Improvised Music from Japan
Improvised Music from Japan is a website and record label.
The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it concentrates on Japanese and Japan-based improvisers, particularly free improvisers.
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:
The label has since released a number of other records featuring similar artists:
- 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
Other Japanese artists which could be considered free improvisers include:
