The natural disciples of Masayuki Takayanagi were perhaps
EXIAS-J (Experimental Improvisers Assocation Of Japan), the
quartet of guitarist Hideaki Kondo, bassist Ikegami Hideo, drummer Nishizawa Naoto and saxophonist Tanikawa Teruaki who indulged in
improvised droning chaotic cacophony on
Critical Blank (october 1999),
Venom (january 2000), a duo session between Kondo and Naoto,
and Phenotypes In A Polygon (Bishop, 2002), with piano and berimbau added to the quartet.
EXIAS-J Electric Conception added second guitarist Tanikawa Takuo and
electronic/computer musician Miyazaki Tetsuya to the quartet for the
live Avant-Garde (november 2002)
and Balance of Chaos (november 2003).
Kondo also released Structures (PSF, 2008) under his own name.
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