Dream Mountain
March 11, 2022
“All women have a right to follow their dreams.” -Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita
A flawless, beautifully shot film that provides wonderful insight and succeeds in allowing the viewer to feel part of a very personal journey –– a dream to watch.” -LMFF Judges
Dream Mountain, Kyle Ruddick's short film to which Sugimoto contributed the original score with Joseph Minadeo, has been among the official selections of more than a dozen international film festivals world wide, winning the Best Mountain Film in London Mountain Film Festival 2020.
Braided Sound 2020 in Kobe
Jesse Perlstein + Lina Tullgren + Haco + Shinya Sugimoto
CANCELLED
The concert set for April 17th at Guggenheim House is cancelled due to the COVID-19 concerns and travel ristrictions by the United States.
2020年4月17日に予定されていたBraided Sound 旧グッゲンハイム邸公演は、新型コロナウイルスの懸念とアメリカ政府の緊急事態宣言を受け、中止されることになりました。
Resemblance
Shinya Sugimoto
January 6, 2020
Melbourne-based label Day Dot Recordings releases Resemblance, Sugimoto's first solo album in five years, featuring solo piano compositions. Available on label's website and Bandcamp as a cassette and digital download.
Also available on Shinya Sugimoto Bandcamp page
I Confess Cassette
Shinya Sugimoto & Jesse Perlstein
November 16, 2019
A collavorative 45-minute album by Sugimoto and Jesse Perlstein is released by Japanese label Muzan Editions as part of their fall batch. Available as a cassette and digital download on Bandcamp.
Also available on Shinya Sugimoto Bandcamp page
I Confess US Tour
October, 2019
Projection by Ian Couch, Photo by Keiko Uenishi
Sugimoto tours with Jesse Perlstein (of Sontag Shogun) the US, celebrating their upcoming realease of "I Confess", a new album from Muzan Editions.
October
18th (Fri) Los Angeles @Character Projects w/ Yek Koo & LA FOG
20th (Sun) Los Angeles, Trailing Twelve Records presents "Under the Light" w/ Sonoda
25th (Fri) San Francisco @Center for New Music w/OboeTronics
27th (Sun) Oakland @Land and Sea w/ IMA & Danishta Rivero
November
16th (Sat) Brooklyn @Synesthesia w/ Carmen Rothwell & Anna RG
17th (Sun) Tivoli, NY @Half Moon Books
The Sound of Montains
November, 2018
Sugmoto performs in Nara as part of "Sound of Mountains", a series of ambient music concerts curated by Muzan Editions.
Braided Sound Japan 2018
September, 2018
Presented by Sontag Shogun, Sugimoto shares stages with Jesse Perlstein and a few of the Japan locals as part of an improvisational concert series "Braided Sound". Sugimoto appears in three shows of the tour in Kobe, Okayama and Osaka.
9.14 - Kyoto @ Hawkwind w/ Sleepland, Lauren E Walker (of Nice Legs), Cheekbone, & Kenichi Kurata
9.15 - Kobe @ Space Eauuu w/ Sleepland, Haco, Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, & Shinya Sugimoto
9.16 - Okayama @ Oh!Ashi Forest w/ Shinya Sugimoto, Ryota Miyoshi, & Akira Kita
9.17 - Osaka @ Environment 0g w/ Shinya Sugimoto, Ryota Nishi, & MAYUKo (Crossbred, Synth Sisters); also additional performances by Raiika & Orhythmo
9.21 - Tokyo @ 7th Floor w/ Takahiro Kido & Yuki Murata (of Anoice), Moskitoo, Keiichi Sugimoto (of Minamo, Frolicfon), & Keiji Matsui (of The Primrose)
9.22 - Yokohama @ ZouNoHana w/ ISAO, Yozumi Yuta, Matsumo Kazuya, Nakamura Kohsuke, Ootani Yoshio & Ryota Miyoshi; also additional performances by SJQ
Total Fiction_ Live: In Memoriam of Paul Clipson
Jeremy Young & Shinya Sugimoto
March 9th 2018
Jeremy Young and Shinya Sugimoto releases a memorial album for Paul Clipson. This live performance, a half composed/half improvised score to Clipson’s nearly an hour-long 16mm film, took place in Brussels in March 2017, eventuating one of the most memorable sets in our Total Fiction Europe Tour. A large percentage of the profits will be donated to the Paul Clipson Family Memorial Fund.
