Action Research 252

 







































Action Research 252:

Tatsuya Nakatani
(Truth Or Consequences, NM)
(seasoned avant-garde percussionist ranging from meditative passages to frenetic giddiness)
https://www.tatsuyanakatani.com/

Flatiron Estate
(free improvisation minded duo of Ironing & Landforms exploring sound collages, actions, objects, etc.)

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Sunday, March 29, 2026
Baby J's Bar
7 W. University Ave,
Gainesville, FL
6:00PM
$20 please & thank you

Action Research 242

 

Action Research 242:

Tatsuya Nakatani with Mike Baggetta & Andrew Chadwick
(Truth Or Consequences, NM) / (Gainesville, FL)
(percussion, guitar, & vinyl interplay)
https://www.tatsuyanakatani.com/
https://mikebaggetta.com/
http://youtube.com/ironingfl

AsherOhm
(the return of Dave LeBleu's long running modular synth project)
https://davelebleu.bandcamp.com/album/the-automaton

Herring & The Ad Hocs
(A.J. Herring, Frog, The Healing Center, Adikt, & Greg Hudalla have horns)

White Sands
(swells & feels)

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more about Tatsuya Nakatani: 

"Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde sound artist and master percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan. Based in the USA since 1994, he lives in Truth or Consequences, NM. Since the late 1990’s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings in the USA and Europe and has toured extensively; performing solo, in collaboration with other artists, and with his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He presents masterclasses, workshops, and lectures across the USA and around the world.

"Nakatani’s approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while resisting genre. He creates sound with both traditional and extended percussion techniques. Utilizing his adapted bowed gong, drums, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects and bells, as well as various sticks, kitchen tools, and his breath he manifests an intense and organic music that represents a very personal sonic world. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, metal and noise, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. His percussive instruments can imitate the sound of a trumpet, a stringed instrument, an electronic device… to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize the source of the sound. He has devoted himself to a musical aesthetic where rhythm gives way to pulse, often in a way that is not always audible or visible, in currents that incorporate silence and texture. Nakatani’s primary music activities include solo percussive performance, his Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO), and collaborations with musicians and dancers both in live performance and recordings.

"Tatsuya Nakatani has spent the last 20 years traveling and performing extensively throughout the United States and beyond. His constant touring fosters the raw and fresh quality in his music which can only survive through an open willingness to share energy, culture, music and self on a global human scale."

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more about Mike Baggetta

"It has been said that Mike Baggetta is “a guitarist of slippery proficiency” (New York Times), that his performances are “totally compelling” (Jazz Journal, UK) and that “his melodic sense is truly beautiful.” (JazzReview.com)

"Mike’s singular and very personal musical style seeks to blur the lines between song and solo, while connecting a wide range of musical genres that influence him. The press says this approach is “…beguilingly atmospheric…” (Time Out New York) and that “Baggetta’s music is quietly transgressive… Even when he plays a lot of notes, his playing can sound almost static, as though ideas were being snagged out of thin air.” (Hartford Courant)"

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The Atlantic
19 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, FL
$15-$20 sliding scale
8:30 doors, 9:00 show

Thank you!!! Your support makes these shows possible.

Action Research 227

 

Action Research 227:

Tatsuya Nakatani
(Truth Or Consequences, NM)
https://www.tatsuyanakatani.com/

"Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde sound artist and master percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan. Based in the USA since 1994, he lives in Truth or Consequences, NM. Since the late 1990’s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings in the USA and Europe and has toured extensively; performing solo, in collaboration with other artists, and with his large ensemble project - the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He presents masterclasses, workshops, and lectures across the USA and around the world.

"Nakatani’s approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while resisting genre. He creates sound with both traditional and extended percussion techniques. Utilizing his adapted bowed gong, drums, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects and bells, as well as various sticks, kitchen tools, and his breath he manifests an intense and organic music that represents a very personal sonic world. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, metal and noise, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. His percussive instruments can imitate the sound of a trumpet, a stringed instrument, an electronic device… to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize the source of the sound. He has devoted himself to a musical aesthetic where rhythm gives way to pulse, often in a way that is not always audible or visible, in currents that incorporate silence and texture. Nakatani’s primary music activities include solo percussive performance, his Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO), and collaborations with musicians and dancers both in live performance and recordings.

"Tatsuya Nakatani has spent the last 20 years traveling and performing extensively throughout the United States and beyond. His constant touring fosters the raw and fresh quality in his music which can only survive through an open willingness to share energy, culture, music and self on a global human scale."

