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Makoto Oshiro, from Okinawa and now based in Berlin, has developed an artistic practice spanning sound, site installation, field recording, language, instrument design, and more for over a decade. His performances and installations have spanned the globe, regularly appearing across Asia, Europe, North America, and further - often collaborating with other artists, most recently with Nick Klein on the album ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ released by the cult Italian label Superpang last year.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ documents four live and studio performances from 2020-2023 in Tokyo and Berlin, and marks Oshiroโs first solo album since 2014. Small electro-mechanical devices made by Oshiro, which he calls ๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช-๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, are coaxed into physically generating sound by rapidly opening and closing relays. The speed of the relays is controlled by Oshiro, producing a distinctive clicking (โ๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช-๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช-๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ชโฆโ) at lower speeds - then bursting into squeals, squawks, and drones at their maximal activity, occasionally creating sympathetic harmonics with the surface they have been placed upon. Functioning as acoustic oscillators, numerous ๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช-๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ด build a richly layered environment, approaching sonic phenomenon at its most fundamental aspects.
These recordings bridge installation and performance, machine and organism, abstract and physical, subconscious and rapture - especially on the title track ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , with over 40 minutes of densely unfolding square waves and their superpositions.
Listen loud, lay down, walk around, meditate, stretch, and wander through the void.
๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ and ๐ต๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ recorded at UdK Berlin Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Studio in 2022.
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ recorded at Morphine Raum (Berlin) in 2023.
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ recorded at Permian (Tokyo) in 2020.
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Makoto Oshiro is a Berlin-Tokyo based performer and artist. His primary medium is sound, but he also combines other elements including light, electricity and movement of objects. In live performances, he uses self-made tools and instruments that are based on electronic devices, every day materials, and junk. His installation work handles sound as a physical and auditory phenomenon, and focuses on characteristics such as vibration and interference.
He is also a member of the live installation / performance group The Great โณ(ๅคใฎๅคงโณ) with Takahiro Kawaguchi and Satoshi Yashiro, and runs the label Basic Function.
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released January 30, 2024
Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Design by Dominique S
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