www.gofundme.com/paul-clipson-family-memorial-fund/
R.I.P. Paul Clipson
February 11th 2018
Paul Clipson was a towering figure for me and a few days I bathed in his film with Jeremy Young in the 2017 Europe tour were so inspiring and truly a series of life-changing moments. I can't thank him enough.
I will always miss you. Rest in peace.
Total Fiction LP
Shinya Sugimoto & Jeremy Young with Julia Kent
April 21, 2017
Phinery releases a limited vinyl edition of Total Fiction. Featuring Julia Kent, Jeremy Young and Shinya Sugimoto's collaborative effort has evolved into a monumental nine-track album.
Album reviews:
"Perhaps the most emotionally driven release on the Phinery catalog, Total Fiction is an exploration of global cooperation in crafting affective and moving compositions." -Bandcamp Daily
Q3Ambientfest in Potsdam, Germany
April 9, 2017
Jeremy Young and Shinya Sugimoto performed at Fabrik Potsdam as part of Q3Ambientfest hosted by CEEYS.
Total Fiction Film Excerpt
A 16mm film by Paul Clipson
April 5, 2017
San Francisco-based filmmaker and experimental film artist Paul Clipson made a short film featuring Fiction 4 from Jeremy Young & Shinya Sugimoto's forthcoming album Total Fiction.
Jeremy Young & Shinya Sugimoto - "Fiction 4" (2017, dir. by Paul Clipson) from Sontag Shogun on Vimeo.
BBC Late Junction
March 21, 2017
BBC Radio 3 played Mirage, a track from Sugimoto's collaborative album Into the Mystic (2014) in Late Juction presented by Verity Sharp.
Europe Tour 2017
Paul Clipson with Jeremy Young & Shinya Sugimoto present Total Fiction
Shinya Sugimoto tours Europe with Jeremy Young and Paul Clipson, presenting a live improvised score for a 16mm film projection by Clipson. Young and Sugimoto's collaborative LP featuring Julia Kent released by Phinery.
3.23
London, UK @ The Old Church (Stoke Newington), with Rachael Finney
3.24
Manchester, UK @ Islington Mill, with Nathaniel Robin Mann
3.25
Bradford, UK @ FUSE Arts Space, with Nathaniel Robin Mann
3.26
Colchester, UK @ Colchester Arts Centre, with Nathaniel Robin Mann
3.28
Paris, FR @ La Générale (Braquage)
3.29
Brussels, BE @ Les Ateliers Claus (Sonic Protest Festival), with Sarah Kenchington
3.30
Rotterdam, NL @ Vrooom x CineSonic at Pink Pank
3.31
Amsterdam, NL @ Kulter x CineSonic at Dokzaal, with Obol Le
4.2 Copenhagen, DK @ Koncertkirken, with Western Skies Motel *Record Release Party* for Total Fiction LP
4.3
Aarhus, DK @ AUT at Non-Space, with Western Skies Motel
Album Review by Decoder Magazine
April 11th, 2016
Live at Microscope Gallery gets a premiere + review by Decoder Magazine in their WEEK IN REVIEW on April 9th.
Jeremy Young & Shinya Sugimoto
Live at Microscope Gallery
Cassette Release
April 11th, 2016
Live at Microscope Gallery, previously released digitally by Sugimoto in 2015 gets a cassette release by Danish record label Phinery, rendering an improvisational performance in Brooklyn New York in the summer of 2015. Cassette batch available at Bandcamp
© Phinery
Constellation Launch Party
Shinya Sugimoto + Andy Couzens
December 6th, 2015
The composer performed a sound + video set with Andy Couzens at Kamihikouki Magazine launch party in Osaka.
