"Sou-shoku" 
流泉を筝と為し 雨過ぎて夜塘に秋水深し。
Next to "Ripples", new song of KOTO performer Kohsetsu Imanishi with Masahiko Takeda, an up-and-coming electronic musician living in Kyoto who is active in numerous ambient installations, including ``cyclee'', which won the BEST POPULARITY AWARD Grand Prize at the Hong Kong Media Art Awards FUTURE TENSE, and its expanded version ``Synclee'', will be playing the koto. A single release of a new song with performer Kohsetsu Imanishi to commemorate the ``electronic evening 2023 Electronic Music Evening.'' The intermingling of sounds that continues in "Ripples".
Masahiko Takeda
Musician and artist based in Kyoto.
In addition to ambient installation works, he creates music for performing arts and traditional culture, and participates in art festivals, art projects, and music events.
In addition, with musician Kazuomi Ejima (Kafuka), he runs a media lab called ``Laatry'' that conducts creative experiments based on the concept of ``inheriting and harmonizing.''
With a focus on sound production, we work with a variety of media, including sound design, installation exhibitions, spatial direction, product production, and website/application development.
His main works include the full album "Mitate" released in 2019, the album "Inheritance For Soundscape" released with Kazuomi Eshima in 2020, and the sound installation work "CYCLEE".
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Kohsetsu Imanishi
Although he stands on tradition, he pursues his own unique way of sound without fitting into the framework of genres such as classical music, improvisation, and jazz, and plays in a way that captures and depicts the spaces between.
In his project ``SOUND QUEST,'' he continues to explore the relationship between performance space and sound, and the various possibilities of the koto that are unique to modern times. There are also many collaborations with movies and companies.
In 2017, together with the French duo Rhizottome and visual artist Akito Sengoku, they performed ``The Gardener's Dream'' in four cities in France, including two national theaters, and received a great response (Japan Foundation Grant Program).
In the same year, his first album ``Hisiro no Ame'' was released by Jazztronik Ryota Nozaki's music culture project musilogue, which received high praise at home and abroad.
In addition to solo activities, he is active in multiple units including "Shoji no Ana", a trio with Peter Evans/Tp and Takashi Ishikawa/Sho, and "Tanzaku".
Using original playing techniques, the tranquil and colorful tones produced from a single koto bring a fresh experience to the listener.
