The phone line buzzes, the electric heater drones and the pitter-patter of rain can be heard in the background. Not the perfect sonic environment for a phone interview, but for Yuko Kitamura, it is perfect.
"It's beautiful. I wish I could record it!" she says with unfeigned delight from her home in Shiga Prefecture.
Kitamura has used stranger raw material for her work. As Yuko Nexus6, she salvages the cacophony of daily life and sculpts it into evocative "sound experiences."