The Squid's Ear Magazine
Squidco Cost Sale — 150+ albums on sale at OUR COST! Sep 12-14



Adena Quartet (Kazuhisa Uchihashi / Keisuk Ohta / Shinobu Kawai / Akira Sotoyama): Adena Quartet (Doubtmusic)

The first album from the Japanese improvising quartet of electric guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Altered States), cross-media violinist Keisuke Ohta, bassist Shinobu Kawai (Yoshihide Otomo Special Big Band, Akira Sakata) and drummer Akira Sotoyama (Tipographica, Koichi Matsukaze Quartet), in three avant jazz improvisations captured live at Knuttel House in Tokyo.
 

Price: $16.95



Quantity:

In Stock

Quantity in Basket: None

Log In to use our Wish List
Shipping Weight: 3.00 units


EU & UK Customers:
Discogs.com can handle your VAT payments
So please order through Discogs

Sample The Album:





product information:

Personnel:



Kazuhisa Uchihashi-guitar

Keisuke Ohta-violin

Shinobu Kawai-bass

Akira Sotoyama-drums


Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist.




UPC: 4571222591769

Label: Doubtmusic
Catalog ID: dmf-176
Squidco Product Code: 34803

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: Japan
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels
Recorded at Knuttel House, in Tokyo, Japan, on Septmber 26th, 2023, by Takanori Terabe.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"This is the memorable first album of this four-strong, completely improvisational band. The dynamics of the improvisations of these four people, who know the sweet and sour aspects of music, are incomparably persuasive. The word "chemical reaction" is often used to describe CDs and live performance reviews, but it is no exaggeration to say that this performance is the pinnacle of that. Ideally, you should experience the live performance, but this CD is a multi-recording of that precious live performance. Please enjoy it at the same volume as a live performance.

By the way, the cover art is by the master artist Kawai Shinobu, the bassist -- Doubtmusic's first cute cover."-Doubtmusic



This album has been reviewed on our magazine:

The Squid
The Squid's Ear!

Artist Biographies

"Kazuhisa Uchihashi (内橋和久, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music. Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied jazz music. In 1988 he joined the band the First Edition, and in 1990 formed the band Altered States. He was also a member of Otomo Yoshihide's Ground Zero from 1994 to 1997. Uchihashi also plays daxophone, and in addition to his role as a free improviser, Uchihashi has been the musical director for Osaka theatre group Ishinha, has held improvisation workshops (a project known as New Music Action) in various cities in Japan, as well as London, Oslo, and currently in Vienna also. Uchihashi has set up his own record label, Innocent Records a.k.a. Zenbei Records, had held a music festival annually since 1996 Festival BEYOND INNOCENCE."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhisa_Uchihashi)
9/10/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

"Ota Osa Keisuke (Violin, Electric Violin, trumpa Violin, Voice, etc.)

Born in Kumamoto in 1956.

Begin the violin at the age of five. Major in chemistry at Kagoshima University.

I went to Tokyo in 1983 and departed as a work / arranger. So far, he has a lot of music such as CM, movies, theater, fashion shows, planetarium and so on.

As a violinist, he is good at ethnic music (Turkish, Arabic, Indian, Eastern European, Irish), jazz, improvisation. Of course, in the studio and live it is a precious existence to do all kinds of genre, participate in works of various artists and talents.

There is also a reputation for the voice that the Japanese has left, and it is used for TV, movies, games, CM etc.

Also, because of its unique appearance, she may be on stage as a performance artist, and there are many overseas performances as well.

Kazuji Umezu of Shinokubo gentlemen, the Yuji Tsuneaji (oud) Arabindia, Sato Masahiko (p.) Stoy, Shibusashirazu Orchestra, the Wataru Okuma (cl.) Cicala-MVTA, Junichi Takagi (g.) with MASARA, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (per.) of Vincent Atomicus, with Taizo Sakai (G.) the Electric Nomad, one噌幸Hiroshi (flute) trio, Hiroshi Yoshino (b.) of the"此岸equinox", Kyoko Kuroda (p.) trio, Satoshi Yamaguchi (per.) and of thick Kuroyama, of Shoji Sato (Per.Vo.) MASSA, Yasuhiko Tachibana (B.) TOY, ultra stateless music group JAZICO, with Tadashitatsuki Yoshimi (tabla) A regular member such as a talk session"do SHOW (ぉ ぉ ょ う)".

