Yoshi Wada, inventive creator of sound worlds, dies at 77
Yoshi Wada performed at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Los Angeles in 2015. He created dense fields of sound with inventive techniques. Felix Salazar, via SASSAS via The New York Times.
by William Robin
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Yoshi Wada, a Japanese-born composer and artist who drew a following creating cacophonous, minimalist performances on homemade instruments and was a member of the Fluxus performance-art movement that took root in New York in the 1960s, died May 18 at his home in Manhattan. He was 77.
His son and musical collaborator, Tashi, confirmed the death but said the cause was not known.
[PODCAST DUE LATER, FOR NOW, FIND THIS EPISODE AT https://www.mixcloud.com/xhm/xhm-559-each-like-is-validation-2021-may-31/]Laurel Halo scored the 2018 experimental documentary Possessed, which came out as a soundtrack last year, so this week profiles this wild electronic composer. We also talk Laurie Anderson, the Beats in Space radio show and eulogize Yoshi Wada and Franco Battiato. 1. Laurie Anderson: Big Science (Big Science, 1982) Warner Bros 2. Loscil: Lines (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released 3. Tornado Wallace: Desperate Pleasures (BIS: 001-020, 2016) Beats in Space 4. Anna: Systems Breaking Down [dance version] (Systems Breaking Down 12", 1982) RCA 5. Yoshi Wada: Untitled (International Friendship, 1983) Syncord/De Fabriek 6. Franco Battiato: No U Turn (Clic, 1974) Island 7. Modeselektor: Social Distancing [FJAAK remix] (Social Distancing 12", 2021) Monkeytown 8. Sunroof: 30.5.19 (Electronic Music Improvisation: Volume 1, 2021) Parallel Series/Mute 9. Burial:
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