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nakamura at cafe oto , london , may 2008 a paragon of beauty 240px non_vocal_instrumentalist mixing console , guitar free and roll jazz , free improvisation , onkyokei , rock toshimaru nakamura.jpg toshimaru nakamura
 toshimaru nakamura musician
toshimaru nakamura

toshimaru nakamura is a japanese musician , active in free improvisation and japanese onkyo .
he began his career playing rock and roll guitar , but gradually explored other types of music , even abandoning guitar and started working on circuit bending .
he uses a mixing console as a live , interactive musical instrument : `` nakamura plays the ` no-input mixing board ' , connecting the input of the board to the output , then manipulating the resultant audio feedback . ''
nakamura 's music has been described as `` sounds ranging from piercing high tones and shimmering whistles to galumphing , crackle-spattered bass patterns . ''
he founded an ensemble a paragon of beauty in 1992 .
nakamura has recorded solo albums and has worked as a session musician , collaboration with otomo yoshihide , keith rowe , john butcher , and nicholas bussmann among others .
he has also collaborated with taku sugimoto , tetuzi akiyama , dancer kim ito , drummer jason kahn , and sachiko m , `` a kindred spirit '' .
