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- Improvised Music from Japan is a website and record label. The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it concentrates on Japanese and Japan-based improvisers, particularly free improvisers. In December 2001, a compilation box-set, also called Improvised Music from Japan, was released to mark the fifth anniversary of the website. It was a 10 CD collection of previously unissued material from a variety of Japanese musicians (some of them collaborating with Europeans and Americans). The artists featured on the release are:
* Tetuzi Akiyama
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* Kazuo Imai
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* Kyoko Kuroda
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* Sachiko M
* Toshimaru Nakamura
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* Otomo Yoshihide
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* Michihiro Sato
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* Taku Sugimoto
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* Kazuhisa Uchihashi
* Michiyo Yagi
* Seiichi Yamamoto
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* Ami Yoshida
* Yasuhiro Yoshigaki The label has since released a number of other records featuring similar artists:
* Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 1 (IMJ-501, April 2002)
* Otomo Yoshihide, Ensemble Cathode (IMJ-502, July 2002)
* Kaffe Matthews, Andrea Neumann and Sachiko M, In Case of Fire Take the Stairs (IMJ-503, December 2002)
* Ami Yoshida, Tiger Thrush (IMJ-504, July 2003)
* , 48 (IMJ-505, May 2003)
* Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 2 (IMJ-506, May 2003)
* , Tayutauta (IMJ-507, due January 2004)
* Raku Sugifatti (Radu Malfatti and Taku Sugimoto), Futatsu (IMJ-508/9, December 2003)
* , Bon Voyage! (IMJ-510, October 2003)
* Otomo Yoshihide, and , Loose Community (IMJ-511, December 2003)
* Peter Brötzmann and , Funny Rat (IMJ-512, October 2003)
* Toshimaru Nakamura, Side Guitar (IMJ-513, December 2003)
* Han Bennink and Kazuo Imai, Across the Desert (IMJ-514, December 2003)
* Toshimaru Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama and guests, Meeting at Off Site Vol. 3 (IMJ-515, December 2003) Other Japanese artists which could be considered free improvisers include:
* Kaoru Abe
* Masayuki Takayanagi (en)
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