Thursday 19 February 2026, 7.30pm
Over the past decade, saxophonist Makoto Kawashima has consistently established himself as one of the most compelling improvisers in contemporary music. His unique approach to solo performance aligns him with the tradition of groundbreaking Japanese saxophonists like Kaoru Abe, Tamio Shiraishi, and Masayushi Urabe. Operating at the fringes of improvised music, Kawashima's artistry unveils a delicate essence, placing equal focus on silence and minute detail alongside intense expressions of tone and texture.
Michel Henritzi is a member of the noise group Dustbreeders, regular accomplices of the scream diva Junko (Hijokaidan) and Rinji Fukuoka (Majutsu No Niwa). He has collaborated with Yoko Higashi, Tetuzi Akiyama, Masayoshi Urabe, Chie Mukai, Jojo Hiroshige, Tamio Shiraishi, Mico K.Mical, Yukiko Nakamura, Ibuki Kuramochi, Yukiko Nakamura, Harutaka Mochizuki, Yuki Fuji, Shin’Ichi Isohata, Who With Gabriel, Mattin, Jerôme Noetinger, Christophe Langlade, The Nihilist Spasm Band...
Musician, producer and music critic (Revue & Corrigée, Hello Happy Taxpayers, Improvised Music of Japan, Opprobrium...), essayist (Micro Japon - ed. Lenka Lente...), founder of the la- bel A Bruit Secret (Taku Sugimoto, Toshimaru Nakamura , Sachiko M, Brandon LaBelle, Bruce Russell & Ralf Wehowsky, Keiji Haino, Kan Mikami) and Elevage de Poussière with Yves Botz and Thierry Delles (Junko, Masayoshi Urabe, Don Dietrich). He collaborated in the ‘80s with the NOX collective and writer Kathy Acker on the AKT label.
http://michelhenritzi.canalblog.com/
http://michelhenritzi1.bandcamp.com/