Video by Jennifer Gemmel
Shinya Sugimoto & Jeremy Young
Live at Microscope Gallery
New Album Release
October 10th, 2015
Centering the piano and tapes, a forty-minute long live performance presented at Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn in August is now released. Available exclusively at Bandcamp
© Shinya Suigmoto & Jeremy Young
WNYU Radio
Live at WNYU with Jeremy Young
August 20th, 2015
The New Afternoon Show which was aired on August 20th at WNYU Radio featured Sugimoto's live performance. A duo improvisation set with Jeremy Young recorded live in the studio was played following Young's solo performance. The show was archived here.
wnyu.org
The recording was also uploaded to Jeremy Young's Soundcloud page.
SHINYA SUGIMOTO + JEREMY YOUNG + JOEL SCHLEMOWITZ & JEREMY D. SLATER
at Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn
August 12th, 2015
Sugimoto will perform at Microscope Gallery as a piano/tape duo with Jeremy Young a accompanied by a live video projection by Joel Schlemowitz.
Servants' Quarters
(sugimoto/perlstein/jack/temple)
at (OA) Can Factory, Brooklyn
August 9th, 2015
Sugimoto will be performing at SHARE NYC as part of "Servants' Quarters", formed for this occasion with Jesse Perlstein, Hunter Jack and Ian Temple.
Sounders vol.39
at Kyoto UrBANGUILD
August 1st, 2015
Sugimoto will perform at UrBANGUILD with ALEXANDRE MAUBERT, S.C.F (Andy Couzens and Michael J. Migliacci) and Ally Mobbs.
www.urbanguild.net
http://www.facebook.com/events/675158095949085/
Album Review by Punchland
July 20th, 2015
EP 2015 receives a review by Brazilian indie music review site Punchland.
2015
New EP Release
July 5th, 2015
Dedicating to his father who passed away early this year, Sugimoto released an EP featuring the recording of his solo live performance from the Japan tour with Sontag Shogun in April. It also includes transcriptions from Mozart's Requiem mass and a newly written piano piece. Available at Bandcamp
© Shinya Suigmoto
Sontag Shogun: Japan Tour 2015
March 31st - April 2nd, 2015
Sugimoto will tour Osaka, Kobe and Okayama with a Brooklyn-based collaborative trio, Sontag Shogun.
Osaka Nu Things: Tuesday, March 31st
Okayama Shiroshita Kokaido: Wednesday, April 1st
Kobe space eauuu: Thursday, April 2nd
Hysteria
Kamihikouki's Issue 2 Launch Party
November 9th, 2014
Sugimoto performed at the Kamihikouki's issue 2 launch party at Viva La Mort Sakai Osaka. Kamihikouki is a community-based, nonprofit art and writing magazine with the goal of bringing together artists in the Kansai Area.
photo by Jennifer Gemmell
MIIT FEST 2014
October 19th, 2014
Sugimoto performed with Kou Yamamoto (Nous・mondsee) as part of an art event at MIIT House, Konohana ward, Osaka.
Takedao Tunnel Art Event 2014
September 20th, 2014
As part of an annual art event in Hyogo, Sugimoto played solo among many other participant performers.
Piano Solo, Film Music 2010-2013
New Album Release
Semptember 10th, 2014
Sugimoto released a full-length album featuring solo piano and chamber style music originally written for film scores and video installations from 2010 to 2013. Most tracks are outtakes or new recording of previous works. Available at Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, CDBaby, Bandcamp and more stores.
© Shinya Suigmoto
Into the Mystic
Digital Release
Semptember 1st, 2014
Into the Mystyc is digitally distributed worldwide. Available at Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, CDBaby, Bandcamp and more stores.
© Shinya Suigmoto, Trever Hagen
Share@(OA) Can Factory w/ Shinya Sugimoto + openjam
August 10th, 2014
Sugimoto performed at (OA) Can Factory Brooklyn, as part of SHARE nyc.
https://www.facebook.com/events/560245424101593/
http://share.dj/share/event_info.php?eventID=1006
Sense O
At NOON Cafe Osaka
July 26th, 2014
Sugimoto performed at NOON Cafe as part of the comtemporary art event.
