"without records"

It sounds like some urban creatures inhabiting at a piece of property in midtown manhattan.

Musician/ composer/ producer Otomo Yoshihide's computer-operated installation - a series of empty turntables set up to produce a variety of sounds - was created as an homage to Christian Marclay's album Record Without a Cover (1985).  Presented in conjunction with the Turntable Duo concert on November 19, 2011 at Japan Society, of New York City.

Sound composed by Otomo Yoshihide
Visual composition by Aoyama Yasutomo
System design & Programing by Ito Takayuki

without records members: Hirabayashi Makoto, Hasegawa Akiyo, Tsubasa Kamei, Ayumi Sakamoto, Soichiro Migita, Futoshi Miyai

Installation made possible through the cooperation of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), with technical support by YCAM interlab.

Turntable Duo: Otomo Yoshihide + Christian Marclay

To view the rest of photos, visit my flickr slideshow, or thumbnails.

AT Japan Society

DISCUSSION "THE ART OF NOISE": NOVEMBER 19 AT 5PM

CONCERT: NOVEMBER 19 AT 8PM - SOLD OUT

OTOMO'S INSTALLATION "without records": NOVEMBER 17-20, 2011

Two experimental music giants, Otomo Yoshihide and Christian Marclay, perform together in New York for the first time in over a decade. Marclay, one of the world's leading artists and winner of the 54th Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award, pushed the boundaries of musical creation when he pioneered the use of the turntable as a musical instrument. Otomo, electroacoustic improvisation musician and free jazz guitarist, earned an international reputation as a central figure in Japan's avant-garde music scene. Together, these unconventional "turntablists" will again push to the extreme what is possible with turntables and records.