knut Hamre and Benedicte Riise Hildegun Maurseth.

Sigbjorn Apeland
オルガン・ハルモニウム奏者。ベルゲンでサンドヴィケン教会の常任オルガン奏者を務める。ノルウェイの民族音楽、電子音楽、即興音楽とのコラボレーション、インスタレーション「Organ Tower」などミクストメディアの作曲演奏も精力的に行っている。ノルウェイのグラミー賞(Spellemannsprisen)を2006年(Alogとエレクトロニカ部門)と2007年(Sigrid Moldestadと民族音楽部門)に受賞。


fujita yosuke/音楽家広島県尾道市生まれ、香川県出身。
音楽家。鳥を師匠とする。
２０世紀のクラシック、特に室内楽や器楽曲、ジャズ、ミニマル、民族音楽などの影響を受け、独自の音楽、トーンを追求。
楽器は主に声とギター、そして自作楽器「11's Moon Organ」を演奏する。
音を聴き、そこに触れることを感じさせる、“間”の演奏術が特徴的である。2009年、空想を具現化した完全自作のパイプオルガンを製作。自作楽器「11's Moon Organ」である。ふいごから何まで一人自宅にて作り上げ、風箱には８個の石が置かれ、その風圧により１１本のパイプを鳴らす。鍵盤が無い全く独自の構造によるドローンサウンドである。
手作業によるパイプのいびつさから生まれた複雑な空気のノイズを利用し、風の揺らぎ、星の振動、動物の鳴声とも云えるノイズ奏法から美しいハーモニーまでを持つ、独特の響きである。また絵や写真作品の制作、アートワークやSelf-Portraitなど、力の抜けた姿勢を持ち、2007年には金沢、大阪にて個展『藤田陽介作品展 〈森の子供〉』を開催。
現在までに「芸術家にて」(2006)、「石切と４つのコンチェルト」(2008)と二枚のアルバムをFlavour of Soundより発表。現在、石切(大阪)の小さな一軒家で暮らし、各地で活動を行う。

Mitsu Salmon creates solo and collaborative performance pieces weaving together music, dance, text and imagery. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She has received her BFA from the Experimental Theater Wing at New York University (January 2005). She has lived, worked and studied in England, Germany, Amsterdam and India. Currently she resides in Kyoto, Japan where she studies dance and performs with Ima Tenko and collaborates with accordionist/performer ryotaro. Her work has been presented at places such Performance Space 122, Highways Performance Space and internationally at Hebbel Am Uffer, the Berlin Performance Art Festival and the London Performance Art Festival

ryotaro is an accordionist, composer and performer. He uses MIDI-accordion; intermixing accordion, synthesizer and programmed sounds to create compositions.He has also performed and recorded albums with the bands Elements, Alternate Symphony, trace elements and Picaresque.In addition,he has also collaborated and improvised with Take-bow (performer and table top guitarist), Meri Otoshi (dancer), Mitsu Salmon (performer) and other dancers, actors and painters. He composed, played music and acted in the film "Jellyfish" directed by Nadia Porcar, which was screened at the Osaka European Film Festival in 2004. In 2008, ryotaro released his 1st solo album "Jelly, nico & I".

ieva (Samuel Andre)Musician and award winning film soundtrack composer. His live performances use multi layered field recordings that are overlayed creating quite mysterious imaginary aural worlds. http://www.ieva-li.net/constellation/

Sean Roe (a.k.a Sseeaann Rrooee) was born in Crawley, England 1963. He is a Multimedia artist, Musician and Curator, having studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College (London University) and at Middlesex University in London. He has exhibited and performed widely in the UK, Europe and Japan, and has also lectured and conducted workshops in Colleges, Galleries and Art Centres. Since 2007 he has produced the JunKroom multi-disciplinary live event in Kyoto ( http://junkroomkyoto.blogspot.com/) and more recently has helped establish "For Gaza" a fundraising project that raises awareness about the plight of the Palestinians through music and performance, and through lectures and discussion. (http://gazaevents.blogspot.com/)


ADDRESS AND DIRECTIONS

UrBANGUILD
tel/fax:075-212-1125
〒604-8017
京都市中京区三条東木屋町下がる材木町181
ニュー京都ビル３F

181-2 Zaimoku-cho
new-Kyoto bldg. 3F,
Kiyamachi Dori
Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto
604-8017
Japan

Very Easy to find-
Here are some basic directions

From Sanjo Dori
go down Kiyamachi Dori
(This is the narrow street running alongside Takase stream
Urbanguild is on the east side
(left hand side as you walk down from Sanjo)
walk approximately 150 metres.
Its on the 3rd floor of New Kyoto Building-access by elevator or stairs