Ko Ishikawa
ko-ishikawa.net


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Ko Ishikawa is a Sho (Japanese bamboo mouth organ) player and is a member of the Gagaku ensemble Reigakusha. He was born in Tokyo in 1963 and studied Sho and Gagaku music with masters Mayumi Miyata, Hideaki Bunno and Shiba Sukeyasu.

ALBUMS


Naoto Yamagishi / Ko Ishikawa / André van Rensburg
Suiai
2022, 2xFile, WAV, Album, Not On Label (Naoto Yamagishi Self-released), Not On Label (Ko Ishikawa Self-released), Not On Label (André van Rensburg Self-released)
Ko Ishikawa, Nikos Sidirokastritis*, Giorgos Varoutas, Harris Lambrakis, Anna Linardou
Άνω βυθός / Τhe Depths Above
2020, 2xCD, Album, Underflow Records
Yukihiro Isso, Ko Ishikawa, Yoriyuki Harada, 望月太喜之丞
Yugen Jikko (In Tribute To Cecil Taylor)
2018, CD, Album, Tohyohyo Music
Ryoko Akama, Ko Ishikawa, Bruno Duplant
2 Compositions
2016, CD, Album, Meenna
Ko Ishikawa, Tetuzi Akiyama, Hideo Ikegami*
Live At Kissa Sakaiki
2015, CDr, Album, Confront
Tetuzi Akiyama, Junji Hirose, Hideo Ikegami*, Ko Ishikawa, Kazushige Kinoshita, Toshihiro Koike, Madoka Kouno, Maresuke*, Kenichi Matsumoto, Hideaki Shimada, Manabu Suzuki, Daysuke Takaoka*
Septet//2013
2014, 2xCD, Pico
Rhodri Davies, Ko Ishikawa
Compositions For Harp And Sho
2006, CD, Album, Hibari Music
Ko Ishikawa
青の静寂 = Ou-No-Seijaku (Stillness In Blue)
2004
Let There Be Light
Let There Be Light
2000, CDr, Album, Astro Media
Zeta
Da-Iku Y2K
1999, CD, Single, New School
Ryoichi Kuniyoshi / Miu Sakamoto
Music From The Motion Picture 鉄道員
1999, ,
Soundtrack
横山菁児*
ザナドゥ ドラゴンスレイヤー伝説
1988, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Anison
Aurora Argentea
Creatio Continua
2023, CDr, Album, Astromedia
Skogen
Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long
2014, CD, Album, Another Timbre
Evan Parker Electroacoustic Ensemble*
Hasselt
2012, CD, Album, psi (3), ,
Free Improvisation
Soundings
Consequential Quartet 1
2011, LP, S/Sided, W/Lbl, Gre + LP, S/Sided, W/Lbl, Yel , 鳥獣虫魚, ,
Noise/Free Improvisation
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
The Moment's Energy
2009, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ,
Experimental/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Let There Be Light
Stay Forever In This Dream
2008, CD, Album, Astro Media
Let There Be Light
Deep Space 3
2008, CD, EP, Astro Media
Let There Be Light
The Quest For Sacred Light
2004
Let There Be Light
Radiate
2001, CD, Album, Astro Media