On the walls:
Pauliina Mäkelä (illustration),
Asami Bluefudge (collage), Yuka Ishikawa (paper-cut),
Kim Dunstan (print),
David Denton (illustration),
紡 (installation),
Bom (painting),
Yann Becker (photography)
On the stage:
Genta
小澄源太+tatala+YAVZ.COM,
Nous
,Shinya Sugimoto,
Blitz and Squash Brass Band
Film:
Tatsuya Fujimoto (endleapss)
DJ
Yohey Yamamoto (POSEUR)
Yu Makiyama (Hangesha Records)
VJ
Tatsuya Fujimoto (endleapss)
Into the Mystic
Release Party & Show at Float Osaka
March 22nd, 2014
Into the Mystic, a full-length album Sugimoto recorded with Trever Hagen in 2013 was released on March 22nd. Sugimoto performed live with guest musicians. Trever Hagen is an American experimental trumpet player who currently resides in Lisbon. Trever and Shinya played together in real time via internet.
Room Go Zoom
Sound Recording Workshop at MIIT House Osaka
March 23rd and April 6th, 2014
Hosted by MIIT House, Sugimoto will give two-day lecture series about sound recording, presenting examples from his latest works.
DAY 1 : Recording and sound making
Part 1. Recording the piano
-room acoustics
-miking
Part 2. Useful tips for home recording
-gear selection
-portable recording systems
DAY 2 : Mixing and sound processing
Part 1. Mixing tips
-compressor
-equalizer
Part 2. Mastering
-monitoring environment
-overall level consideration
Miniatures
at MIIT House Osaka
September 29th, 2013
Sugimoto performed at MIIT House with Yangjah, Slonnon, Sonsen Gocha Bacco and Jerry Gordon.
MIIT House
S H C # 0 2 6
at Float Osaka
April 27th, 2013
Sugimoto performed at Float as part of Sleeper Hallucination Camping #26.
Float
V I S U A L A I D.
Individual notation systems of sound & music.
at District, Berlin
April 25th - May 25th, 2013
Sugimoto's sheet music for film scores will be presented in the exhibition at District Berlin, as part of collaborative installation and opening performances by Epiphany Now, Tore Honoré Boe and Liz Kosack. It will be displayed among the documents by other participants Alpha Couple, Tore Honoré Boe, Duchamp, Ellen Evers, Epiphany Now, Beck Hansen, Houwaida Goulli, Jasmine Guf fond & Ilan Katin, Maximilian Hohlweg, Liz Kosack, Andrew Kemp, Jason Levis, Thessia Machado & Merche Blasco, Florian Merkel, Loretta Myr, Frank Schültge and Golden Diskó Ship.
(Dis)playing paper, hours and constellations #4.
Lublae
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013
January 20th, 2013
Anocha Suwichakornpong's short film Lublae featuring the score by Sugimoto covered the official website of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013. Watch the film.
© Electric Eel Films, 2013
Mysterious one-minute leader commissioned by Hubert Bals Fund, will precede each HBF selection film screened in the festival. Ms. Suwichakornpong, Thai director of Tiger Award winner Mundane History (2009), features Sugimoto's minimalistic score recorded in Japan ealy this year. The festival opens on January 23rd.
Anocha Suwichakornpong Electric Eel Films
Thai PBS Media Museum
October 17th, 2012
Sugimoto composed music for a video installation Power of Seeing by Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong, now on exhibit at Thai PBS Multi Media Museum, Bangkok.
© Electric Eel Films, 2012
This is part of the permanent exhibition of the museum, located in newly opened headquarter of Thai PBS, Thailand's national television.
Anocha Suwichakornpong Electric Eel Films
Into the New World
in New York Japan CineFest
June 8th, 2012
Haruhito Naka's short film Into the New World which features a score by Sugimoto will be screened in the New York Japan CineFest at Asia Society .
