Yasuaki Shimizu + Merma Suelo

silent green presents

Yasuaki Shimizu is a saxophonist, composer and producer whose almost 50-year career spans an impossibly broad range of genres. He is a well-known musical presence in Japan recognised for his crossover pop hits, film soundtrack work and a host of high-profile live commissions, installations and collaborations with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Björk, Van Dyke Parks and David Cunningham.

Shimizu' music reached a wider audience in the West following the reissue on Palto Flats of his iconic 1982 solo album Kakashi and his band Mariah’s classic 1983 record Utakata No Hibi – masterful hybrids of Japanese folk and pop idioms filtered via a honed electronic/disco production aesthetic.

This brand new live show, presented in duo with his sister Mieko Shimizu, sees Yasuaki perform new arrangements of a range of material from across his storied repertoire.

Merma Suelo is a polyfaceted poet and sound artist who plays between layers to attend to and transform oppressive loops. Her work focuses on story, collaging processed sampled instrumental material, old romantic music, field recordings, and synths with voice. She has released music with (+)ambién, L-KW, and Other People.