Li Jianhong’s Japan Diaries: Dramatis Personae

by Ben

[Note: to avoid confusion, family names are in capital letters below.]

LI Jianhong 李剑鸿
Our intrepid protagonist, Hangzhou-based noise guitarist, half of D!O!D!O!D! (together with Huang Jin 黄锦), organizer of the 2pi festival and founder of 2pi records.

Marqido
Japanese musician, the electronic half of the duo 10, Li Jianhong’s host on this tour.

itta
Korean musician, the theatrical and vocal half of 10.

Hideo IKEEZUMI 生悦住英夫
Proprietor of the PSF record label and Modern Music store. His PSF label reissued D!O!D!O!D!’s Ghost Temple album and organized this tour.

Shoji HANO 羽野昌二
Japan’s best free jazz drummer, according to Li Jianhong, and the substitute for Huang Jin on this tour.

NARITA Munehiro 成田宗弘
Psychedelic Japanese guitarist, half of the influential group High Rise.

Zbigniew Karkowski
Polish-Swedish composer and performer, founding member of Sensorband, based in Tokyo for several years.

Ainotamenishis 愛のために死す
Psychedelic punk band opening for Li Jianhong at the UFO Club, subsequently appearing on the PSF compilation Tokyo Flash Back 6: P.S.F. Psychedelic Sampler.

Shizuo UCHIDA 内田静男
Bass player in Keiji Haino’s 灰野敬二 Nijiumu 滲有無 project. Attended Li Jianhong’s show at UFO Club. Designed the artwork for the PSF re-release of the D!O!D!O!D! Ghost Temple album.

Seiichi YAMAMOTO 山本精一
Japanese guitarist, formerly of the Boredoms. Owner of the live music venue Bears in Osaka and the Ummo Record label.

Koyuki 小雪 (translated literally as “Little Snow” in early posts, whoops)
Manager of Super Sonic China, agent and promoter for the Shanshui 山水 records in Japan. Organized Li Jianhong’s second Osaka performance at New World cocoroom.

Iida 饭田 and Tanaka 田中
Friends of Koyuki, and hosts of Li Jianhong, Marqido, and itta in Osaka.

YOSHIKAWA Masatoshi 吉川昌利
Another friend of Iida’s who accompanied Li Jianhong around Osaka.

Tetsuharu MASUDA 増田哲治
Opening act at Bears in Osaka, performing guitar noise processed with delays, loops, and feedback. Designer of effects processors.

Masonna
Japanese noise musician unexpectedly found working in the Alchemy store in Osaka.

Carl Stone
American composer and performer, based in Tokyo and San Francisco, and also on the faculty of the Media Department at Chukyo University in Japan.

HUANG Jin 黄锦
Drummer in D!O!D!O!D! who wasn’t able to make the trip to Japan with Li Jianhong, so Japanese drummer Shoji Hano substituted for him on this Japanese tour.

Asahito NANJO 南条麻人
Psychedelic Japanese bassist, the other half of the influential group High Rise, whom Li Jianhong would have you know has not given up the bass for guitar.

SUN Dawei 孙大威
Better known as Sulumi, the Beijing-based 8bit artist, head of Shanshui records. Koyuki, who organized Li Jianhong’s second show in Osaka, is the agent and promoter for Shanshui in Japan.

Yoshiyuki “Jojo” HIROSHIGE 広重嘉之 or JOJO広重
Osaka-based guitarist, the one constant member of Hijokaidan 非常階段. Founder of the Alchemy label and record store, were Li Jianhong bumped into Masonna.




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