Makoto Oshiro is a Sound Artist and performer, based in Berlin and Tokyo. His preferred field is sound, but he also uses other elements including light, electricity and movement of other physical/human/man-made objects. Within live performances, he uses man-made tools and instruments that are based on electronic devices, everyday materials, and trash. His installation work tackles sound as a physical and auditory phenomenon, and focuses on characteristics such as both technical/digital and human vibration and interference. He is also a member of the live installation/performance group The Great “△(夏の大△)” with Takahiro Kawaguchi and Satoshi Yashiro, and runs the label Basic Function.
His most recent album, entitled “Austin Meeting”, composed alongside Kawaguchi and A Spirale, is an hour-long collection of live instrumental and physical recording, taking place between the Ana Lark Centre, in Austin, Texas and Cloud Tree Studios, also in Austin, Texas. He released his first ever solo CD Phenomenal World, in March 2014, on Japanese label Hitorri.