Ichiko Aoba (Japanese: 青葉市子 ) is a Japanese singer and songwriter who was born in Urayasu, Chiba and raised in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She is signed to the record label Speedstar Records.
While continuously gaining more recognition in Japan since her 2010 debut album Kamisori Otome, singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba has unfortunately stayed under the sonar in more international waters. Since the release of her debut album at the age of only 19, the Kyoto-raised guitarist has collaborated with some of Japan's most prestigious and renowned musicians such as Ryuichi Sakomoto, Haruomi Hosono and Jun Miyake , exploring sparsely instrumented soundscapes of a very unique subtleness.
After a successful collaboration with composer Jun Miyake for the play 9days Queen in 2014, she sought him out once more for the reinterpretation of her compositions at live-sessions in late 2016 and early 2017, culminating in the present recording Pneuma. Displaying a selection of performances from separate sessions, the album is divided in two—the second half benefitting from the addition of upright-bassist Hitoshi Watanabe, a long-time collaborator of Jun Miyake. Apart from Miyake originals "Lilies of the Valley" and "Frozen Tidal," all songs were written by Ichiko Aoba and are also featured in her back catalogue.
"Imperial Smoke Town," her biggest hit, which dates from her 2012 outing Utabiko, opens this set, displaying many of the elements that define her writing and performance. The piece is constructed as a small suite, blending different tempi, rhythms and textures. Ichiko's voice is thin and high pitched, adequately contrasting the deep frequencies of her guitar strumming which is pushed in the foreground by the remarkable production. Drums and Fender Rhodes play but a percussive role here, effectively widening the soundscape until emancipating themselves for a final climaxing minute.
The following compositions continue down this path of delicate sophistication. Steeped in highly dynamic spheres, Ichiko's side musicians choose their moments for input wisely, alternating between piano, trumpet, cello or double-bass but always finding the right time and timbre to add to the pieces.
The songs don't necessarily embody typical singer-songwriter traits. They are of a more atmospheric nature, Ichiko's voice often drenched in heavy reverb, thereby taking up the role of an additional instrument rather than that of a story teller. The highly skilled musicians supporting her come from a jazz background and apply their knowledge with adequate restraint, ultimately leading to this unique exercise in crossing and bending of genres.
"Hidokei" proves that this group knows how to get angry as well. The exposition, comprised of a wistful melody and percussive interplay between all involved, builds up to a contrasting, mysterious theme, with Ichiko aggressively digging into her strings while snare and cymbals stem themselves against frantically chromatic Rhodes punches.
Miyake's "Lillies Of The Valley," known to some for its appearance on the soundtrack to the award winning 2011 documentary "Pina" by Wim Wenders, gets a slightly sterile treatment, closing the album on more sober note. While Ichiko's guitar work is splendid and highly prominent in the mix, her vocals seem buried, giving an impression that she has forgotten the lyrics and has slipped into the singing of random phonemes. This small rotten edge doesn't poison an otherwise healthy and remarkably beautiful exhibition of craft.
Released solely in digital format, one can choose between three options of different Hi-Resolution rates to download from ototoy.jp. While certainly most of all a question of economics, this production simply deserves to be heard in superior quality, seeing how mp3's and bad cd-ripps wouldn't do justice to Japanese engineer zAk's meticulous job of dynamically capturing the liveliness of this group. Pneuma serves as a nice introduction to current stirrings in popular music in Japan and comes as a most welcome change to the western jazz sound.
Discography
Studio albums
2010: Kamisori Otome (剃刀乙女)
2011: Origami (檻髪)
2012: Utabiko (うたびこ)
2013: 0
2016: Mahoroboshiya (マホロボシヤ)
2018: qp
Live albums
2011: Kaizokuban (かいぞくばん)
2014: 0%
2017: Pneuma
Other releases
2011: Hinoko (火のこ) - Ichiko Aoba & Kazuhisa Uchihashi
2012: Meteor (流星) - Haruka Nakamura & Ichiko Aoba
2013: Radio (ラヂヲ) - Ichiko Aoba and the Fairies (青葉市子と妖精たち)
2013: Yura Yura feat. Ichiko Aoba - Ovall (Dawn)
2013: Soto wa Senjou da yo (外は戦場だよ) feat. Ichiko Aoba - Cornelius (Ghost in the Shell: Arise OST)
U-zhaan ( born on October 14, 1977 ) is a Japanese tabla player. He is from Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. His real name is Hiroki Yuzawa (Yuzawa Hiro Nari).
