We are back again to share our lives together after all these times. How will we start again? Did our visions change? Are we ready to exchange our emotions and our energy again in the real life?

Recorded at Donau 115, Berlin on 21.07.21

©2021 Takumi Motokawa

Perspectives Live @ Donau 115 21.07.21

Afterthoughts

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Fire And The Snakes

Above us, there is a blue sky
There will be one even if we cannot see one now for any reason
Today we live, for the hope for tomorrow
Yesterdays are beneath us, and up above us as stars

We are guided by love and light

The gravity that makes our feet touch the ground

The ground, the earth, holding all of us together

Composed, Performed and Produced by Takumi Motokawa
Mastered by Davide Bombanella @ Bombanella Soundscapes

In the Sky

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TOAD Live: Tokyo July 2022

TOAD on tour

Live performance at Pyramid Club, Wellington on 03.09.2022

TOAD Pyramid Club Wellington 03.09.2022

TOAD Live Berlin Winter 2022

Improvised solo performance on a Deluge at Madame Claude Berlin on 05.12.2022

Deluge Noise Improv (At Madame Claude Berlin 05.12.2022)

TOAD

Toad

Deluge Live performance at Garret St

Pōneke-Wellington January 2023

Garrett St Live

Performed at Common Room, Hastings
12/1/23

15 Dec 2022 8pm
w/ Flo Wilson
Audio Foundation @audio.foundation
Parisian Ties And Belts Sub-Basement
4 Poynton Terrace, Auckland
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5 Jan 2023 8pm
w/ Robert M Scott
Dog With Two Tails
25 Moray Place, Dunedin
www.facebook.com/events/666421774868556/

12 Jan 2023 8pm
Common Room
227 Heretaunga Street East, Hastings
www.facebook.com/events/1501243570355699/

19 Jan 2023 8pm
w/ BIG FLIP THE MASSIVE
Darkroom Darkroom Chch
336 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch
www.facebook.com/events/848679222922305/

Toad Live @ Common Room, Hastings

What do those amphibians dream of in this world? While the choir of them is singing, what do we dream in between our conscious and subconscious parts? Is there such a thing as a shared dream that we all go into? We may dream of the same thing but we each voice it out differently. Thousands and more voices of ours together do indeed sound like these toads singing in the green field where the rain falls and the wind blows.

Performed at darkroom, Ōtautahi-Christchurch, 19/1/23

Toad Live @ darkroom 19/1/23

Toad Fukuoka

TOAD
O
A
D      Live

What do those amphibians dream of in this world? While the choir of them is singing, what do we dream in between our conscious and subconscious parts? Is there such a thing as a shared dream that we all go into? We may dream of the same thing but we each voice it out differently. Thousands and more voices of ours together do indeed sound like these toads singing in the green field where the rain falls and the wind blows.
Live show duration: 35-50 minutes

Booking contact: tak@takumimotokawa.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/takumi.moto...
Website: https://takumimotokawa.com/


Takumi Motokawa: a musical kaleidoscope that is one part percussionist, one part keyboardist, one part composer, one part producer, and all parts unforgettable. Expect: intricate keyboard playing, bold expression, complexity, simplicity, and a wild ride.

Tak is a class act that has worked with other class acts such as Shackleton, Strike Percussion, Nik Nowak, David Delgado, Jepe, Matilda Abraham, Samin Son and 404. As well as recording and touring with these artists, he’s released several albums of his own music and had a track on Spotify that had over a million downloads, which may not be as big a deal these days but I promise it was impressive at the time.

He was born in Japan, raised in Aotearoa and now lives in Germany. He also performed in London, Helsinki, Tokyo and Shanghai along the way.

You probably don’t want to miss this musical kaleidoscope perform.

Recording from Whammy Backfroom performance in Auckland, NZ

© Takumi Motokawa

TOAD 2023 Whammy AK

No input feedback loop improvisation

For booking: tak@takumimotokawa.com

Feed the bird back with the sonic crumbs (Part 1)

Live recording of the solo deluge set at Kyoto Mingle.

Artwork by me also.

Deluge solo set @ Mingle Kyoto 20240707

Rights managed by Kobrow Musikverlag GmbH.

For licensing inquiries, please contact Kobrow Musikverlag.