Many co-star artists, many of them are Atsuta Forest, Akita Kawaguchi, Fumio Itabashi, Ueda Fist, Uzaki Ryudo, Uchida Kotaro, Uchida Kazuhisa, Uchida Kazuhisa, Otaka Hiroaki, Katayama Hiaki, Carmen · Maki, Miro Kurosawa (dance), Kuroda Kyoko, Toshiyuki Tanigawa, Toshiki Tanigawa, Shunichi Chikano, Shuichi Chino, Masato Tomobe, Yoshiro Nakamura, Alan Silva, Billy Bang, Carlo Actis Dato, Joëlle Leandre, Loren Newton, Zakir Hussein, and others.

In omnibus album"SONGS"(BIOSPHERE) produced by Tomohiko Kira (Zabadak), he made his own vocal debut.

"GHETTO"(directed by Tamiya Kuriyama) who appeared as a Jewish violin play won the Yomiuri Theater Grand Prize, the Everyday Arts Grand Prize and others.

Supports a nationwide tour of Imawano Kiyoshiro (Budokan, etc.).

In addition, she appeared as a mysterious violin fiddle in the movie"Human Chair"starred by Misa Shimizu (original Edogawa Ryobo, directed by Toshiyuki Mizutani), starring Tadanobu Asano and starring"Idiots Sakaguchi Animation, Director Tezuka Masashi, Hashimoto Kazuko Music".

NHK - BS"Aria of the Waterfall"(Matsumi no Taki - Ota Yoshie ed.). Participated in Bunrakuza Performance"Arabian Night", Bunraku Doll"Sonezaki Shinkansen ROCK"(Chikamatsu Monmadonaka original work, Akiko Aki composition lyrics, Uzaki Toryo composition).

In addition to each of the above regular units, there are many other regular units such as Otsuki Kenji, Seoul Flower Union, Handyman Yutro, Nakagawa Hirotaka, Hashiken, Mikieko Hiroda, The Boom, Cocco, Rikki (Final Fantasy X Insertion Song) Join the CD.

TBS travel program"World Ulrun Stay", TBS drama"Younger man","Hello to Takahara", NHK Friday Drama, Shuhei Fujisawa's original"Sicure Guru", movie"Chicken is Hadashi", animation movie"Kappa Ku and Summer Vacation", NHK Taiga Drama"Ryomaden", Japan Television Battle Drama"Dog's Day Disappeared"(also in charge of composition), movie"Rurouni Kenshin"and other violin and voice.

Released the leader album"Blue Ronde a la Turk"(duo with pianist Bill Mays).

Every month we have a multitude of guests and hosted the 100th music show"Violon's Ota Hiroshi Yaya no Yoru ()".

Forming the first leader band Yolcu- Yoldaş (Jorges and Yoldaş) with Tsuneo Hao (g.), Yoichi Okabe (per.).

Appeared in Yosuke Yamashita 's unit at"Antalya International Piano Festival"sponsored by Turkish pianist Fajr Sai."

-Keisuke Ohta Website (Translated by Google) (http://violin-ohta.cside.com/profile/profile-j.html)
9/10/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

Shinobu Kawai (かわいしのぶ): "I play the bass. The rest of the time I sleep or eat curry. Currently I am mainly active in Yoshihide Otomo Special Big Band, Akira Sakata, Takeshi Shibuya, KERA & Broken Flowers, Adena Quartet (Kazuhisa Uchihashi), Punchy Blues, Phnom Penh Model, bikke & Tatsuro Kondo, SUPER JUNKY MONKEY, etc."

-X (Translated by Google) (https://x.com/kuragetravolta)
9/10/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

Akira Sotoyama (外山 明 (Sotoyama Akira)) is a Japanese jazz drummer, born January 15, 1962 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He is known for the groups Boz, Dragon Blue, Koichi Matsukaze Quartet, LowBlow, Phonolite, Tipographica, Totonotta, and Adena Quartet.

