04/02 @ 8:00pm - Yoshitake Expe + Bomb Sun

Yoshitake Expe

Since 2001, Yoshitake Expe has made a name for himself throughout Japan as an inventive and extraordinary guitarist. With his extensive use of over seventy effects pedals, Yoshitake creates waves of transcendental soundscapes, drawing from a range of influences including ambient, funk, electronic and Brazilian music. His technique, dubbed “space guitar,” takes the listener on a spiritual journey that moves beyond time and consciousness.

With the 2002 debut of Nutron, Yoshitake teamed up with drummer Minoru Takahashi to create a sixty minute album of improvisational pieces recorded over just four days. Praised extensively throughout the Japanese press, Nutron was selected as one of the best albums of 2003 by Music Magazine. Since then, Yoshitake has continued to rise through the ranks of Japan’s avant-garde music community. Currently, Yoshitake joins Yamamoto Seiichi, the “godfather of Kansai’s music scene” (The Japan Times), in the minimal funk band Para. He also works with famed pandiero musician Marcos Suzano, Keiji Haino (noise legend) and Eye Yamantaka (Boredoms), among others.

In 2008, Yoshitake organized an eight day sound installation at the historic seventy year old Hosono building in Osaka. For over one hundred hours, performers and artists collaborated in various capacities–epitomizing the communal nature of Osaka’s arts scene.

Bomb Sun

Fumio Tashiro, a.k.a. “Bomb Sun” plays electric upright bass and creates original musical compositions. He has 15 years experience writing, touring, and performing music. As a student of the upright bass, Bomb Sun studied under his mentor Milt Hinton, and so, has a solid background in jazz and experimental improvisation. His newest compositions blend this background with a digital approach producing a unique and broad spectrum of sound. He is originally from Japan and currently resides in Brooklyn.

Michael Wilson is an emergent experimental improviser. He uses a sampler and a combination of small acoustic instruments and vocal patterns to create unique fields of sound. He is originally from Los Angeles and currently resides in Brooklyn.