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Kyoko Kitamura

@kyokokitamura.bsky.social
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Musician, producer, media professional, F1 fanatic who once interviewed Senna, LET'S GO HAMILTON, Team Piastri #StopTrump #AntiWar www.kyokokitamura.com

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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 13h
'One of the world's biggest K-pop groups, Stray Kids, are joining BTS in boycotting the 2027 Grammy Awards...In a short statement, their record label JYP simply said: "Stray Kids did not submit for the Grammys."' #music www.bbc.com/news/article...
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K-pop giants Stray Kids join BTS in boycotting the 2027 Grammy Awards
Stray Kids become the second major act to withdraw from the Grammys over the new best Asian Pop award.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Collection. I am not in possession of the collection. I just took photos of it back in 2012 and dug it up recently for research. Sam Rivers, Sonny Fortune, McCoy Tyner, Julius Hemphill and lots more names. But those glasses... www.flickr.com/photos/kyoko...
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Bootleg Rig Captured in 2012
Back in 2012, a colleague came into possession of bootleg tapes, including music by Anthony Braxton which was later released as "Solo (Carnegie Hall) 1972" from New Braxton House. The Wire w...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Before Meta glasses, there were bootleg glasses: sunglasses wired w/ hidden mic. I took this photo when a musician alerted me to a bootleg Braxton recording, which later became "Solo (Carnegie Hall) 1972" newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/solo-c... Full story: www.thewire.co.uk/news/21184/a...
The photo shows sunglasses on a carpet, which shows a tiny mic and wirings concealed with black tape
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Suno just announced v6, a new generation of models developed on licensed music & will retire previous models. Suno moved fast, trained models & are now moving into a new phase of partnership with the music industry. But let's not forget how they got there. #music kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-m...
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I Uploaded My Music into AI Music Generator Suno and This is What Happened – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today's listening session: Zeena Parkins "Lace". Sublime. zeenaparkinsprojects.bandcamp.com/album/lace #music
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LACE, by Zeena Parkins
15 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival captured in photos (link). Intentionally keeping a festival small has been challenging and rewarding, a wonderful luxury, an antidote to the forces pushing us to function alone. Much gratitude to everyone who makes this possible. #music kyokokitamura.com/brooklyn-fre...
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Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Suno loses to GEMA. Listen to the power of Suno's "covers" feature, turning my experimental tracks into radio-friendly pop tunes. (Also, they turned all my odd meter compositions into 4/4.) #music #AI kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-m...
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I Uploaded My Music into AI Music Generator Suno and This is What Happened – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My Bandcamp Friday purchase, gorgeous, sublime tessasouter.bandcamp.com/album/shadow...
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Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project, by Tessa Souter
10 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A few years ago, during a conversation about Asian American representation in U.S. entertainment, a non-Asian acquaintance casually replied, “Well, there’s always Kurosawa.” Conflation of Asian vs Asian American identity is a complex topic. BTS showed us that. kyokokitamura.com/bts-grammys-...
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BTS, Grammys, Asian American Advocacy and the Fight for Live Event Viewership – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Grammys was a powerful U.S.-centric award platform serving as a default global standard facing a decentralized, post-major-label world. What happens when non-Western artists command larger global streaming numbers and stadium tours than many domestic nominees? www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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BTS boycott Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop prize
K-pop superstars will not submit Arirang album or its songs for 2027 ceremony
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Performance coming up next week, w/ Mara Rosenbloom (p) and Claire de Brunner (bsn), Wednesday 7/29 at Open Source Gallery 306 17th St, Brooklyn, 7PM, info here #music open-source-gallery.org/event/open-s...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Some music only available on CDs. #studymaterial #music
Photo shows Stockhausen “From the Days” seven-CD boxset
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Amazing set by Hans Young-Binter trio at Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival. Just wow.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Morning listen elijahshiffer.bandcamp.com/album/city-o...
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City Of Birds, Volume IV: Warbler Raves And Weird Duck Time, by Elijah Shiffer
10 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Coming up this Saturday July 11, 5PM at Ibeam Brooklyn, choreographer Rachel Bernsen and I will lead a special workshop on enhancing multi-sensory awareness in music performances using simple sound and movement exercises. #music #improvisation kyokokitamura.com/kyoko-kitamu...
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KYOKO KITAMURA & RACHEL BERNSEN WORKSHOP – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
WFMU Mara Rosenbloom's show today, interviewed by Dave Sewelson! Now available to listen here, so good. Happy Fourth, always pushing. Getting ready for Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival 7/11&12. wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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Improvising pianist, composer, and bandleader Mara Rosenbloom appears on WFMU to highlight performers appearing at the 3rd annual Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival.: Music For a Free World with Dave Sewel...
BFSF is a grassroots gathering that convenes improvised music creatives and audiences over two days at Ibeam Brooklyn, featuring daytime workshops, a listening session/interview with a legendary artis...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A chance to mingle with the community, artists, local residents, anyone who happens to be in the vicinity! Grassroots, artists-led, intimate Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival returns Saturday July 11 &Sunday July 12 at artist-run Ibeam. Light food and drinks provided to facilitate conversation. Drop by!
Flyer for Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival 2026: BROOKLYN FREE SPIRIT FESTIVAL