© Haruhito Naka, 2012
The film has also been featured in New York City International Film Festival 2011, NYC Indie Film Festival 2011, Central Florida Film Festival 2011, New Filmmakers New York 2011 and Queens World Film Festival 2012.
Fukushima 2011
May 1st, 2012
Sugimoto releases a live recording from the performance at ISSUE Project room in May 2011. A forty-minute-long improvisational ambient piece with Kenya Kawaguchi (Shakuhachi) and Jeremy D. Slater (Electronics). Available on BandCamp.com now.
Although the performance was not specifically intended for a Japan benefit, it was held under the shock of the disaster. Sugimoto decided to release the recording for a contribution to the recovery of Tohoku, still in a critical situation even a year after, facing a long-term threat of radiation effect from Fukushima Daiichi power plant. All the profit will be donated to the Japan Society "Japan Earthquake relief fund" www.japansociety.org/page/earthquake
The Patterned Scarf
October 11th, 2011
The first New York screening of The Patterned Scarf, short film directed by Martin Flusser was held at Cantor Film Center. The film was produced by Brian Streem in 2011, starring Margot White and Catherine Curtin. Sugimoto scored the film featuring the string quartet led by Skye Steele. It also features instrumental tunes by Jazz pianist Toru Dodo.
© Guerre de Plume Productions, 2011
Brian Streem www.brianstreem.com
Anna Saito Solo Exhibition
Sep 3 - Sep 25, 2011
As a collaboration with Fukushima-born artist Anna Saito, Sugimoto's music from the album Leukon will be played during her solo exhibition at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, September 3rd through 25th. The exhibition is titled "Soshitsu", means "loss" in Japanese.
http://www.tokyo-ws.org/english/hongo/index.html
Artist website (Japanese): http://annasaito.blog130.fc2.com/
© Anna Saito, 2011
애증 - Eh Jeung
June 28, 2011
Eh Jeung, short film directed by Matte Chi for which Sugimoto composed the original score, has won the prize in two categories at Palm Springs International Shortfest.
- Best Student Cinematography
- The Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker
http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/news/detail.aspx?NID=300&FID=47&year=2011
© Matte Chi, 2011
Shinya Sugimoto / KenYa Kawaguchi / Jeremy D. Slater
@ ISSUE Project Room
May 29, 2011
Sugimoto performed at ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn. Playing the piano and electronics, he presented a 40-minute long improvisational ambient piece with Kenya Kawaguchi (Shakuhachi) and Jeremy D. Slater (Electronics & Video).
http://share.dj/share/event_info.php?eventID=763
http://www.issueprojectroom.org/uncategorized/share-–-free-audio-video-jam-42/
Equilibrium RED
April 3rd, 2011
Shinya Sugimoto's FUTR WRLD was used in the video installation by Norwegian artists Roderik Kelderman and Mary Hasavari. The video is featured in Scandinavian Visual Arts Magazine.
© Bowery Pictures, 2011
Asher Levine Spring/Summer 2011 Collection
September 12th, 2010
Sugimoto produced music for Asher Levine's spring/summer collection runway show.
room 507 Live at Loading Dock, Brooklyn
March 27th, 2010
Jazz unit "room 507", Arisa (vocal), Toru Yamauchi (guitar), Shinya Sugimoto (piano/sound effects) performed at Loading Dock.
New Single "My Favorite Things" featuring Yosvany Terry (Saxophone) will be available in iTunes Store soon.
Shinya Sugimoto Live at Issue Project Room
January 24th, 2010
http://share.dj/share/event_info.php?eventID=649
Issue Project Room
Leukon
December 30, 2009
Sugimoto's first full length solo album in over 5 years, "Leukon" is now available as a free download at Bandcamp.com.
01. Sanguis
02. Weltschmertzen
03. Rosa
04. Josepha
05. Unseen, Unheard, Unknown
06. Feu la cendre
07. Tenebrae di Gesualdo
08. Cocytus
09. Daydream
10. Aqua
Shinya Sugimoto & room 507 Live @ Ouchi Gallery
Sugimoto will be performing at charity fashion show "MIDORI", 9/12 (Sat) 7 p.m. at Ouchi Gallery roof top. His band room507 also will play in the event.
