Taku Sugimoto & Takashi Masubuchi - Live At Otooto & Permian

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CORE16
Barcode: 5902249003406
Release Date: 15th January 2021
Genre: Experimental

On Live At OTOOTO & Permian, two guitarists from Japan, Taku Sugimoto and Takashi Masubuchi, ask a series of unresolved questions – about time, about interplay, about tonality. Those who know Sugimoto’s music will recognise here a certain tension, and a feeling for the apposite; these two traits have been core to his playing and composing since he first introduced himself to the broader listening public, in the ‘90s, with albums like Opposite. Masubuchi, who has also recently collaborated with Shizuo Uchida and Straytone, intersects with Sugimoto in a number of ways – they share interests in Morton Feldman and in folk blues, both of which are evident here in the abstract. Taku Sugimoto: electric guitar / Takashi Masubuchi: acoustic guitar

1. At OTOOTO Ⅰ（15:08）2. At OTOOTO Ⅱ（7:44）3. At Permian Ⅰ（9:49）4. At Permian Ⅱ（9:52）5. At OTOOTO Ⅲ（7:45）Recorded at OTOOTO and Permian, Tokyo in 2017 and 2018 Recorded by Takashi Masubuchi/Mixed and mastered by Takuro Okada Design by Matthew Brandi/Produced by Mark Wastell