July 11th & 12th at IBEAM BROOKLYN
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
$20 Admission / day | cash or Venmo
Daily Admission includes access to all daytime and evening events! Light food and drinks provided (free) to facilitate conversation.

Saturday, July 11

5:00pm KYOKO KITAMURA & RACHEL BERNSEN WORKSHOP
Sound-Movement Improvisation Practice: Enhancing Multi-Sensory Awareness

7:30pm Selendis S.A. Johnson / Hans Young-Binter / Josh Matthews
Selendis S.A. Johnson vibraphone/ Hans Young-Binter piano/ Josh Matthews drums

8:30pm Janice Lowe’s Museoetry
Janice Lowe piano, voice, composition/ Olithea Anglin voice & electronics / Yohann Potico bass guitar/ Melissa Almaguer tap dance percussion
Janice Lowe Museoetry
Edmonia/WildFire, A SoundVerse Cycle
Poems by Tyehimba Jess, Janice Lowe, Composer

Sunday, July 12

3:00pm ZEENA PARKINS WORKSHOP
Filling the Hearspace: Never to Sound Again the Same
Experience multi-valent modes of listening through improvisation and expanded musical entanglements: following energetic pathways, tuning our engagements, collective knowing, collaboration and generosity (Open to musical improvisers with some previous experience)

5:00pm Listening Session & In-Person Interview: COOPER-MOORE
90-minutes of immersion into the iconic composer, pianist, instrument builder, storyteller Cooper-Moore’s multi-decade body of work, including rarely heard recordings from Cooper-Moore’s personal archive, and an in-person conversation moderated by pianist/composer/improviser Mara Rosenbloom

7:30pm Zeena Parkins / Nate Wooley / Ryan Sawyer
Zeena Parkins Electric Harp+Objects / Nate Wooley Trumpet+Objects/ Ryan Sawyer Drums

