Biography
Koto Vortex
Real name: Yoko Nishi, Ryuko Mizutani, Miki Maruta, Etsuko Takezawa
Effective period / Period of releases: 1993
Members: Yoko Nishi, Michiyo Yagi, Ryuko Mizutani, Maruta Miki, Etsuko Takezawa
Koto Vortex are four women who met while studying the koto under Kazue and the late Tadao Sawai. The compositions they perform are often minimalistic and repetitious, but hypnotic and intoxicating.Members:
Yoko Nishi
Miki Maruta
Etsuko Takezawa
Michiyo Yagi (ex member)
Ryuko Mizutani