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Hidden Language

(Improv ensemble featuring Mike Baggetta (guitar, electronics), Andrew Chadwick (records), Robert Edmondson (bass, sax), & Dave Lebleu (drums))

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Greg Hudalla

(de/re-constructed toy piano)

https://landforms.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/__landforms__/

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Frog

(swamp beef)

https://www.youtube.com/frogforfun

https://frogforfun.bandcamp.com/

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Portal 4

Gainesville, FL

8:30 doors, 9:00 show

suggested $15 to $20 sliding scale donation

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Action Research is a series of experimental/ noise/ electronic/ underground shows established in Gainesville, FL in June 2007.

http://actionresearchfl.blogspot.com/

http://youtube.com/actionresearchfl

https://www.facebook.com/groups/73786145920/ 

Action Research 196

Action Research #196, in collaboration with Pulp:

Tatsuya Nakatani
http://tatsuyanakatani.com/

"Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde sound artist and master percussionist originally from Osaka, Japan. Based in the USA since 1994, he lives in Truth or Consequences, NM. Since the late 1990’s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings in the USA and Europe and has toured extensively; performing solo, in collaboration with other artists, and with his large ensemble project - the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He presents masterclasses, workshops, and lectures across the USA and around the world.

"Nakatani’s approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while resisting genre. He creates sound with both traditional and extended percussion techniques. Utilizing his adapted bowed gong, drums, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects and bells, as well as various sticks, kitchen tools, and his breath he manifests an intense and organic music that represents a very personal sonic world. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, metal and noise, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. His percussive instruments can imitate the sound of a trumpet, a stringed instrument, an electronic device…to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize the source of the sound. He has devoted himself to a musical aesthetic where rhythm gives way to pulse, often in a way that is not always audible or visible, in currents that incorporate silence and texture. Nakatani’s primary music activities include solo percussive performance, his Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO), and collaborations with musicians and dancers both in live performance and recordings.

"Tatsuya Nakatani has spent the last 20 years traveling and performing extensively throughout the United States and beyond. His constant touring fosters the raw and fresh quality in his music which can only survive through an open willingness to share energy, culture, music and self on a global human scale."

Dave LeBleu
Dave Lebleu (The Mercury Program, The Album Leaf, Textual) will be performing with his recent solo drum project utilizing Sensory Percussion drum sensors.

There will also be a collaboration between Tatsuya & Dave which is surely not to be missed!

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March 14, 2019
Heartwood Soundstage
619 South Main Street
Gainesville, FL
https://heartwoodsoundstage.com/

Sliding scale $10-$20

8:00PM

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/383355502480640/

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Action Research is a series of experimental/ noise/ electronic/ underground shows established in Gainesville, FL in June 2007.

http://actionresearchfl.blogspot.com/
http://youtube.com/actionresearchfl
https://www.facebook.com/groups/73786145920/

Action Research 150

 





































Action Research #150:

MICHEL DONEDA (Soprano saxophone, Sopranino)

TATSUYA NAKATANI (Percussion)

“As a duo, we create improvised music, derived from the simple ancient roots of sound.” –Tatsuya Nakatani

"Tatsuya Nakatani is a native of Osaka-Japan, who now resides in Easton PA. He is an improvising percussionist who tours constantly, and has played all over the world. Michel Doneda is a soprano saxophonist from Toulouse France. He is one of the most prominent and active improvisational musicians in Europe.

"The duo first met and played together in 2002 in Toulouse France, two years later Nakatani and Doneda performed and recorded with alto saxophonist Jack Wright, in New York City. They formed the trio "From Between" and over the next three years they toured the US, France and Japan releasing two highly acclaimed CDs and a DVD.

"As a duo, Michel Doneda and Tatsuya Nakatani have performed internationally throughout the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Poland, Norway, Scotland and Belgium. They have played at the Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain in Strausburg, France, the University of Metz, the University of Lille, the Jazz Bez festival in Ukraine and Poland, at the NattJazz festival in Bergen, Norway, the Festival des musiques insolentes in Lorgues, France, the Musique action festival in Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, the Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville, Canada and the Glasgow improvised music festival in Scotland.

"The duo have collaborated with such internationally renowned artists as Barre Phillips(bass), Frederic Blondy (piano), Oguri (dance), Kaoru Watanabe (flute), Serge Pey (poetry), Yurity Yeremchuk (sax), Leonel Kaplan (trumpet) and Ty Thanh Tien (dance)."

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"Michel Doneda is an internationally respected soprano saxophone player with over sixty recordings as a leader. In the tradition of Sidney Bechet, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker, Doneda’s virtuosity on the instrument is widely recognized by his peers. He has developed one of the most extensive musical vocabularies in free improvisation. His playing can be at turns lyrical, playful, or raucous, and can switch from the liveliness of street melodies to circular breathing, microscopic sounds, or shrieking outbursts.

