Tetuzi Akiyama
Tetuzi Akiyama at Gotoku-ji in 2003
Background information
Genres	Free jazz,free improvisation,onkyokei,rock and roll
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	guitar, violin, turn table
Website	japanimprov.com/takiyama/

Tetuzi Akiyama (Akiyama Tetsuji) (born 1964) is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.

Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 (which also includedTaku Sugimoto on cello). In 1995, Akiyama and Sugimoto formed a guitar duo, and played at venues inNew York City,Chicago, andDetroit. During this time, Akiyama was also a member ofKeiji Haino'sNijiumu outfit. Akiyama also formed Sutekina Tea Time (a duo withTakashi Matsuoka) and Mongoose (a trio with Taku Sugimoto andUtah Kawasaki).

In 1998 Akiyama began organising a monthly concert series,^[1] The Improvisation Meeting, withToshimaru Nakamura. In December 2006 he began a regular duo with Hervé Boghossian (France), they toured in Europe (France, Portugal, Switzerland, England) several times in 2007 (in May, October and December) and also played in Tokyo during Hervé Boghossian Japanese tour in August/September 2008. In 2009 he worked withDavid Sylvian.

• Relator (Slub Music, 2001)
• Resophonie (A Bruit Secret, 2002)
• Enha 4 (withYoko Naito) (Enha, 2003)
• Don't Forget to Boogie (Idea, 2003)
• Playback 08 (Commune-Disc, 2004)
• Playback 09 (Commune-Disc, 2004)
• Route 13 the Gates of Hell: Live in Tokyo (Headz, 2005)
• Pre-Existence (Locust, 2005)
• Terrifying Street Trees (Esquilo, Portugal, 2006)
• Striking Another Match (Utech, 2006)
• The Ancient Balance to Control Death (Western Vinyl, 2008)

• International Domestic (Corpus Hermeticum, 2003)
• Tetuzi Akiyama / Richard Francis (with Richard Francis) 7" (CMR, 2003)
• Proletarian Drift (withJozef van Wissem) (BVHaast, 2004)
• Playback 087 (withPaul Hood) (Commune-Disc, 2004)
• Oimacta (withMartin Ng) (Improvised Music From Japan, 2004)
• Points And Slashes (withGünter Müller) (Erstwhile, 2005)
• Till We Meet Again (withJason Kahn) (For 4 Ears, 2005)
• Vinegar and Rum (withDonald McPherson) (Bo'Weavil, 2006)
• Hymn For A Fallen Angel (withJozef van Wissem) (Incunabulum, 2007)
• Semi-Impressionism (withToshimaru Nakamura) (Spekk, 2009)
• 13 & 14 for Guitars (withTaku Sugimoto) (slubmusic tengu, 2009)

• At Penguin House (with Mongoose) (Slub Music, 1999)
• Hokou (withTaku Sugimoto andBo Wiget) (Corpus Hermeticum, 2001)
• Luwa (withUtah Kawasaki andJason Kahn) (Rossbin, 2001)
• Bject (withUtah Kawasaki andMasahiko Okura) (Hibari Music, 2002)
• Futuro (withTim Barnes andMasafumi Ezaki (Quakebasket, 2004)
• Object 4 (Locust, 2004)
• Ailack (withJason Kahn andUtah Kawasaki) (Creative Sources, 2005)
• Willow Weep And Moan For Me (withOren Ambarchi andAlan Licht) (Antiopic, 2006)

• Akiyama/Taxt/Lønning/Reinertsen: Varianter av døde trær" (SOFA, 2008)
• Nero's Expedition (withJohan Arrias,Leo Svensson and Henrik Olsson) (mono, 2009)
• Novaya Zemlya (withPhilip Dadson, John Bell and Andrew McMillan) (iiii, 2011)

• Koboku Senjû: Selektiv hogst (SOFA, 2010)

• Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century (Quiet Design, 2009)

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• Musicians from Tokyo
• Japanese experimental musicians
• Western Vinyl artists
• Locust Music artists

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