Yoshio Machida

???? (Yoshio Machida) is a Tokyo-based sound & visual artist. Born in Japan in 1967. He studied minimal art / music / film extensively under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara, Kishio Suga at Tama art university in Tokyo. So far Machida has participated in art events / music festivals like ISEA2004, Sonar-Tokyo, Europhonics Jazz Festival, Maerz Musik Festival, etc... He has been introduced in the book "Haunted Weather" by David Toop and has also been introduced with artists such as Otomo Yoshihide...

He studied minimal art / music / film extensively under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara, Kishio Suga at Tama art university in Tokyo.

So far Machida has participated in art events / music festivals like ISEA2004, Sonar-Tokyo, Europhonics Jazz Festival, Maerz Musik Festival, etc... He has been introduced in the book "Haunted Weather" by David Toop and has also been introduced with artists such as Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Merzbow, Aki Onda, Haco, Toshimaru Nakamura, Minamo, Yannis Kyriakides, Alejandra & Aeron, in some compilation albums (Improvised Music from Japan, Sub Rosa, Unsound, Cubicfabric). In 2005, "Afterimage" (from the CD "Hypernatural #2", Softl Music) has been used as the soundtrack for the French TV spot "Visual".

In the 90's, Yoshio Machida was involved in international cooperation work in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Mexico, etc... Through this work, he was inspired by Pan-East Asian sun worship basis, then he came out with collage painting & field recording works. Now Machida improvises Steel Pan (which was chosen as an instrument that can be symbol of light, like Asian Gong) and makes "PHOTOBATIK" as well. The music includes elements of ambient, experimental, electro-acoustic, noise, electronic, and contemporary music. Machida is also a band member of WALK WITH THE PENGUIN, a collaborative post-rock with Cinc, a Serbian band and Miimo, dub-electronica unit by Tatsu (bass) and Norihide Saji (drums).

In 2004, Machida founded AMORFON, a music label / platform for contemporary art events. From this label, he has released his solo albums, unique artists' works from Eastern Europe that have not been introduced so much and "Kindermusik: Improvised Music by Babies", a unique compilation album consisted of only Babies' improvisations as expressing concerns about music. He organized "Japan-Macedonia Exchange Art Exhibition" in Japan and Macedonia for the first time for both countries. In 2007, Machida started to run a podcasting station, SOUNDROOM.JP with Yasufumi Suzuki (commune disc) to introduce experimental music and art. Machida also writes for magazines, gives lectures and has some unique workshops for children through his art activity.

In 2008, French record label Baskaru releases "Hypernatural #3", the conclusion of the Hypernatural electroacoustic trilogy...

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