Wannsee

Samin Son (Vo)
Takumi Motokawa (Electronics, Live Processing)

MIIN Live at Loophole Berlin (03.08.18)

Also available from

Bandcamp: http://takumimotokawa.bandcamp.com/track/equinox
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ntVzDW50k7IojEY3hIXE0…
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/equinox/1477348118…
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqx_AjFnJaI
junodownload: https://www.junodownload.com/…/takumi-motokawa-…/4256970-02/
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/1197459/equinox
Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Equinox-Takumi-Motokawa/dp/B07WSZT8W3/

Mastered at Bombanella Soundscapes
Cover art by Devyn Kyng (https://www.instagram.com/devynkyng/)

Equinox

Composer/Percussionist/Pianist/Producer based in between Berlin and Aotearoa/NZ
Industrial-Tribalism / Avant-Electronic / Neo-Noise / Ambient

Digital//anything in between//Analogue

a musical kaleidoscope that is one part percussionist, one part keyboardist, one part composer, one part producer, and all parts unforgettable. Expect: intricate keyboard playing, bold expression, complexity, simplicity, and a wild ride.

Tak is a class act that has worked with other class acts such as Shackleton, Strike Percussion, Nik Nowak, David Delgado, Jepe, Matilda Abraham, Samin Son and 404. As well as recording and touring with these artists, he’s released several albums of his own music and had a track on Spotify that had over a million downloads, which may not be as big a deal these days but I promise it was impressive at the time.

He was born in Japan, raised in Aotearoa and now lives in Germany. He also performed in London, Helsinki, Tokyo and Shanghai along the way.

You probably don’t want to miss this musical kaleidoscope perform.

Gig Bookings & Licensing
Email: tak (at) takumimotokawa.com

Upcoming performances


2024

Past performances
2024

Solo
7 July
Mingle (Morikawa Tobacco Store)
Kyoto, Japan

Washboard Live
21 Mar
darkroom
Christchurch, NZ

2023

TOAD Live
10 June
Orphic Gallery
Whanganui, NZ

TOAD Live
9 March
backroom @ Whammy Bar
Auckland, NZ

TOAD Live
REG:
3 March
club daphnia
Osaka, Japan

TOAD Live
Still Vol.1: w/ little side effect / multiple / Yutaka Sakamoto + yuyu
19 February
IAF Shop
Fukuoka, Japan

TOAD Live
w/ Big Flip the Massive
19 January
Dark Room
Christchurch, New Zealand

Solo Live Set
14 January
13 Garrett St
Wellington

TOAD Live
12 January
Common Room
Hastings, New Zealand

TOAD Live
w/Robert Scott
6 January
Dog With Two Tails
Dunedin, New Zealand

2022

TOAD Live
w/ Flo Wilson
15 December
Audio Foundation
Auckland, New Zealand

Noise Live Set
Madame Claude
5 December
Berlin, Germany

TOAD Live
30 November
Loophole
Berlin, Germany

TOAD Live
w/ nana.ios
3 November 20:30
Pony Bar
Hamburg, Germany 

TOAD Solo Live Set
w/ Aotūroa
3 September 20:00
Pyramid Club
Wellington, New Zealand

TOAD Solo Live Set
8 July 2022 19:30
Kiryuusha (https://www.kiryusha.com/)
Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan

25 June 13:30
Solo Live Set
Beppu, Japan

Adrian Bang x Marcello Busato x Takumi Motokawa
30 March 20:00
loophole, Berlin

Solo w/ Dokia
18 March
Gelegenheiten, Berlin

Solo
Pandora Experimenta: Ayane Kondo x Catfish x Takumi Motokawa
11 March 19:00
Pandora Gallery, Berlin

Solo w/ Waterflower
4 March 20:30
Gelegenheiten, Berlin



2021

Solo - Perspectives
24 Oct 15:00 
Unifying Gate Festival
Spreefeld, Berlin

Jaguar no me
19 Nov
Loophole, Berin

Jaguar no me
18 Nov
Munich

Jaguar no me
30 Oct
Valentin Stüberl, Berlin

Solo - Perspectives
24 Oct 15:00 
Unifying Gate Festival
Spreefeld, Berlin

MIIN (w/ Samin Son)
14 Oct
Loophole, Berlin

MIIN (w/Samin Son)
16 Sep // 20:30
Pandora, Berlin

21 Aug // 20:30
Donau 115, Berlin
w/ Matilda Abraham

21 July // 20:30
Donau 115, Berlin

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