In 1996, he started tabla which is Indian folk instrument. Since 1998, he studied tabla in Calcutta tabla player Annie Chatzy in India. Later, he stayed long in India almost every year and learning tabla. Since 2005 she has also studied from tabla player Zakir Hussein.
Since 1999, he has worked as a psychobaba with YOSHIMIO of BOURDAMUS, and Yoshida Daikichi of sitar. He withdrew from around 2003, but returned in 2011.
Since 2000, he joined the ASA-CHANG & pilgrimage formed by former Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ASA-CHANG but left in 2010. In 2003 he formed Alaya Vijana with Yoshida Daikichi. Released album "Alaya Vijana" featuring UA. Withdrew in the next year in 2004. In 2005, we announced the techno album "100% tabla edit" using only the sound of the tabla as a unit "salmon cooks U-zhaan" with Salmon.
In 2008, as a unit Oigoru with DJ L? K? O, he released the album "Borshakaal Breaks".
In 2010, he released two songs, "Kawagoe Rendezvous" and "Mr. Morning Night" collaborating with Rei Harakami from their homepage on digital distribution. In October, the album "Tabla Makes Everything" in the name of salmon cooks U-zhaan is also distributed from the site.
In September 2011, two songs entered as U-zhaan × rei harakami single "Kawagoe rendezvous change", the album "world of Kawagoe rendezvous" were announced.
Campanella was born in Aichi prefecture in 1987.
In 2012, they released the split album "CAMPY & HEMPY" in the name of CAMPANELLA & TOSHI MAMUSHI. In addition to accomplishing the second consecutive title of the Internet lap battle "INTER HOOD", he released a song "My California" that he called a big topic in analog.
In addition, after releasing the official mix CD "hope is no hope" in the name of DJ ISSO & CAMPANELLA. In 2013, he released his long-awaited debut solo album "vivid" in 2014. Its contents were praised from every direction, and many tracks were elected to the annual best hip hop of that year.
At the end of 2015, he participate in the album "Who Wanna Rap" of the hip-hop crew "SLUM RC". While vigorously performing numerous guest performances and live performances, he completed a long-awaited second solo album "PEASTA".
Tubaki usually called " The saliva" is a Japanese rapper living in Okinawa. He was born on August 4th, 1991.
There is a rapper that roughly grew up in a poor family environment. It is Mr. saliva from Okinawa .
He was impressive by King Ghydora when he was in elementary school and knew about hip hop. He had been dancing until the third grade of junior high school, but then he started wrapping it at home because he do not want to go outside.
On April 19th, 2017, he released the album "Jasmine" with the name Sweet William and received high praise from hip-hop listeners.
On the December 06th, 2017, "glitsmotel" LP " was released in the name of Saliva. After that he also works as a unit of "glitsmotel".
On December 23, 2017, LP record "Michi - TAO -" was released.
ina takayuki is an artist, writers living in Nagoya.
He has worked with Yuzo Kayama, YUMI + HUGH HOPPER (ex. SOFT MACHINE), Campanella, saliva, Sweet William, Itto, ENTH, a country that has just danced, Yuri Miyauchi, Romantic Revolution, KIREEK, BIG JOE Mic Jack Production), DJ SEIJI (SPC), DJ FUMMY, MEXMAN and so on.
He also had collaboration with Technics / beats by Dre.dre / PRIVILEGE / ortofon / Manhattan Portage / Vestax / DENON DJ etc.
Other productions: "DMC JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIP" 2009/2013/2014/2015 Main artwork, music festival "OUR FAVORITE THINGS" Goods artwork of 2013-2017, music festival "apple music festival" 2016, main artwork of 2018, LIVE PAINT on SAKAE SP-RING 2018's main artwork, YON FES 2018.
Tofubeats has been working with online platforms since his student days, remixing and producing a wide range of tracks. He released a self-produced album, lost decade, in April 2013, before making his professional debut that autumn with Warner Music Japan. He has produced tracks with many guest performers, and released two further albums (First Album, POSITIVE). As a producer and remixer, he has worked with the likes of SMAP, Ken Hirai, Crystal Kay, and Yuzu. He is also a prolific producer of background music and TV commercial music, and also writes magazine columns.
KID FRESINO born in 1989 is a track maker / Producer, MC, DJ in Kawasaki.