APPEARANCES +


Various
Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn = Relics Of The Horsehair Harp
2024, CD, Album, Amgen
Ryuichi Sakamoto Curated By Iñárritu*
Travesía
2023, 2x Vinyl, ,
Ambient/Modern Classical/New Age
Lila Bazooka, Céline Grangey, Sophie Bernado
Arashiyama
2022, CD, Album, Ayler Records
Climax Golden Twins
Climax Golden Twins
2022, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Fire Breathing Turtle, ,
Experimental/Ambient
William Engelen
Verstrijken
2021, LP, Album, Edition Telemark
Somei Satoh
Like The Dyer's Hand / Foujita
2021, CD, Album, ALM Records
Paul Schütze
Without Thought
2020, CD, Album, Auf Abwegen
Magnus Granberg, Skogen
Let Pass My Weary Guiltless Ghost
2020, CD, Album, Another Timbre, ,
Contemporary
Magnus Granberg
Come Down To Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth (Revised Version For Sho, Koto, Prepared Piano And Electronics)
2020
Jerman*, Barnes*
The Finger'd Remove
2018, LP, Ltd, Feeding Tube Records
Giorgos Varoutas
Chronostasis
2017, CD, Album, ReR Megacorp, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Field Recording/Sound Art
Various
Asian Meeting Recordings #1
2017, CD, Doubtmusic, ,
Free Improvisation
Magnus Granberg, Skogen
Ist Gefallen In Den Schnee & Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long
2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Ltd, Another Timbre
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Async
2017, CD, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
Various
Ftarri Collection 4
2016, CD, Album, Ltd, Meenna
Taku Sugimoto
Quartet / Octet
2014, CD, Album, Slubmusic Tengu
Anders Dahl & Skogen
Rows
2013, CD, Album, Another Timbre
Various
Ftarri Collection
2013, 7xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Meenna
Tomzuin H
Ring
2013, CD, Album, Enh, Sonica Records (2)
Various
Saturday, February 13, 8pm To 9pm At .ftftftf., Tokyo
2010, CDr, Not On Label
Antoine Beuger
Two . Too (For Erwin-Josef Speckmann)
2009, 2xCD, Album, Edition Wandelweiser Records
Otomo Yoshihide
Ultra Miracle Love Story
2009, ,
Soundtrack/Avant-garde Jazz/Folk/Experimental
Otomo Yoshihide
Core Anode
2008, CD, Album, Meenna
Kahimi Karie
KOCHAB
2008, DVD-V, RE, NTSC, Reg, Victor
Mamoru Fujieda
Patterns Of Plants II
2008, CD, Tzadik
Christian Utz
Transformed: Music For Asian And Western Instruments 2001-2006
2008, CD, Album, Spektral, ,
Contemporary
Yuji Takahashi
2
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Fontec
ONJO*
Live Vol. 1 Series Circuit
2007, 2xCD, Album, Doubtmusic, ,
Free Improvisation
ONJO*
Live Vol. 2 Parallel Circuit
2007, 2xCD, Album, Doubtmusic, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Kahimi Karie
Muhlifein
2007, DVD-V, NTSC, Reg, Victor
Various
にほんのうた 第一集
2007, CD, Comp, Commmons,
芝祐靖*
東大寺音声菩薩 音楽 - 天平の楽泉
2006, CD, Promo, Not On Label
Kahimi Karie
Nunki
2006, CD, ,
Acoustic/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental
Various
海ゆかば
2005, CD, Comp, Mono, King Records
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
ONJO
2005, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
Out To Lunch
2005, ,
Experimental/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bank Band
沿志奏逢
2004, ,
J-pop
Mr.Children
シフクノオト
2004, CD, ,
J-pop/Pop Rock
伶楽舎* = Reigakusha, 武満 徹* = Toru Takemitsu
秋庭歌一具 = In An Autumn Garden
2003
Otomo Yoshihide & Masahiko Shimada
Miira Ni Naru Made/ My Dear Mummy - German Version
2002, CD, Charhizma, ,
Spoken Word/Experimental
Otomo Yoshihide
Ensemble Cathode
2002, CD, Album, Improvised Music From Japan, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Avantgarde
Sarah Peebles
Insect Groove
2002, CD, Album, c74, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Musique Concrète
Various
Deluxe Improvisation Festival 2001: Day One
2002, CDr, Comp, Ltd, ASE (2), ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
伶楽舎*
陰陽之占楽 = Onmyo No Sengaku
2002, CD, Album, Columbia
Mari Takano
Women's Paradise
2002, CD, Album, BIS, BIS, ,
Contemporary
Various
Deluxe Improvisation Series Vol. 2: 2001 Pt. 1
2001, CD, Comp, ASE (2)
Elisabeth Chojnacka
Energy
2000, CD, Album, Opus 111
Yoko Nishi
Patterns Of Plants: Works Of Mamoru Fujieda
1999, CD, Album, ALM Records
Otomo Yoshihide
Plays The Music Of Takeo Yamashita = 山下毅雄を斬る
1999, CD, ,
Experimental
Otomo Yoshihide
Cathode
1999, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Keiko Hatanaka
A New Asian Voice Volume One
1998, CD, Album, Ta Ra Ga
Sarah Peebles
Suspended In Amber
1997, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
Mamoru Fujieda
Patterns Of Plants
1997, CD, Album, Tzadik
Shimada Masahiko* / Otomo Yoshihide
My Dear Mummy: Miira Ni Narumade
1997, CD, Album, Creativeman Disc.
Yuji Takahashi
Finger Light
1995, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Modern/Experimental
Various
Silence - A Quiet Manifestation Of The Future
1993, CD, Album, Comp, Wacoal Art Center, ,
Abstract/Speech/Contemporary/Ambient
Bamboo Orchestra
太古の岸辺 = Rivages d' Autrefois
1993, CD, Album, Bellwood Records, Bellwood (2)
Tetsu Saitoh
The String Quartet Of Tokio & Orchestra
1992, CD, Album, TAO
カルロス・トシキ ＆ オメガトライブ*, Kazuhiko Kato
花の降る午後
1989, CD, Album, Vap
Various
Cabaret = キャバレー
1986
Various
Whose Forest?
CD, Comp, Hornblower Recordings, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Motoharu Kawashima
舞台音楽選集
CD, Album, Not On Label
Thomas Martin Nutt
Trichromatic Moiré
2018, 2xCD, Album, Comp, SARU (3)
Various
Multiple Tap
2014, 7xCD + Box, Multiple Tap
Various
Multiple Tap 6
2014, CD, Comp, Multiple Tap
Various
君が代のすべて
2000, CD, Comp, Mono, King Records,
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Async
2023, Cass, Album, Unofficial, mdx studio, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Modern Classical
Ryoichi Kuniyoshi / Miu Sakamoto
Music From The Motion Picture 鉄道員