In 2014 a solo recording was released for his 60th birthday and other renowned soprano saxophonists contributed words of praise for the release. “There is no doubt he has and is exploring new territory on the soprano,” Dave Liebman. “Doneda’s playing has that magic that leads us to the sound through a within perspective, delivering elements, breathy particles, sudden flashes and thick transparencies in a sort of pulsing-pixelating dance," Gianni Mimmo. “Doneda’s playing begins somewhere deep inside and continues uninterrupted through to the golden metal bell beyond his fingers. It is all horn and it is unified. Nothing is deconstructed. Nothing is parsed; nothing is broken into pieces. It is always whole,” Joe Giardullo.

"Doneda is always searching and exploring, looking for new situations and collaborators. Through the years he has played with such luminaries as Elvin Jones, Lol Coxhill, Evan Parker, Roger Turner, Fred Frith, Keith Rowe, Xavier Charles, Barre Phillips, and John Russell, as well as the Pygmies of Gabon, the Basque singer Beñat Achiary and even the rock band Sonic Youth. He is also involved with Butoh dancers like Masaki iwana and Yukiko Nakamura. He works with poetry and experimental movies as well.

"Link on the web site of Sheffield university:

http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ "

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"Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative artist originally from Osaka, Japan who now resides in Easton, PA. Nakatani has released over sixty recordings has performed countless solo percussion concerts through extensive touring. He has collaborated with hundreds of other artists internationally and presented masterclasses, workshops and lectures across the USA and around the world.

"Nakatani's approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while avoiding any categorization. He creates sound via both traditional and extended percussion techniques, utilizing drums, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects and bells, as well as various sticks, kitchen tools and homemade bows, all of which manifest in an intense and organic music that represents a very personal sonic world. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, rock, and noise, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. His percussion instruments can imitate the sounds of a trumpet, a stringed instrument or an electronic device to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize the source of the sound. He has devoted himself to a musical aesthetic where rhythm gives way to pulse, often in a way that is not always audible or visible, in currents that incorporate silence and texture. Nakatani’s primary music activities include solo percussion performance, N.G.O. (Nakatani Gong Orchestra) and collaborations with musicians and dancers both in live performance and recordings. His constant touring fosters the raw and fresh quality in his music, which can only survive through an open willingness to share energy, culture, music and self on a global human scale.

"Nakatani has performed worldwide, from international music festivals to local community centers, artist lofts to university concert halls, including a recent performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He values and appreciates grass- roots organized shows set up and promoted by local musicians and promoters in all types of settings. Nakatani also heads his own H&H Production, Nakatani-Kobo an independent record label and private recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania.

http://www.hhproduction.org/TATSUYA_NAKATANI_WORKS.html

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Discographie

http://www.discogs.com/artist/372525-Michel-Doneda

http://www.discogs.com/artist/378774-Tatsuya-Nakatani

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Monday, December 7, 2015

8:00pm

Superfun

2029 NW 6th St.

Gainesville, FL

Sliding scale: $5 to $10

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/522004007974673/

Action Research 133

Action Research 133:

Tatsuya Nakatani
(Easton, PA)
http://www.hhproduction.org/tatsuya_nakatani_works.html

~ ~ performing solo and in collaboration with:

Jim Ivy
(Orlando, FL)
(saxophone)
http://jimivymusic.com/

Kassia Arbabi
(violin)

John David Eriksen
(cello)

A.J. Herring
(trombone)

Brian Lee
(guitar & synth)

Cindy Mueller
(keys)
http://www.cindymueller.biz/

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Biography:

"Tatsuya Nakatani is a creative artist originally from Osaka, Japan. He has been residing in the USA since 1994 and is currently based in Easton, PA.Since the late 1990s, Mr. Nakatani has released over sixty recordings in the USA and Europe and has performed countless solo percussion concerts through intensive touring. He has also collaborated with hundreds of other artists internationally and presented masterclasses, workshops and lectures across the USA and around the world.

Nakatani's approach to music is visceral, non-linear and intuitively primitive, expressing an unusually strong spirit while avoiding any categorization. He creates sound via both traditional and extended percussion techniques, utilizing drums, bowed gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects and bells, as well as various sticks, kitchen tools and homemade bows, all of which manifest in an intense and organic music that represents a very personal sonic world. His approach is steeped in the sensibilities of free improvisation, experimental music, jazz, rock, and noise, and yet retains the sense of space and quiet beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music. His percussion instruments can imitate the sounds of a trumpet, a stringed instrumentor an electronic device to the extent that it becomes difficult to recognize the source of the sound. He has devoted himself to a musical aesthetic where rhythm gives way to pulse, often in a way that is not always audible or visible, in currents that incorporate silence and texture."

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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Waldo Road Studios
2708 NE Waldo Road
Gainesville, FL

7:30pm

$5 to $10, sliding scale

Facebook invitation:
https://www.facebook.com/events/313742228820240/