KID FRESINO Fla $ hBackS's debut album "FL $ 8KS" was released in 2013.
As a solo artist, in December 2014, he debuted album "Yacht Club", in March 2015 "Yacht Club" instruments "Yacht Club sailing gear session", and two CD-R beat albums "GGG "," THOUSAND "has been released.
A song titled "ASIA - Ugly Duck x Reddy x JJJ (Prod. By JJJ)" (Cut by DJ Scratch Nice from NYC) produced with Korean hip-hop artist, Ugly Duck, Reddy became a hot topic world wide. It is beginning to show expansion.
In 2016, he announced a free DL mix tape "LINK UP 2 EXPERIMENT" co-written with ISSUGI.
In addition to offering songs to numerous artists, he is also participating in guest performances, opening programs for TV programs, CM & BGM production of brands, and a wide range of activities.
Awich is a rapper from Okinawa, Japan born in 1986. Awich, short for “Asia Wish Child” is a name she created to reflect her passions. She was featured on the album Orion Beat showcasing various artists when she was only 14 years old. In 2006, she released her debut album, EP Inner Research. She went to Atlanta to attend school at the same year, during the height of the southern hip hop boom.
In 2011, she graduated from a university with a bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. Through this healing process about her family, she established a production company, CIPHER CITY, in her home of Okinawa. The company produces different content such as music, movies, festivals and TV shows. In 2017, the short film “Aimer” written and directed by Awich, won the Best Fantasy Short at the New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam. Later that year, she released a full album, her first in a decade, in partnership with Chaki Zulu.
She flows freely between Japanese, Okinawan and English, piecing together a unique sound while also staying true to the lyrics. Her deep vocals generates a captivating atmosphere for listeners. Awich’s ability to submerge herself into multiple global perspectives while also adding her signature feminine touch allows her to create music that is singular but relatable across the world.
Seiho (born in 1987) is a Japanese musician from Osaka.
Between 2000-2004, since he thought that he wanted to make electronic music, he composed music with a ringing melody of a cell phone and started posting to the Internet, spend his days making tracks with ACID and uploading it on the Internet.
In 2013, the album "abstract sex" was released. In addition, he toured the United States and served as an undercard of disclosure, and was recited as "making some of the most exciting music in recent years in Japan" in Pitfolk Media of the same year.
Seiho’s frantic approach to creating music has earned him plenty of attention. He’s played some of Japan’s biggest venues and festivals, including the celebrated Fuji Rock Festival, and also had shows across the United States and Europe. Yet despite a rising profile, Seiho has stayed as restless as ever, exploring new sounds and ways to incorporate them into his music. He’s always chasing down a new idea, to create something uniquely Seiho.
CRZKNY (GOODWEATHER / HIROSHIMA SHITLIFE) was known as one of the representative truckmakers of the Japan in juke and footwork scene. He continues to fascinate fans with high pace music production, excessive bass and aggressive LIVE, and Chicago. The total number of releases from 2012 to the present time has been 150 titles, more than 450 song released.
Domestic CD album "ABSOLUTE SHITLIFE" (2013) "DIRTYING" (2014) were released from DUBLIMINAL BOUNCE. He also released many from overseas labels such as USA, Mexico, Poland, Argentina etc. The first Chicago Footworker MV as a Japanese truck maker was also produced. Jointly organized the first Japanese juke and footwork compilation 'Japanese Juke & Footworks' series with Food Festival.
In parallel, ELECTRO's production is also done, and the initial Electro work "RESIST" was released from the overseas label on the analog board, and Dorexia member DJ Stingray is also participating as the title track remixer. In Japan, Tokyo Electro Beat Park released two full albums "NUCLEAR / ATOMIC" and "ANGER". Keith Tenniswood and other overseas top artists are acclaimed.
In the domestic grim scene as well, he went to the top ten among spectacularly over 100 people at WarDub.JP held in 2013, and also at the 140 BPM WAR held in the next 14 years, he went to the final
Currently under the name of Yung Hamster as a DJ.
TOMOVSKY (December 14, 1965) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and illustrator. He is original vocalist of the Castanets but now he is doing solo activities.
His music career is a series of creative activities based on recording audio at home, and his approach was basically consistent even while cooperating with major & standard labels. In the mini album "WALTZ" which became a major debut, he also realized all by himself from lyrics, composition, arrangement to producer, performance.
