JORGE QUEIJO + YOSHIO MACHIDA : Tokyo

'From his work with steelpan, metal percussion and EMS synthesizers to his NHK documentary scores, seasoned multi-instrumentalist Yoshio Machida’s path has been wide-ranging. He now joins Portuguese drummer Jorge Queijo, whose practice spans free jazz, experimental gamelan, theatre soundtracks and collaborations with John Zorn and Chris Corsano.
Their latest release, TOKYO, follows 2016’s LUMINANT with bassist Hiroki Chiba, and again the two reveal a natural, intuitive chemistry. Queijo handled the mixing and editing, shaping their recordings into a cohesive whole.
The result is a delicate, atmospheric portrait of the city. Machida’s acoustic palette—steelpan, gamelan and ukulele—blends with Queijo’s light percussive touch and electronic textures to create something that moves gracefully between analog and digital.
The Tokyo they evoke isn’t the hard-edged metropolis, but its shadowed backstreets: the hush of a narrow alley, the clang of temple bells cutting through LED screens, the subterranean rumble of the metro beneath the drone of the expressway.
Tokyo is an album of nuance and atmosphere, capturing the fleeting stillness that lingers alongside the city’s constant motion.'



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