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Hiromitsu Agatsuma's latest release, EN, which can variably mean relationship, circle or festival, is an apt name for the album, itself a festival of sound, comprising the varied influences Agatsuma has been exposed to over the years, while touring around the world, sharing his love for the traditions of Japanese music with an international audience. Agatsuma’s aim with this music is to bring people together, to bridge disparate cultures and to find common ground between them, much the way he has blended the sound of ancient Japanese music with the varied influences of today’s contemporary music scene. Los Angeles, CA. Agatsuma, the highly acclaimed recording artist from Japan, is set to release his newest album, 'Eternal Songs', on May 24, 2005, on Domo Records. shamisen (shm-sn) also samisen (sm-) n. A Japanese musical instrument resembling a lute, having a very long neck and three strings played with a plectrum. The 14-year-old winner of the 1988 All-Japan Tsugaru-Shamisen...