In March 1995, he has major debut at the dohb discs label under Epic Records .
At the beginning of 2000, his work was announced in the USA as a overseas debut.
In July 2000, with the dissolution of dohb discs, he shifted to indie activity.
Morley Robertson wad born in New York, USA in 1963. Journalists, writers, musicians. Entrance to the University of Tokyo, becoming the first American university student to take the examination in Japanese.
He dropped the University of Tokyo in one semester and entered Harvard University in the USA. He majored in electronic music and studied with Ivan Cherepnin. Learn contemporary music such as analog synthesizer.
They expanded their own world to various media including J-WAVE's late-night program "Across The View". Also, they are focusing not only on existing media, but also on outgoing on the net, and starting a podcast program "i-morley" from 2005. They deal with a wide range of topics such as politics, social problems, art. Stated that the number of registrants exceeded 900,000.
Sometimes he plays outdoor DJs on the river in the mountains.
Tavito Nanao (七尾旅人 Nanao Tabito, born August 20, 1979) is a Japanese singer-songwriter debuted in 1998. He has worked with a great number of musicians, including Takkyu Ishino, Salyu and Yakenohara. Nanao has reached a wider audience since 2007, after his album 911 Fantasia, a 3CD musical about the September 11 attacks, his collaboration single with Yakenohara, "Rollin' Rollin'," and the success of his 5th album, Billion Voices.
In the summer of 1994, he discovered grunge music and would often be absent from school. On New Year's Eve of 1994, Nanao decided to write music, by humming tunes and writing down lyrics, and throughout the next year began writing songs daily. After copying the styles of several bands he enjoyed, Nanao found songwriting a spontaneous activity. In 1996, after a year of high school, Nanao decided to drop out of high school, and in September took a friend's acoustic guitar and multitrack recorder and moved to Tokyo. In a year's time in 1997, Nanao sent in a demo tape for the Sony Soytzer Music Audition, which led to Nanao being signed to Sony.
Nanao slowly worked on his second studio album, Heavenly Punk: Agadio, throughout 2000 and 2001, releasing two singles in 2000. Most of the work was completed between December 2001 and March 2002, with the final product released in April. The album was the first album to be released through Wonderground Music, an independent record label. In May and June 2002, Nanao performed his first tour alongside Hiroya Komeiji, performing at four cities across Japan. Nanao continued to work with Wonderground, releasing a self-accompanied album in 2003 and a single+DVD set in 2004. The single was the first of Nanao's works through both Sony and Wonderground to chart on Oricon's albums and single charts.
YONYON is a DJ, promoter, music producer and radio DJ. She was born in Seoul and grew up in Tokyo, YonYon is a truly 'multi faceted talent.
YonYon started her career as a DJ in 2011. With years of experience and hard work, YonYon has developed her own intuitive mixing style, seamlessly transitioning through multiple genres, ranging from Future Beats to Hip Hop, UK Bass, House and Techno. Based in Tokyo, she is constantly on the move, performing regularly at some the largest clubs in Japan whilst making guest appearances at clubs all throughout Eastern Asia, America and Europe.
She is also a renowned booking agent and club promoter, having worked in the industry for half a decade. In 2016, YonYon became a promotor and prominent figure for “BRIDGE” a booking agent focused on connecting overseas underground artists to Japan and Korea. Her work for the scene goes beyond just booking shows, YonYon also curates events, writes columns, coordinates radio shows and translates and interprets for incoming artists. She has become a ‘bridge’ and an important influencer in connecting Japan and Korea with artists worldwide.
She is actively working with both domestic and foreign artists who hold her unique yet pleasant tone highly. YonYon’s sound is influenced by R&B/Hip-Hop grooves and Japanese Indie pop sounds, crafting an innovative sound that is relatively complex yet refreshingly simple. The majority of her songs incorporate Japanese lyrics with catchy J-pop influenced melodies.
She kick started “The Link” an Asian based music project, which has as a goal to embolden and support artists, providing them with the opportunity to promote their music in Japan and Korea. YonYon first selects a singer and a producer, both from different countries, that are active in their local music industry’s. Then under her direction and her participation in the vocals, singles are released. The music is then released through online music distribution and promoted in both countries.
YonYon is working towards further uniting asian artists both locally and internationally. Her actions are gathering the attention from both the global underground and overground music scene.