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/408781-Akira-Sotoyama)
9/10/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.


Track Listing:



1. A 6:59

2. In 26:00

3. Na 22:16

Related Categories of Interest:


Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Jazz
Asian Improvisation & Jazz
Quartet Recordings
Doubtmusic
Recent Releases and Best Sellers

Search for other titles on the label:
Doubtmusic.


Recommended & Related Releases:
Fujii, Satoko Quartet (w/ Natsuki Tamura / Keisuke Ohta / Takashi Itani)
Live at Jazz Room Cortez
(Cortez Sound)
Presenting a different line-up from the 2001 debut of Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii's Quartet, remaining is trumpeter Natsuka Tamura, with Keisuke Ohta on violin and Takashi Itani on drums, performing evolving and rich collective improvisation with a strange edge, captured live at the Jazz Room Cortez in Mito, Japan in 2016 for two extended and bewitching sets.
MNHRS (Mikawa / Numata / Nishimura / Fujikake)
MNHRS
(Doubtmusic)
A burning album of improvised rock and noise with members from Incapacitants, Keiji Haino + Masataka Fujikake Duo, Zeni Geva, &c., part of a free improv series organized by Doubtmusic and recorded at Tokyo's Knuttle House in 2023, from the quartet of Toshiji Mikawa on electronics, Jun Numata on guitar& electronics, Yusuke Nishimura on bass and Masataka Fujikake on drums.
Yoshida, Ryuichi
Sakai
(Doubtmusic)
Known for his band Blacksheep, along with Gatos Meeting, OKHP, Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo, The Silence, and Missing Link, &c., Japanese baritone saxophonist steps out solo for twelve works — eight improvisations and four compositions — blurring the line between approaches, executed with Yoshida's rich tone, multiphonic accents, and powerful sonic pressure on the big reed.
Gratkowski / Uchihashi / Heather / Sundland
Frank Gratkowski's Entrainment
(Klanggalerie)
A stunningly powerful quartet of electric jazz captured live at the 2022 Freejazz Festival in Saarbrucken, Germany between German alto saxophonist Frank Gratkowski (Skein), Japanese guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Ground Zero, Altered States), electric bassist Dan Peter Sundland and drummer Steve Heather, performing four assertive, charged and cathartic collective improvisations.
Skein (Kaufmann / Gratkowski / de Joode)
Spectra & Affrays
(Klanggalerie)
Describing their improvisation as a chemical reaction of positive and negative ions, the central trio of the ensemble Skein--Achim Kaufmann (piano), Frank Gratkowski (winds) and Wilbert de Joode (bass)--are heard in this incredible 2018 concert at Konfrontationen Festival as a septet with Tony Buck (drums), Richard Barrett (electronics), Liz Allbee (trumpet) and Uchihashi Kazuhisa (guitar).
Yoshida, Tatsuya / Dairo Suga
Root
(Doubtmusic)
Driven by a passionate intensity, this first meeting of drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Korekyojinn, Koenji Hyakkei, &c) and pianist Dario Suga at 7th Floor in Shibuya, Japan begins at high speed, the sheer technical brilliance of both players dazzling, their unbridled energy eventually yielding to passages of introspection that recur to fervor and fraternity; exceptional!
Kazuhisa, Uchihashi / Yoshida Tatsuya
Improvisations 5 [2 CDs]
(Magaibutsu)
21 wild rides from the fully improvised duo of guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi on guitar & effects, and Tatsuya Yoshida on drums, voice & sampler, two CDs from four separate concerts at Japanese venues Akihabara Goodman in 2012 & 2014, Kichijoji FOXHOLE in 2014, and Okubo Hikarino-Uma in 2017; intensely exciting and magnificently masterful improv instrumental rock.
Hirose, Junji / Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Saxophonedaxophone
(Doubtmusic)
Saxophonist Junji Hirose met Kazuhisa Uchihashi at Foxhole in Kichijoji in 2014 and 2015, Uchihashi performing only on Hans Reichel's daxophone--wood shapes played in a variety of ways to create unusual sound--as heard on these 10 surprising and wonderfully idiosyncratic recordings.
Kazuhisa, Uchihashi / Yoshida Tatsuya
Improvisations 4 [DVD AUDIO + IMAGES]
(Magaibutsu)
The 4th improvisation release of drummer Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Koenji, &c) and guitarist Uchihasi Kazuhisa (Altered States) is a DVD audio release presenting 36 remarkable live tracks from 6 concerts recorded 2004-2012.
Sim + Otomo
Monte Alto Estate
(Doubtmusic)
Sim is the 3 piece electronic/rock band of Teruyuki, Yoshio & Masahiro, here with Otomo Yoshihide on turntables and synth, and amazing album of rhythms in a This Heat "Repeat" mode.



Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought:
McGee, Hal
Columbus Expedition [Cassette w/ Download]
(Copy This!)
A celebration of friendship, sound, and daily life, Hal McGeeÕs cassette + download release assembles dictaphone recordings from his June 2025 trip to Ohio, capturing conversations with Chris Phinney, Jeff Chenault, and Jerry Kranitz, the ambience of cafŽs, shops, and the Arts Fair, collaborative studio and live performances, and voices from the city, composed into a strangely compelling audio diary.
Pereleman, Ivo / Nate Wooley / Matt Moran / Mark Helias / Tom Rainey
A Modicum Of the Blues
(Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman joins Nate Wooley (trumpet), Matt Moran (vibes), Mark Helias (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums) in a tempered yet highly active quintet that nods to the blues, moving through free, melody-rich dialog; vibes replace piano to color the space as the group shifts from playful exchanges to surging peaks, their seemingly telepathic interplay balancing warmth and power.
Escalante, Martin / Charlie Mumma / Tete Leguia
This Molten Salt
(Wash and Wear Records)
A searing trio of saxophonist Martin Escalante, bassist Tete Leguia, and drummer Charlie Mumma, captured across sessions in Nashville and Grand Rapids, unleashing an uncompromising pedal-free noise assault that fuses the extremity of free jazz with noise music intensity, their ferocious interplay creating dense, volatile structures that channel chaos into a raw, intuitive sonic onslaught.
Gjerstad, Frode / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Dag Magnus Narvesen
Seven Tracks
(Relative Pitch)
A dynamic trio session from Frode Gjerstad on alto sax & clarinet, Alexander von Schlippenbach on piano, and Dag Magnus Narvesen on drums & percussion, their first collaboration unfolds in seven spontaneous improvisations that balance fierce intensity with lyrical openness, revealing a seasoned interplay that blends deep exploration with collective free jazz sensibility.
Foster / Crawford / Sullivan
Against Proper Objects
(Relative Pitch)
The debut of saxophonist Michael Foster, guitarist and banjo player Webb Crawford, and drummer Joey Sullivan, a free trio whose quirky yet technically impressive improvisations shift from sax shouts and overblown tones to frenetic banjo and guitar textures, driven by metallic percussion into a dense but dynamic interplay that combines raw energy with finely detailed, unpredictable explorations.
Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Orins / Pruvost) with/ Koichi Makigami
Shishiodoshi
(Circum-Libra)
A joyful and unpredictable meeting of Japanese quartet Kaze — pianist Satoko Fujii, trumpeters Natsuki Tamura and Christian Pruvost, and drummer Peter Orins — with avant-rock icon Koichi Makigami, recorded live in Lille in a kaleidoscopic blend of free improv, surreal humor, textural exploration, and exuberant interplay that celebrates spontaneity and sonic invention.
Sifter (w/ Lisa Mezzacappa)
Flake / Fracture
(Queen Bee Records)
A chordless Bay Area quartet with Rob Ewing on trombone, Beth Schenck on alto saxophone, Lisa Mezzacappa on acoustic bass, and Jordan Glenn on drums, performing original compositions from each member in playful, lyrical, and texturally rich improvisations that balance groove, swing, and exploratory ensemble interplay with an eclectic yet cohesive sound.
Evangelista's, Karl Apura + Andrew Cyrille
Bukas
(577 Records)
West Coast Bay Area guitarist Karl Evangelista leads his Apura ensemble — Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Francis Wong (tenor sax), Rei Scampavia (keys, electronics), and Lewis Jordan (alto sax) — joined by drum legend Andrew Cyrille in a powerful statement of free improvisation, blending expressive intensity and forward-looking vision with deeply rooted passion and creative openness.
