Tatsuya Nakatani
-Percussionist-

BIOGRAPHY:
Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released nearly 50 recordings on CD.

He has created his own instrumentation, effectively inventing many instruments and extended techniques. He utilizes drumset, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, bells, and various sticks and bows to create an intense, organic music that defies category or genre. His music is based in improvised/ experimental music, jazz, free jazz, rock, and noise, yet retains the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music.

In addition to live solo and ensemble performances he works as a sound designer for film and television. He also teaches Masterclasses and Workshops at the University level. He also heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was selected as a performing artist for the Pennsylvania Performing Artist on Tour (PennPat) roster as well as a Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant.

DISCOGRAPHY:

2008 "Solt Goes(live at Geiger)" Munthe, Grip, Nakatani - insubordinations netlabel
2007 "Hear Here Now" Rhythm Section Tatsuya Nakatani: percussion Peter Jacquemyn: double bass Fred Van Hove: piano, accordion (K-RAA-K)3 K055
2007 "Primal Communication" Tatsuya Nakatani Solo percussion, H&H
2007 "Scientists levitate small animals" Zepubicle
2007 "live from the devil's triangle" Thollem Mcdonas, Compilation of KFJC FM
2007 "Above & Beyond" Billy Bang Quintet -Justin Time
2007 "Beauty" HDN Trio -Konnex
2007 "HDN Trio Vinyl Release"-Foreign Frequency
2007 "Connections" Fenette 4-Fuller Street
2007 "Aporias" -Creative Source
2007 "in a trice" Onnyk -Bishop Records
2006 "The Enigma Carlos" -Highzero Festival, Baltimore, MD
2006 "gaping maw" -archive CD
2006 "No Stranger to The Air" from Between Trio-Sprout
2005 "Solitude"assif tsahar -Hopscotch
2005 "acombinatiofevents" John Dikeman-Archive
2005 "Limn" Nakatani-Chen Duo - H&H Producion
2005 "Mott Haven" Yukijurushi - H&H Producion
2005 "N.R.A." -103 point 9 Record
2005 "Un titled" N.R.A. - H&H Producion
2005 "Lovely Hazel" Blue Collar -Public Eye Sore
2004 "New York Underground Orchestra"-Hopscotch
2004 "Masashi Harada Condanction Ensemble" - Emanem
2004 "Ayu Statim?" Kumi Nagao - H&H Producion
2004 "___is an apparition" Blue Collar -Rusbin
2004 "From Between"Doneda, Wright, Nakatani - SOS Edition
2004 "MAP" Second Press from previous release- H&H Production
2004 "Green Report 12" Solo percussion - H&H Production
2003 "Come Sunday" duet with Assif Tsahar -Hopscotch
2003 "13 definitions of truth" duet with Peter Kowald -Quakebasket
2003 "Orchestra Sommambulist" Laura Andel composer -Red Toucan
2003 "The Psychic paramount"Drew St.Ivany, Ben Armstrong
2003 "MAP" w/Mary Halvorson, Clayton Thomas-H&H Production
2003 "Yukijurushi" -H&H Production
2002 "the labyrinth New York Underground Orchestra"-Hopscotch
2001 "Bowed Metal Orchestra" -Self Released
2001 "Zuihitsu"James Coleman -Sedimental
2000 "this is nmperign's second cd" - Twisted Village
2000 "Fetish" Dave Gross, Michael Bullock- Tautology
1999 "there the eye goes not" Michael Bullock -Tautology
1999 "a-un" duet with Kenta Nagai -Self Released
1999 "Field Recordings, volume one:Birthday" -Intransitive
1998 "nmperign" w/ Greg Kelley,Bhob Rainey Twisted Village
1998 "Real Time"Dan DeChhellis,Phil Tomasic -Sachimay
1998 "Saturnalia" -Sublingual
1997 "a-un"improvisation on a street,w/kenta Nagai, Cassette -Self Released
1997-2002 "Green Report #1 to #11" hand made cassette and CD-R

" Nakatani's sparse punctuation suggests observance of esoteric ritual "
---Julian Cowley, The Wire Magazine, UK---

" Orchestral brilliance, Tatsuya Nakatani is a methodical musician concerned with the development of an idea in time. His beginnings are arresting; his endings are satisfying.
The right duration and variety of events are fully charged with a visceral intensity that can captivate a true listener.....
The music is clear. This CD merits close listening. It will purify any space. "
---Review by Eric Zinman, Improvisor Magazine---

" A special gift for ultra subtle sounds and a great attention to detail... quite breath-taking "
---"Green Report 12" Solo Percussion Disk Review by Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music gallery, NYC---

" Nakatani, one of the few cats who has truly mastered bowed metal percussion, using gongs, cymbals, and Tibetan singing bowls to get a full range of textural delights
and rich, sonorous drones. "
---"Limn" Disk Review by Michael Anton Parker, Downtown Music gallery, NYC---

" A master of percussive dynamics "
---"Lovely Hazel" Disk Review by Derek Taylor, One Final Note Magazine---

" His playing combines minimal gestures with real texturalism and an almost painterly approach to percussion; in some ways, he is operating in a space similar to that occupied by Le Quan Ninh. "
---"Green Report 12" Solo percussion Disk Review by Jason Bivins, One Final Note magazine---

" Nakatani's contributions are crucial to the proceedings, taking a lead voice on more than one occasion...Nakatani's approach takes in both conventional and extended techniques,
and his unique use of a variety of percussion (including what sound to be bongos and Roto-toms) is compelling. "
---"Come Sunday" Disk review by Matthew Sumera, All About Jazz Magazine---

" The musicians develop ideas through breaths, scrapes, tones, flutters, vibrations, and silence... The brew here is the the perfect timing of Nakatani's bell and drum,
the overblown saxophone, the breath. "
---"From Between" Disk Review by Mark Corroto, All About Jazz Magazine---

"This Artist was selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster. Funding may be available to support performance engagements with presenters in DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV and the US Virgin Islands"

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---July 2008