Ring ROY (real name: Tamakiryou, 1981 November 13 ) is Japanese rapper and musician born in Sendai City, Miyagi prefecture. While studying at junior high school, he was influenced by BUDDHA BRAND on radio broadcasts. Starting his work as a rapper since around 2003, the first album "Boys Monster" was released in November 2006.
He appeared in Big Mountain Music Festival, Thailand's largest music festival in July 2013. MV of "Wonderful" won the Jury Recommendation Award at "17th Cultural Agency Media Arts Festival".
Ring ROY mainly produces rap music. In addition, he produces film music and advertising music in a variety of formats. So far, he has released 5 CD albums including the latest work "Nagi" and will appear at various music festivals both in Japan and abroad.
Hiroshi Kawanabe is a truck maker that supports the backbone of SOUL SET and has brought a lot of legendary party floors in a long career as a club DJ, which is the indispensable thing for his background. Hiroshi Kawanabe is Noriko Katō's husband. As a producer, Hiroshi Kawanabe also works in TV, movie music, CM music areas and so on.
Tomobe Masato (Masato Tomba, May 25, 1950 -) is a Japanese folk singer, poet.
He was born in Kichijoji, Tokyo and grew up all over the place. In the Aichi Prefectural High School era, he was in charge of the bass and other roles with his friends and the Beatles' copy band. After that, he listened to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", and get into songwriting. He sang his songs at the street corner of Nagoya as soon as he graduate.
Hitomi Shimomura (commonly stylized as hitomi, born January 26, 1976) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She began her career as teen model before making her singing debuting under the helm of Tetsuya Komuro in 1994, who produced Hitomi's earliest work in pop music. Hitomi strove for artistry over the course of her career, penning "forward-looking" lyrics and becoming known for her "unusual" fashion sense that accompanied a "supermodel allure". Her signature songs include "Candy Girl", "Love 2000" and "Samurai Drive".
Hitomi's career enjoyed success from Komuro's direction, including his work on her chart-topping second album By Myself (1996), however, her desire for more artistic input led to their amicable split by 1998. She started working with other musicians and composers, and branched out into musical genres such as pop rock as evident on her fifth album Love Life (2000), a turning point which sustained her position in the industry. Hitomi began incorporating electropop styles with her subsequent moves to Love Life Records in 2005 and independent label Maximum 10 in 2011.
Hitomi has amassed four number one albums throughout her career, including H (1999), Huma-rhythm (2002) and Self Portrait (2002), and has sold over 8.5 million records in Japan alone. She has earned two Japan Record Awards for Excellent Work and a Japan Gold Disc accolade for Rock & Pop Album of the Year, and has performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen program twice.
TUCKER started his career as Electone player in 1990s. In 1998, he joined NATURAL CALAMITY’s US tour for a month. The same year he released his first 7″ EP “MAN FROM ELECTONE”.
In 1999, He participated in JACKIE & THE CEDRICS’s US tour for a month, composed songs and recorded Electone on the 10″ EP called “JACKIE & THE CEDRICS”, released on the New York based label NORTON.
Next year, after opening their Las vegas show, TUCKER joined their West Coast tour.
In January 2003, TUCKER released his first album “TUCKER IS COMING” from ODDJOB RECORDS. He was also featured on on a song from MONEY MARK’s “FATHER DEMO SQUARE” in 2005. In November 2005, TUCKER released his highly anticipated second album called “ELECTOON WIZARD” on UNIVERSAL MUSIC.
At SONAR 2006 in Barcelona, TUCKER was nominated “The Best of SONAR” by both audience and international press. TUCKER joined Money Mark’s Europe Tour as a bass player in 2006. After releasing “QUIET RIOT” DVD, he performed in England and Germany last year, then appeared at BIG DAY OUT in Australia.
The explosive mix of Hip Hop and Punk influence together with his improvisational Jazz style are what make TUCKER a truly unique soulful virtuoso. In addition to keyboard, he also plays guitar, turntables, and other instruments. All of TUCKER’s shows have become legendary. The explosive mix of Hip Hop and Punk influence together with his improvisational Jazz style are what make TUCKER a truly unique soulful virtuoso.
GOMA is a player of the wind instrument didgeridoo developed by the Indigenous Australian Aborigines and is a painter.
In 1998, Goma became the first non-indigenous person to win the Northern Land Council prize at the Barunga didgeridoo competition held in Australia Arnhem Land.
