hey andy, i've seen "onkyo" used more and more lately, generally referring to a mostly japanese school of improvisors, like sugimoto, nakamura, etc. my understanding of the term (vaguely gleaned from several articles) is that it means sound as sound, as divorced from any symbolic or linguistic meaning. that could be totally wrong, though. it does seem like that term is generally used more to label a specific school or aesthetic than a genre or sound. not sure who popularized it, but i'm not aware of too many improvisors elsewhere that throw that term around. there's an article on the signal to noise website about electro-acoustic improvisation from a year or two ago, and the author (gil gershman, list-member?) talks about naming that kind of stuff and, i believe, onkyo. http://www.signaltonoisemagazine.org/archives/7.html you might also find some article or interviews poking around www.japanimprov.com for what it's worth, jesse
Message: 13 Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:54:01 -0600 (CST) From: James Miller <jam189@mizzou.edu> Reply-To: jam189@mizzou.edu To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Otomo Yoshihide in St Louis
Anyway, does anyone know more about the 'onkyo' concept?
Andy