Filament (band)

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Filament is a musical group from Japan that consists of Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M, two of the major exponents of the electroacoustic improvisation[http://www.japanimprov.com/yotomo/interview01.html Otomo Yoshihide Interview 2001] style of music.

The two played as a duo for the first time on November 5, 1995 [http://www.japanimprov.com/filament/profile.html Filament: Profile] in London, but it was not until 1997 that they began to play often together and Filament became one of their main projects. At first their work together was branded as A-102, then they used both Filament and A-102, and occasionally simply "duo," with no specific project name. Since their United States and France concert tour of May 1998, they have used the name Filament exclusively.