Caspar Sonnet and I are releasing the duo music fro Sounds et al! Please check the music at:

http://www.soundsetal.com/project/sonnet-matsumoto-versus/

Sounds et al presents an electroacoustic collaboration from duos Caspar Sonnet/Kozue Matsumoto, and Kaori Suzuki/John Krausbauer.

Guitarist Caspar Sonnet (Los Angeles, CA) and kotoist Kozue Matsumoto (Tokyo, Japan) bring their individual instrumentation together to perform the experimental and emotive collaborative work from their forthcoming collection Versus.

Husband and wife duo Kaori Suzuki and John Krausbauer (Oakland, CA) create rich acoustic intricacies. Continuing their 2018 tour (Japan, U.S., Canada, Mexico), they perform hypnotizing soundscapes with voice, bell, percussion, electronics and amplified strings.

Time-Based Art Festival

Caspar Sonnet (lap-steel dobro) Kozue Matsumoto (koto) is an acoustic experimental, improvisational duo based in Los Angeles, California. Both artists employ numerous extended techniques exploring an array of interesting sounds and textures using both modern & early eastern/western folk instruments. Their collaborations are fiercely intensive, concentrated duals where both players utilize prepared strategies composed in set time blocks. Each player is then assigned a specific set of tools to manipulate various parts of the instrument and are assigned set tunings, microtonal or otherwise. Their use of instrumental augmentation, movement and presence are captivating to witness and mesmerizing to hear. Matsumoto/Sonnet are anticipating a record release entitled “Versus” on Sounds et all late August 2018.

Improvisation Summit of Portland 2018