Born in 1981. Takefumi Naoshima focuses on structuring his music with silence. He uses the internal sounds of simple electronics as acoustic sound, and also plays harmonium and guitar. His regular collaborations inclulde a duo with trombonist Toshihiro Koike; the trio NTT, with Yasuo Totsuka (rhythm machine) and Masahide Tokunaga (alto saxophone); and ARRP (formerly ARP), with Anthony Guerra (guitar, electronics), Koji Miyata (keyboards), Haruka Masuda (melodica), Yoshihisa Suzuki (drums), and others. Naoshima and no-input mixing board player Toshimaru Nakamura started their own duo concert series in 2006, the sixth and final concert of which will be held in 2007.
