Aki Onda is a self-taught electronic musician, composer, and photographer. Onda was born in Japan and currently resides in New York. He is particularly known for his Cassette Memories projecs -- works compiled from a "sound diary" of field-recordings collected by Onda over a span of three decades. Onda's musical instrument of choice is the cassette Walkman. Not only does he capture field recordings with the Walkman, he also physically manipulates multiple Walkmans with electronics in his performances. Onda has collaborated with artists such as Michael Snow, Ken Jacobs, Alan Licht, Loren Connors, Oren Ambarchi, Akchote, Jac Berrocal, Linda Sharrock, and Shelley Hirsch.
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One of our favorite duos took to the stage at Issue Project Room this week -- Alan Licht & Aki Onda. They also revived their trio with pianist Michael Snow. Hoping for another album from these gents. Photo from IPR's Instagram feed.
