Member Profile: Akio Mokuno
Composer
Short Bio
Akio Mokuno is an electroacousitc music composer, audio engineer, singer-songwriter, noise bassist and multimedia performer. After exploring psychedelic/new wave bands in Nagoya, Akio moved to New York, in 1994, and joined the post-no wave/noise band Electoputas, as a bass and voice performer. Inspired by musique concrète (concrete music) and electronic music, in the late 1990s, Akio started improvising a sampler (Yamaha SU10 + Akai S2000) using an optical MIDI controller. He has performed with a number of renowned free jazz/experimental musicians and visual artists, including Damo Suzuki, Sabir Marteen, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Frank Marino, 99 Hooker (Rev.99), Ron Anderson, Chris Forsyth, Kenta Nagai, Maria Chavez, Angie Eng, and Benton-C Bainbridge.