Takeshi Nishimoto

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Takeshi Nishimoto (* 1974 in Fukuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese musician .

Life

Nishimoto was born to a biotechnologist and grew up in New York City . There he took piano lessons for several years. After the family returned to Fukuoka, Japan, Nishimoto began playing the electric guitar at the age of 13. He later joined a punk band as a bass player, with which he also performed live.

After finishing school, Nishimoto moved to Los Angeles , where, after a phase of disorientation, he applied to study music at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1994 and surprisingly received a scholarship. During his studies he learned from James F. Smith , Scott Tennant , Bill Kanegizer and Brian Head, among others . He later worked as a professional session musician. Together with Joe Diorio , David Oaks and Phil Upchurch , he gained his first experiences in the jazz field.

In 1998, Nishimoto met the musician John Tejada and founded the project I'm Not a Gun with him . In 2003 the first album of the Everything At Once project was released on the Berlin label City Center Offices (CCO). After two more albums on CCO, Nishimoto's solo debut Monologue followed in 2007 on the CCO sub-label Büro . The album contained improvised guitar pieces that Nishimoto recorded alone with a guitar on a day in a church.

In 2008 and 2010 new albums followed as I'm Not a Gun .

After long stays in the United States and Japan, Nishimoto now lives in Berlin.

Discography (selection)

solo
  • 2007: Monologue (office)
  • 2013: Lavandula
With I'm Not a Gun
  • 2003: Everything At Once ( City Center Offices )
  • 2004: Our Lives On Wednesdays (City Center Offices)
  • 2006: We Think As Instruments (City Center Offices)
  • 2008: Mirror (Palette Recordings)
  • 2010: Solace (City Center Offices)
  • 2013: Sub-Tones EP (Palette Recordings)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Takeshi Nishimoto ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at city-centre-offices.de, accessed on December 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.city-centre-offices.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Neo Klassik: Takeshi Nishimoto in De: Bug 112, May 2007, page 24
  3. ↑ a b Magical Craft. In Not A Gun in De: Bug 101, April 2006, page 30
personal data
SURNAME Nishimoto, Takeshi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Fukuoka Prefecture