Posted by admin on August 29th, 2007 under Club Dance Music

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Conceived by leading Japanese media artist Toshio Iwai in 2001 and following five years of intensive development. The TENORI-ON has been showcased ad refined at major music events and media art festivals; Sonar (Spain), Futuresonic (U.K), Ars Electronica (Austria), SIGGRAPH (U.S), Art Futura (Spain) and more, as well as being road tested by cutting edge electronic music artists: Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Matthew Herbert, Mouse On Mars, Cornelius, To Rococo Rot, Jim O’ Rourke, Rei Harakami, Taylor Deupree, Tortoise and Atom Heart. The TENORI-ON is one of the most innovative and exciting new instruments to be released by Yamaha for many years.

The launch event will see inventor Toshio Iwai talk and answer questions on the TENORI-ON plus live performances from a selection of artists lucky enough to be asked to road test this exciting new instrument.

Flying in from Berlin To Rococo Rot’s Robert Lippok will perform an exclusive UK set alongside cutting edge disco edit maestro Secondo (Dreck Records) and the man dubbed ‘the savior of acid house’ Capracara (Soul Jazz Records) + a DJ set from Duodecimo.

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Full Event Details:

Venue: Vinyl Factory below Phonica Records, 51 Poland Street, London, W1F, 7RJ (please use main shop entrance).

Time: 18.00 — 23.00

Free Entry — Please arrive early to avoid disappointment!

References: http://www.tenori-on.co.uk, http://www.global.yamaha.com/tenori-on /