YOSHITAKE
EXPE is an extraordinary guitarist from the city of Osaka , Japan
whose backbone can be found in a Funk Band in the 90s accompanied
by American musicians.
With the use of numerous compact effectors he has established a unique
Space guitar sound whilst processing sound with a story-like flow
like that of a DJ with influences found in P-funk , Electro Techno
, with a Brian Eno vibe and sensibility of Brazilian music , at times
playing the guitar percussively creating improvised robotic house
music , at times playing a sensual guitar solo , but at times very
organic with a soothing acoustic sound and is guaranteed to take you
on a space odyssey.
He has collaborated with varying types of artists from visual artists
and painters , avant-garde , improvisational , jazz , techno , hip-hop
, world music , music for film and soundtracks and is also highly
regarded as a club DJ and continues to expand his musical horizon
. He has also held an exhibition of sound installations accompanied
with a 100 hour performance in art museums.
Nutron s debut album was voted "best album of the year(2003)"
by Music Magazine and made an appearance at Fuji Rock Festival in
2004 .For the past 5 years he has been playing over 150 shows annually
with his solo project .
His current projects involve a Space Funk duo with world class drummer
Takashi Numazawa , Space Dub Funk with dub mixer Naoyuki Uchida and
also formed a Super-Unit PARA together with Seiichi Yamamoto. Amongst
many collaborations his performance with the treasure of Brazil ,
Marcos Suzano is especially memorable . |