8:30pm Interstellar Duo
Jamal R. Moore Woodwinds, Electronics, Percussion / Warren Crudup III Drums
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My appreciation post for Arts for Art and the Vision Festival. Community is where it's at. Stick together and we can accomplish something. #music improviserscollective.substack.com/p/arts-for-a...
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Arts for Art: An Indispensable Community Anchor by Kyoko Kitamura
the vocalist and composer reflects on how AFA has been an anchor for community in her life
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Watched this last night instead of soccer and it was well worth the time. Now on Amazon Prime (I was able to rent it for $0.99). Food for thought on so many fronts. #fluxus #music kinolorber.com/film/george-...
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George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
A feature documentary as mercurial as its subject: the impresario of the international avant-garde art movement Fluxus (1962-78). Featuring interviews with Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas, and Nam June Paik.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Last night at the Vision Festival, honoring Joe Morris. His quartet was sublime. #music
Photo shows the inside of Abrons Arts Center. Theater is full, on stage is (L to R) Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Solomon Caldwell, Melanie Dyer.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My colleagues and I recently discussed AI music tools, using my recent experiment as the entry point. After listening to the samples, we agreed the speed of development was truly worrisome. Will it remain a tool, or will we become its tool? To be seen. kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-m...
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I Uploaded My Music into AI Music Generator Suno and This is What Happened – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Recently, I was asked about the catalog of my current vocal improvisation sounds. The most recent Geometry release (Joe Morris, Tomeka Reid, Taylor Ho Bynum, myself) is it. Also available on Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming services. #music relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/geomet...
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Geometry of Phenomena, by Reid, Kitamura, Bynum, Morris
7 track album
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Formula 1 @f1tv.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
FIRST WIN IN RED ❤️ #F1 #BarcelonaGP
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
LET'S GO HAMILTON! (And Antonelli is faster than Russell, no question) ONWARD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP #F1 www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
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Antonelli fails to finish as Hamilton earns maiden F1 Ferrari victory in Barcelona – live reaction
Lap-by-lap report: Lewis Hamilton won his first grand prix in nearly two years but championship leader Kimi Antonelli limped off the track in the final laps
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Brooklyn Free Spirit Fest return to Ibeam Brooklyn in July. Special daytime workshops by Zeena Parkins, interdisciplinary workshop by Rachel Bernsen & myself, listening session and live interview with Cooper-Moore. Night performances by 10+ artists (con't) #music
Poster for the 2026 Brooklyn Free Spirit Festival which returns to Ibeam Brooklyn on Saturday July 11 & Sunday July 12. Produced by Siren Xypher Collective, with support from Alan Feller and Creative Music Studio, this year features workshops by Zeena Parkins, Kyoko Kitamura & Rachel Bernsen; a special listening session & live interview with Cooper-Moore; evening performances by Selendis S.A. Johnson, Hans Young-Binter, Josh Matthews, Janice Lowe, Olithea Anglin, Yohann Potico, Melissa Almaguer, Zeena Parkins, Nate Wooley, Ryan Sawyer, Jamal R. Moore, and Warren Crudup III. $20/day admission (includes all daytime/evening events, light snacks and beverages to facilitate conversation).
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Starting this fall, I am scheduled to offer weekly workshops in NYC on structured guided improvisation, open to all levels. We will explore works by Anthony Braxton, Cornelius Cardew, John White, Malcolm Goldstein, Garrett List and more. Info coming in the summer. kyokokitamura.com/guiding-the-...
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Guiding Musical Conversation through Structured Improvisation – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
One more to celebrate Anthony's upcoming b'day, full workshop captured in entirety led by Adam Matlock, Anne Rhodes and myself, 1 hour 50 min of deep dive for anyone interested in how his many musical systems work together #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-j9...
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A Workshop on the Music of Anthony Braxton // Live at Roulette
YouTube video by Roulette Intermedium
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
My annual thread of available free albums from New Braxton House @bandcamp.com for anyone interested in his music. (His birthday is tomorrow, June 4.) #music newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/compos...
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Composition, Improvisation, Synthesis: Selections from The Tri-Centric Foundation Archives Volume 1, by Anthony Braxton
11 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Phenomenal new release from Alexander Hawkins. Synth, turntables, live sampling w/ acoustic instruments = complex sublime brain-tickling soundscape. So good. Alexander Hawkins, Rhodri Davies, Hamid Drake, Nicole Mitchell, Matthew Wright #music alexanderhawkinsintakt.bandcamp.com/album/no-nat...
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No Nation but Imagination, by ALEXANDER HAWKINS with Rhodri Davies, Hamid Drake, Nicole Mitchell, Matthew Wright
9 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Revisiting fundamentals today, with a better understanding of how Anthony Braxton's systems interlock. Hoping that I'll have more time in the future to dig into his interdisciplinary systems like Pine Top Aerial Music. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAO...
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Introduction to Syntactical Ghost Trance Music
YouTube video by Tri-Centric Foundation (Official Page)
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Beautiful review of Lena Bloch's "Marina" in @citizenjazz.com w/ Jacob Sacks, Ken Filiano, Michael Sarin, myself. Monumental work by Lena who translated & set the words of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva to music. Merci mille fois @franpisunship.bsky.social #music www.citizenjazz.com/Lena-Bloch.h...
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Lena Bloch
Marina
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Wonderful overview of the AFA residency at LOOVE ANNEX by Fran Kurzsejn. Live experience is where it's at. www.allaboutjazz.com/william-park...
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William Parker's Pocketwatch at Loove Annex – William Parker | Live Review | All About Jazz
