Yoshio Machida

is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist. A member of ASCAP. Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the Tama Art University under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara, Kishio Suga. In the 90s, Machida worked for international cooperation in Asia and Africa. Machida's first album Hypernatural (1999) had been featured with Brian Eno and Oval (band) on David Toop's article about Generative music. In 2001, Machida started to play improvised music by Steelpan with computer program Max/MSP. Machida has been invited to perform in ISEA2004, Sónar Tokyo, MaerzMusik, etc. In 2004, Machida founded an experimental music label Amorfon. Machida also organized "Japan-Macedonia exchange art exhibition" and some workshops for children. As a visual artist, Machida has produced Photobatik like Photogram technique using photographic paper. Photograms are produced by partial exposure and development of the entire photosensitive surface. Photobatik is "whole exposure and partial development." Machida has expanded his technique to overexposure of the photographic paper followed by only fixing the image, resulting in a pink image.

Discography

Solo Album
* CD : "Hypernatural #3" (Baskaru, France, 2008)
* CD : "Naada" (Amorfon, Japan, 2006)
* CD : "Infinite Flowers" (Amorfon, Japan, 2004)
* CD : "Hypernatural #2" (Softl Music, Germany, 2001)
* CD : "Hypernatural" (Japan, 1999)
* FD : "AMORPHOUS" (Koan Pieces with Koan software by SSEYO Ltd., 1999)

Compilation

* CD+DVD : V.A. "SILENT ROOM FAKTORY BOX 01 | skoltz_kolgen" (SK Factory, Canada, 2007)
* CD : V.A. "Yasujiro Ozu - Hitokomakura" (and/OAR, USA, 2007)
* CD : V.A. "Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century" (Quiet Design, USA, 2007)
* CD : V.A. "water music" (commune disc, Japan, 2006)
* CD : V.A. "seeds of dub" (mao, Japan, 2004)
* CD : V.A "*Music for Baby!" (Amorfon, Japan, 2004)
* CD : V.A "lib." (cubicfabric, Japan, 2003)
* CD : V.A "Kraakgeluiden" (unsounds, The Netherlands, 2003)
* CD : V.A "Japanese Avant Garde" (sub rosa, Belgium, 2002)
* CD : V.A (Improvised Music from Japan, Japan, 2002)

Notable Concerts / Exhibitions

* MaerzMusik (Berlin, 2006)Fact|date=October 2007
* Musical workshop at Sava Zebeljan School (Crepaja, Serbia, 2006)Fact|date=October 2007
* Lecture at Polytechnic Academy (Berglade, Serbia, 2006)Fact|date=October 2007
* Musical workshop for children at Minamisuna elementary school/ASIAS (Tokyo, 2005)Fact|date=October 2007
* Soundtrack for French TV spot (Visual, 2005)Fact|date=October 2007
* Organization of Japan-Macedonia Exchange Exhibition (Macedonia and Japan, 2004)Fact|date=October 2007
* ISEA2004 (Finland, 2004)Fact|date=October 2007
* Cooperation to "Ecoute (Listen)" at Pompidou Center (Paris, 2004)Fact|date=October 2007
* "Dark Symphony" at Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria, 2003)Fact|date=October 2007
* "Sónar Tokyo" live & lecture (Tokyo, 2002)Fact|date=October 2007
* Solo exhibition at Izba (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 2002)Fact|date=October 2007
* Solo exhibition at Pepper's Loft Gallery (Tokyo, 2002)Fact|date=October 2007

External links

* [http://www.yoshiomachida.com/HTML/YMINDEX.HTM Yoshio Machida website]
* [http://www.amorfon.com Amorfon] Reviews at:
* http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=1870
* http://www.tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-yoshio-machida-hypernatural-3/
* http://www.quietnoise.org/main.php?mode=r&id=105&arc=curr#currid
* http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2008/03/30/brise-glace/
* http://www.neural.it/sound/2007/05/yoshio_machida_naada.phtml
* http://www.bodyspace.net/album.php?album_id=679
* http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5244&Itemid=64
* http://www.loop.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=27
* http://www.bodyspace.net/entrevistas.php?ent_id=116