Naoto Yamagishi

Naoto Yamagishi is a Japanese percussionist, drummer and free improviser whose playing emphasises gesture, movement and the acoustic variety of the instruments he uses. He started playing drums as a teenager and has explored improvised music beyond fixed forms, developing performances responsive to the performers and the space.

Yamagishi has performed with musicians from Japan and abroad and has collaborated with dancers, poets, visual artists and other creative practitioners. His recorded work includes projects involving violin, cello and percussion, and performances that connect the texture of percussion with acoustic strings, wind instruments and unusual timbres.

On Creative Sources, Naoto Yamagishi is credited on Hossu no Mori (CS271), Mizutekiteki (CS298) and Naoki Kita | Guilherme Rodrigues | Naoto Yamagishi (CS652).