Tatsuya Nakatani

Tatsuya Nakatani is a Japanese-born percussionist and composer based in the United States, internationally known for his unusual bowed-gong techniques and a highly physical approach to percussion. His sound world moves between small acoustic gestures, metallic resonance, friction and sustained harmonic textures.

Alongside solo performances and international collaborations, he founded the Nakatani Gong Orchestra, a project that assembles local performers around his specially developed bows and adapted gongs. He also designs and builds percussion equipment. His Creative Sources appearances place this inventive acoustic practice within the label's wider documentation of experimental and freely improvised music.