munro + NISHIMOTO
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Japanese guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto and Andrés G. Jankowski, a.k.a. 1605munro joined forces for this live-performance-ambient-sort_of_multimedia- project.
It is simply called munro+NISHIMOTO at this early stage.
More information will follow soon!
stay tuned!
BOOKING INFO
contact: 1605munro_at_email_dot_de
Subject: booking munro+NISHIMOTO
about 1605munro
Andrés G. Jankowski a.k.a. 1605munro
Andrés was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is radicated
in Berlin.
Andrés works as a performing artist, sound-designer, internet- and
multimedia-designer.
In the late 80´s. together with Hernán Nuñez (The League of Crafty
Guitarists), he co- founded the legendary group Santos Luminosos.
As a result, two seminal works were released at Possible Records,
Buenos Aires, "Leuchtende Heilige" and "Metalambiente".
In 1990 he started his own project 1605munro, with which, he performs
solo and with occasional guests, like: Hernán Nuñez (The League of
Crafty Guitarists/Santos Luminosos), Alan Courtis (Anla/Reynols), Alex
Anthony (The Twang Marvels), galimany, Guillermo Ueno (video) etc.
In that period, he returned for several years to Buenos Aires, where he
was as a permanent member of Bioma, one of the driving forces in the
incipient argentinean electronic music of that decade.
Since 2005 he is member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music
(PseME).
In the year 2006, Andrés was asked to join the Laptoporchester Berlin.
Languages: Spanish, German, English and Polish
Label: Lona Records, Hong Kong
about Takeshi
Guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto embraces and expresses music from the European, Northern Indian, and American jazz classical traditions. He has performed extensively as a solo artist, as well as in collaborations with musicians that range from the late sitar master Rahul Sakyaputra to electronic composer John Tejada.
Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Takeshi came to the United States for one primary reason-to study guitar. As a student in the University of Southern California guitar program, Takeshi gained a firm foundation in the classical tradition from some of the world's premiere guitar players such as James Smith, Scott Tennant, Bill Kanegizer, and Brian Head. In addition to European classical music, Nishimoto also explored jazz with Joe Diorio and David Oaks. Also, Takeshi had the jazz guitar legend Phil Upchurch as his mentor.
In 2004, Nishimoto start playing the northern Indian classical instrument "Sarod" under the guidance of Pt. Rajeev Taranath. Beyond USC, Takeshi also received personal instruction from the legendary Pepe Romero, playing in four of his master classes. What these teachers, as well his audiences appreciate in Takeshi is his relentless pursuit of musical innovation.
He is very open, and that openness extends to his playing. He sees no conflict between the new and the old, and that is part of what makes his music so compelling.
