Kazuya Matsumoto - Mizu No Katachi

2016 debut album by Japanese percussionist Kazuya Matsumoto entitled Mizu no katachi meaning "Shape of Water". This is an archive of his five years spending time within the nature, performing with water. Kazuya Matsumoto is a percussionist from Tokyo, born and grew up in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa where famous for its traditional arts and beautiful crafts. He is inspired by the great scale of nature, and the daily traditions there. His focus is more into the sound and the resonance itself rather than the musical scales and melodies, mainly using harmonic percussions such as hamon, gong and singing bowl, and other non-instrument objects which makes sounds. In 2013, he received the grand prix award in the Otokuchi project / Setouchi International Art Festival. As a drummer, he plays in bands like FilFla (with Keiichi Sugimoto), Mergrim x Kazuya Matsumoto and Itoken with Speakers.