Read William Parker's Pocketwatch at Loove Annex by Fran Kursztejn on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Live Review coverage, artist features, and expert writing since 1995.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Will be lecturing at Dartmouth College next week to discuss my music that were modified by AI music tools (streaming at link) and the importance of live music. Real people connection. #music soundcloud.com/kyoko-kitamu...
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SUNO REMIX: Artifacts from the Labyrinth
This is where Kitamura posts SUNO remixes of her music for her data gathering project. Original tracks posted at the bottom for comparison. https://www.kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-my-music-into-ai-mu
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hans Young Binter’s group last night. Phenomenal on all levels and so refreshing. Keep an eye on this group.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Final installment of the two-part series on the Keiko Yamada controversy. www.kyokokitamura.com/keiko-yamada... #music #musiceducation
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Keiko Yamada Controversy: 10 Years Later – Kyoko Kitamura
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Friday morning break with Lennie Tristano documentary. Young Sheila Jordan and Connie Crothers also interviewed. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0W...
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Lennie Tristano ~ TV-documentary 1/2
YouTube video by champignon de Paris
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
An advantage of not working w/ broadcast journalism deadlines that I can follow stories for decades. Keiko Yamada/Larry Clark controversy continues a decade later w/ Yamada still being programmed today. Updated info on my blog post www.kyokokitamura.com/the-case-of-... #music #musiceducation
"Keiko Yamada" on the 2025-26 Indiana State Student Music Association ISSMA required or suggest list for student ensemble works."Keiko Yamada" on the 2025-26 Indiana State Student Music Association ISSMA required or suggest list for student ensemble works.Keiko Yamada/Larry Clark appears on UIL (University Interscholastic League) 2025-2026 Prescribed Music List.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Pianist Jonathan Paik last night. This video does not do full justice so multiply by a thousand to imagine the extent of musicality and talent. Do check out his band Fugitive. Unbelievable. Drums: Whit Dickey #music
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Kakudo Manami, an artist whose track I played on WFMU yesterday, singer-songwriter, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, multi-disciplinary www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOC...
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Manami Kakudo solo set - "Aketa tokoro ni" live show
YouTube video by Manami Kakudo
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The show i did is now archived wfmu.org/archiveplaye...
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Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson from 4/11/2026 - WFMU AccuPlayer
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Tomorrow, on WFMU, I'll be playing rare gems from Japan, including two recent tracks from Nonoko Yoshida and an oldie from Manami Kakudo. Also a rare track by Agnès Palier. Plus a radio edit excerpt from Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome from 2019. And lots more. 2-5PM. #music wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Reaction to my unscientific AI-music tool experiment: "AI is powerful and we need to be aware" comments invariably came from those who were engaged with AI in their respective fields, did not see AI as a binary good/bad situation, knew it was all around us. www.kyokokitamura.com/reactions-to...
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Reactions to my AI-generated remixes – Kyoko Kitamura
Thank you to the many people who sent me comments about the AI-generated remixes, available on my Soundcloud “Artifacts from the Labyrinth Remixed” playlist (streaming for free): https://soundcloud.com/kyoko-kitamura/sets/artifacts-from-the-labyrinth
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Snow in Bennington
Photo shows white scenery of Bennington College in April snow
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This was superbly done in its cohesiveness, pulling together disparate opinions under one theme: how worried should we be? #AIdoc #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkPb...
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THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters March 27
YouTube video by Focus Features
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
If most people can't tell an AI-generated track from human-made, does authorship matter? If fans create a community around an AI artist, is music still functioning as community anchor? Have we already reached a point of no return? #music #AI www.showbiz411.com/2026/03/27/e...
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Exclusive: AI Generated Singer - Not a Real Person - "Eddie Dalton" Hits Number 1 on iTunes with Two More Hits in the Top 10 - Showbiz411
Developing… UPDATE: Crunchy’s address is indeed in Greenville, SC. The person at the bottom of all this might be someone named Dallas Little. His/her email is care of their mother. No one answers phon...
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Amazing
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The "AI" musical group Neon Oni is set to perform live concerts in Japan. "Initially, Neon Oni existed solely in the digital realm. Its creator, known as Kage, used Suno AI to generate music and conceived seven fictional members from Tokyo." #music #AI #AImusic #MusicAI forklog.com/en/ai-band-n...
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AI Band Neon Oni to Tour Japan with Live Musicians | ForkLog
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
AI music generator samples from 2023 now compiled in my Soundcloud. I was an early tester for Google's MusicLM, now MusicFX. In less than 3 years, AI music generators went from sideshow to industry powerhouse. Compare to my Suno playlist for full effect. #music #AI soundcloud.com/kyoko-kitamu...
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Google MusicLM (Pre-MusicFX) 2023 samples
Compiling samples of pre-Suno AI music generator creations. This is from Google's MusicLM, currently called MusicFX. Samples were collected in May 2023. Suno launched in December 2023.
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Currently listening to Alfredo Colón's Blood Burden, so good. outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blood-... #music
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Blood Burden, by Alfredo Colón
8 track album
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Kyoko Kitamura @kyokokitamura.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
All in a blog post, the devastatingly convincing AI-generated music and even ways turn it into sheet music. Very disturbing. #Suno #music www.kyokokitamura.com/i-uploaded-m...
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I Uploaded My Music into AI Music Generator Suno and This is What Happened – Kyoko Kitamura
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