Seijiro MURAYAMA
“mi-tai”

Seijiro Murayama is a drummer/percussionist and improviser/composer living in Paris. Since around 2017 he’s focused on creating electro-acoustic works using recordings of his own improvisations. The results of these efforts have been released as two highly praised solo albums from the Hitorri label: Downdate (hitorri-986, 2017) and The Empire of Slip of the Tongue (hitorri-984, 2018). In an about-face from these earlier releases, his new album, Mi-tai, consists of eight improvisational performances on percussion. It’s as if Murayama were returning to his point of origin with this release.
Mi-tai is the first of two albums in which Murayama attempts to give a comprehensive account of his improvisation on percussion and drum set–his “principal occupation,” so to speak–in this moment in time. This is a chance to experience the amazing creativity that sets Murayama apart from other percussionists/drummers.