Kasokeki Toki
- Toru Nishijima — Contrabass
- Kanon Aonami — Saxophone
- Fumi Endo — Piano
Formed in 2022 at the initiative of Nishijima. Not to "express" something, but simply to "be." Each of the three inhabits their own independent world — without explaining one another, without completing one another, without hierarchy — existing together in the same time. Not what is made to happen, but what happens of its own accord: sounds begin as if they were already there, and vanish before one notices. "To simply be present, to listen closely, to wait." To remain in the space between controlling and surrendering, between intending and what simply occurs. And that is an open question — the same question — for performer and listener alike. Kasokeki Toki is not something finished, but the trace of something in the process of occurring — presenting the movement of sound before it becomes meaning, the time and space that exists just before.
Next Live
This will be our first appearance at Shinjuku Pit Inn as Kasokeki Toki. Coming off our May tour, we hope you'll join us and hear where we are now — another step forward on our continuing journey.
※ No advance reservations — please come directly on the day.
July 20 (Mon)
Shinjuku — Pit Inn (matinée)
Doors 13:30 / Start 14:00
¥2,750 (incl. tax & 1 drink)
pit-inn.com
Accord Shinjuku B1, 2-12-4 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Video
you - on (遙音)
Improvisation
川のこと
Kasokeki Toki with Akiko Nakayama
Recording & Production
Recording took place in July 2023 at Sougakudo in Mito. Engineer Akihiko Goto captured in full the subtle presence the three create together — the way each sound is released into space, drifting and resonating with the others.
The jacket artwork is taken from a single unrepeatable frame of footage from a 2024 performance alongside Akiko Nakayama, who creates "Alive Painting" — the improvised flow of color. The two-disc album is gathered in a sleeve designed by art director Tadashi Kitagawa; three holes cut into the sleeve offer a glimpse of the artwork within.
The special edition, limited to 200 copies, includes a card printed with one of 200 different frames extracted from Nakayama's footage. The three members also each punched holes at their own chosen positions on all 200 sleeves by hand, giving every copy a unique appearance.
Album
Kasokeki Toki
2-disc CD
Available at live venues
Standard edition ¥4,500
Special edition ¥5,500
Includes Akiko Nakayama original print
Disc 1
- Improvisation 1
- 水の色Fumi Endo
- Interdependence 1Toru Nishijima
- DecaToru Nishijima
- かささぎFumi Endo
- Improvisation 2
- UrbildKanon Aonami
Disc 2
- 2022 IToru Nishijima
- 2022 IIToru Nishijima
- 2022 IIIToru Nishijima
- 2022 IVToru Nishijima
- NornToru Nishijima
- 小さな空Toru Takemitsu
Live History
- 2022
- 2022.1.24 Tokyo — Koendori Classics First live
- 2022.4.17 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
- 2022.7.3 Ogose — Gallery & Café 山猫軒
- 2022.12.4 Tokyo — cafe Beulmans
- 2023
- 2023.4.27 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
- 2023.7.17 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
- 2023.12.13 Tokyo — cafe Beulmans
- 2024
- 2024.4.22 Tokyo — Koendori Classics with Akiko Nakayama (Alive Painting)
- 2024.10.11 Tokyo — Koendori Classics Album release tour / with Akiko Nakayama (Alive Painting)
- 2024.10.15 Kobe — 100BAN Hall Album release tour
- 2024.10.16 Nagoya — Hase Album release tour
- 2024.12.6 Tokyo — 試聴室 MA TO KI × Kasokeki Toki
- 2025
- 2025.2.24 Tokyo — 月花舎
- 2025.3.25 Tokyo — Koendori Classics Genki Kanki trio × Kasokeki Toki
- 2025.6.7 Tokyo — 工房花屋
- 2025.9.7 Tokyo — um
- 2025.11.16 Tokyo — Koendori Classics
- 2026
- 2026.1.11 Tokyo — 工房花屋
- 2026.5.22 Nagoya — JAZZ茶房 靑猫 Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.23 Okayama — 䕃凉寺 Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.24 Fukuoka — Bar 柑 Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.25 Ube — GLYCINES Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.26 Kobe — 100BAN Hall Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.29 Tokyo — um Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.30 Mito — 奏楽堂 Tour "途の折節"
- 2026.5.31 Ogose — Gallery & Café 山猫軒 Tour "途の折節"