From: Wesley (wesleyhongkong@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 08:24:33 CET
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Interview :: Jazztronik (Nozaki Ryota) @ KindaMuzik
There's an Interview Feature with Nozaki Ryota (Jazztronik) at
KindaMuzik. He talks about his recent solo album and lists his Top 5
Favorite Albums. As one of the top nu jazz/future jazz artists around
you can also read up on his past, his super producer unit, and a
particular quirk of his.
Link to the full article here:
http://www.kindamuzik.com
http://www.kindamuzik.com/features/article.shtml?id=2029
excerpts:
Blistering Brazilian beats kiss spacey cosmopolitan grooves like
wisps of water landing on the face under the summer sun; hot and
cool, and altogether refreshing. When Jazztronik surfaced upon the
future jazz scene, he hit like a tsunami in style: live instrumentation
danced with electronic sonic archetypes in a fashionable crossbreed, at
once warmly intimate and aptly erudite. With the immediate support of
Gilles Peterson, Kyoto Jazz Massive, and Rainer Truby, placing
Jazztronik cuts on their prestigious playlists, Jazztronik went on to
work with the likes of Mondo Grosso, Fertile Ground, Modaji, and London
Elektricity. But the man behind this forward-thinking project has since
taken a temporary leave from the jazz dimension to pursue another of his
musical persuasions: free form ambient...
With the composing process beginning last fall, writing piece by piece,
Nozaki met with some initial problems. "It was kind of difficult to get
a good balance with piano and synthesizer sounds. There was no click. So
I was straggling with minutes and seconds rather than bars and beats,"
he says. As a recording period of approximately two weeks ran to a
close, Nozaki parlayed a body of work that he describes as being
influenced by the likes of Harold Budd, Brian Eno, and Keith Jarrett.
But this is hardly a whim, as Nozaki notes, "I have liked ambient music
for many years. I feel that it's somehow related with contemporary
music."
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