Ouchi Gallery
170 Tillary Street Suite 507
Brooklyn, NY 11201
MIDORI -
Reopens your eyes to what you can do on and for the earth!
Each one of your steps can help the nature's re-generation, fertility, and re-birth.
Not someone else but YOU are the power to MIDORI. What is your RE-action?
FUTR WRLD
July 20th, 2009
Sugimoto's New EP, 30 minute live performance at ZAKKA NYC DUMBO Brooklyn, July 2009. This is a collaborative project with picture book "FUTR WRLD" by ANTIMOTION. Book + audio CD is available at ZAKKA NYC.
listen to the sample on shinyasugimoto.bandcamp.com
ZAKKA
155 Plymouth St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Shinya Sugimoto Live @ Issue Project Room
Photos and Videos from the solo performance at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY - 6/14/2009
http://issueprojectroom.org/2009/06/03/share-featured-guest-shinya-sugimoto/
Out Now
Ex Machina
EP digital download only / download on
shinyasugimoto.bandcamp.com
Released on May 10th, 2009
Truth - Requiem
Shinya Sugimoto / Epiphany Blue
EP digital download only / free download on
shinyasugimoto.bandcamp.com
released on Apr 5th, 2009
Shinya Sugimoto released a two track EP, "Truth - Requiem". Both tracks are remixes of a rap artist Epiphany Blue. They first collaborated on the song "For Life", the title track of Shinn's first collaborative album, in 2007. Ever since then they have been good partners. Like other two releases, this EP is a free download, licensed under Creative Commons.
Nymphes des bois
single track digital download only / free download on
shinyasugimoto.bandcamp.com
released on Mar 24th, 2009
Africa
Nolo and Shinya Sugimoto
single track digital download only / free download on
shinyasugimoto.bandcamp.com
Released on Mar 15th, 2009
Shinya Sugimoto released a new single "Africa" as free digital download through Bandcamp. The song is a collaboration with a Ghanaian singer/songwriter "Nolo". Sugimoto, a composer/producer represents MONKHAUS, produced its instrumentals as a huge complex remix work. Many sound materials were derived from other music, TV documentaries and internet. This song is released under Creative Commons license. To see the details, go click CC link above.
Artist information
Nolo is a singer/song writer whose life began in Cote d’ Ivoire. Ghanaian through family lineage, his heritage attributes to his unique sense of music. The artist currently lives in New York and has been exposure to the city's vibrant music scene. He has also traveled to many parts of West Africa where music is an integral part of the people's culture.
He is a pioneer of Afro-Abissa music which he uses as an instrument to advocate awareness about some of the pressing issue facing our world, and more importantly Africa. Nolo forms and leads a band in New York named "The Lifters". He has many influences ranging from Fela Kuti, Meiway, and Bob Marley to James Brown, Ray Charles, the police and early U2. His aim is to create uplifting groovy African-style music with a modern edge.
Africa is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
room507 performed in the charity event "The Normadic Decob in NY" at Zakka, Dumbo Brooklyn NY - 6/13/2009
room507
Formed in 2009, the art unit room 507 is based in Brooklyn, New York. Members are Arisa (Vocals), Toru Yamauchi (Guitar), and Shinya Sugimoto (Sound effects). Aiming at composite art, room 507 fuses old Jazz, electronic sound and visual elements into the new style of music performance.
http://www.cool-ny.com/decob/lang/en/archives/843/
room 507 @ Art Walk | Hello Living Vol.1, Brooklyn - 4/25/09
Shinya Sugimoto performed at Art Walk @ Hello Living Vol.1 - Condo open house with Art exibition at Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Shinya Sugimoto @ Ouchi Gallery, Brooklyn - 3/24/09
Shinn performed in "Super Competiton", the charity event for African children at Ouchi Gallery on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009.
by Haruhito Naka
