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Born in Japan, Toshi Makihara has been a central
figure in the vibrant improvisational new music scene in Philadelphia for the past
decade. A devotee of the live improvisational performance experience, Toshi has
performed with many experimental music ensembles and dance and theater companies. He
studied percussion with Yoshisaburo (Sabu) Toyozumi in Tokyo and composition with Joel
Thome in New York. For Makihara, drumming is a mystical experience. His intention and aspiration is to "become" Music rather than to "produce" it. Music in this sense is the very realization of universal spiritual principle, or in short, Nature. Makihara did his doctoral work in religion at Temple University, Philadelphia where he "re-dis-covered" his Music. From this "re-dis-covered" philosophical and spiritual foundation, Makihara creates his original music using percussion instruments from various cultural traditions blended with his unique home made instruments, sound objects, and electronics. Toshi's first recording, Another Shining Path, represents the first electronic capture of the live improvisational experience that Toshi has followed all his musical career. |
