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Keisuke Matsuno

July 18, 2022

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About the Artist

Keisuke Matsuno is a guitarist and sound / noise maker in the realm of composed and improvised music. His own aesthetics in music have been described as "salt of the earth" (Bird is the Worm) and "most extravagant, mind-blowing, and unheard-within-the-unheard" (Blow Up). He is the founding member of the post-krautrock band "Trio Schmetterling", is currently a core member of bands such as Jim Black's "Smash and Grab", Charlotte Greve’s "Wood River", Sana Nagano’s "Smashing Humans", Briggan Krauss’ "The Need Trio", Lukas Akintaya's "Hues", Andrej Ugoljew's "3ZvoVII", and John Zorn’s "Bagatelles", and has further collaborated with artists such as Chris Speed, Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston, Tommy Crane, Ted Poor, Marja Burchard, Hans Tammen, Greg Cohen, Stefon Harris, Grey McMurray, Talibam!, and Red Baraat. Besides having performed in over 30 countries on five continents and contributed to over 30 records, he has also collaborated in dance, theater, and film. Born in the divided Berlin, Keisuke grew up in the reunified city and relocated to New York City in 2010. More »

 
 
 

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