Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975
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Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta, Takehisa Kosugi: Improvisation Sep. 1975

Carefully restored 2022 edition of haunting 70s Japanese avantgarde Free-Jazz opus

Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta and Takehisa Kosugi originally got together in the summer of 1975 for an open-air concert in Sapporo. The concert felt like a great success but was unfortunately not recorded. As the desire arose to record together, they managed to arrange a studio session in the NHK Studio in Tokyo, with presence of sound engineers.
What was supposed to be a soundcheck for this session became the session itself: a haunting 50-minute séance of intense avantgarde improvisation using a large instrumentation and live processing (tape echo, ring modulation, phasing). A trident travelogue of the momentum masterfully controlled by the ensemble spirit, transcending the boundaries of psychedelic underground.