Lazro, Daunik / Tristan Honsinger / Jean-Jacques Avenel
True & Whole Tones in Rhythms
(Fou Records)
Recorded live in 1982 at Paris' 28 rue Dunois, the trio of Daunik Lazro (alto saxophone), Tristan Honsinger (cello, vocals), and Jean-Jacques Avenel (double bass) create a spirited interplay of strings and reeds, shifting from intricate pizzicato and arco textures to exuberant collective outbursts, in a performance brimming with freedom, wit, and unbridled invention.
Yoshida, Tatsuya x Risa Takeda
YGGDRASILL
(Magaibutsu Limited)
Thirteen high-speed rock improvisations on drums, synth, piano & voice from the continuing collaboration of Magaibutsu label leader & drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and synthesist & pianist Risa Takeda, each track titled for Nordic mythology, the album title a reference to the World Tree, a giant ash supporting the universe; dramatic, amazing, unconventional instrumental music.
Carter, Daniel / Matthew Putman / Federico Ughi
Stream of a Dream
(577 Records)
After participating together in many groups over more than a decade, this is the first time these three improvisers and core performers on the 577 label--Daniel Carter on saxophone, trumpet & clarinet, Matthew Putman on piano and Federico Ughi on drums--have come together as a trio, captured live at the 2024 Forward Festival in Brooklyn for three extended, dexterous conversations.
Nabatov, Simon Quartet feat. Ralph Alessi
Lovely Music
(Clean Feed)
"Lovely" but also free to take some wild asides, Russian-American pianist Simon Nabatov's quintet with trumpeter Ralph Allessi, saxophonist Sebastian Gille, bassist David Helm and drummer Leif Berger pivots around melodic cores from Nabatov's alluring compositions as he explores themes of love, refraining from cloying approaches through sophisticated and often edgy direction for his players.
Modney (Modney / Wooley / Gentile / Roberts / Pluta / Symthe / ...)
Ascending Primes [2 CDs]
(Pyroclastic Records)
Exploring tuning systems and the extremes of harmonicity and dissonance through compositions that employ prime numbers of players in solo, trio, quintet, septet, and undectet (11) configurations, violinist Modney takes listeners into transcendent and turbulent spaces spanning improvisation and composition, detailed in a 24-page booklet with collages from Ellsworth Kelly.
Leon, David
Bird's Eye
(Pyroclastic Records)
An exotic album of improvised music with a wide focus, founded in saxophonist David Leon's interest in Afrocuban folkloric music, expanded through DoYeon Kim's gayagum, a traditional 12-string Korean zither, and punctuated with the exploratory drumming, percussion and glockenspiel of Lesley Mok; assertively unpredictable and continuously intriguing improv.
Prevost, Eddie
Loci Of Change
(Matchless)
Breaking from the AMM collective, British percussionist Eddie Prévost's 1996 solo debut showcases six studio-recorded works highlighting expressive momentum and textural nuance through innovative drumming and cymbal techniques, crafting layered and intense sonic landscapes with extraordinary skill and the inventive application of external objects.
Schmid, Silvan / Tom Wheatley / Eddie Prevost
The Wandering One - High Laver Levitation Volume 2
(Matchless)
A live recording of freely improvised improv captured at All Hallows Church in High Laver, Essex in 2023 from the trio of AMM drummer and Matchless label-leader Eddie Prévost, Zürich and Maastricht trumpeter Silvan Shmid, and London double bassist Tom Wheatley of the group Widdershins, heard in three investigative conversations of great creative drive.




The Squid's Ear Magazine

The Squid's Ear Magazine

© 2002-, Squidco LLC