Upon returning to Tokyo, Goma founded the Jungle Rhythm Section, a highly respected musical outfit which blends Dance music and World Music with Goma’s contemporary interpretation of the didgeridoo.
Movie featuring his comeback "flashback memories 3D" wins audience prize in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2012 and wins a prize for Asian movie best the Jeonju International Film Festival of Korea 2013.
And also he won a music prize at Osaka cinema Festival 2014 also Judges prize at Unknown asia art exchange 2015.
He appears in several TV programs in Japan featuring his activities, such as ‘tabi-no-chikara(NHK)’ and ‘Heart net TV break through (E-Tele)’.
He is now not only active as a musician, but also a painter, and address an audience in a lecture.
Masaya Nakahara (中原 昌也 , Nakahara Masaya, born June 4, 1970) , also known by his stage names Violent Onsen Geisha and Hair Stylistics, is a Japanese musician, writer and actor. He was described by Allmusic as "one of those musical entities that defy categorization." He co-starred in Shinji Aoyama's 2005 film My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? with Tadanobu Asano.
He started music activities around 1988, started a noise unit violent hot spring geisha in 1990, and has been active outside of Japan through overseas performances. In parallel with his music activities, he also worked on film criticism , debuted as a novelist in 1998, won the Mishima Yukio Award for "Bouquets Everywhere ..." in 2001, and Noma at the Tomb of the Unknown Orphans in 2006. Won the New Artist Award . Since 2009 Hair Stylistics and music activities in the name, art activities as a painter and illustrator is in the center.
ALTZ was born in Gifu and grew up in Osaka. His music starts with boom box and guitar at adolescent age. As band music booms in 80's, he played in several bands ( JUNKYARD, RUMBLE FISH,etc) as he livened up with mandolin, base and slide guitar.
As he gets the essence of psychedelics, hard rock, falk,pops,southern country and black music, his musical soul shines a unique light. At Osaka Art University, he learned wanderlust. He made trip to India and SouthEast Asian countries. The psychedelic culture around these places lead him to more electric way.
And he's working with a special talented sound engineer KABAMIX.
Overseas, his music jumps out of Japan and connected to Steve "Fella" Kotey , Idjut Boys, Strangefruits, Brennan Green and so many. Tours in London, N.Y and Bhutan, releases 12inch and albums from BEAR FUNK, DFA. Including remixes for domestic and overseas artists, now he releases quite a lot of takes.
With his no-categorised music, he plays in all types of festivals, parties to local gigs in underground way. Recently, he provides music to DVDs, game tracks and TV ads. And also, he uses many different names to release different feelings. Such as WALTZ and ADALTZ made big impact on the scene.
Asako Toki (土岐麻子 , Toki Asako, born March 22, 1976) is a Japanese singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of a Japanese jazz saxophone player, and she was the singer for the pop band Cymbals between 1997 and 2003. She often sings covers, such as the Beatles' "All you need is love," or songs written especially for her, such as "Let the sunlight in" by Swedish singer/songwriter J.C. Schütz.
Tatsuya Nakamura (中村 達也, born January 4, 1965 in Toyama Japan) is a Japanese musician, drummer, actor and founder of Japanese band LOSALIOS.
Biography
Tatsuya Nakamura was active in his teens as a drummer in various bands such as Oxydoll, Genbaku Onanies, The Stalin, The GOD, Masturbation, Nickey & The Warriors, The Star Club. After coming up to Tokyo, he went wrong and hunted the leather jacket of motorcycle gangs around Kanto, and he competed with his fellows for the number. When Nakamura had time job at a record store, he found a kindred spirit in Kenichi Asai whom he met by chance at a disco. Then, Nakamura & Asai formed Blankey Jet City with Toshiyuki Terui in 1990.
Nakamura started a design for his solo works "Love Shop Losalios" which he composes all by himself in 1996, and he released 1st album "Sekaichizu wa Chi no Ato (世界地図は血の跡 World map is a trace of blood)" in which many musicians, such as Asai, Terui, Ken Morioka, and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, participated under the name of Losalios in November 1999.
Blankey Jet City disbanded in 2000. Nakamura restarted Losalios in 2002. Nakamura released the collaboration album "Buck Jam Tonic" of John Zorn and Bill Laswell in 2003. Nakamura formed Twin Tail with Toshiyuki Terui, Yuji Katsui (ROVO) and others in 2006. Nakamura is active under the name of Friction with Reck at present.
Nakamura starred in the movie "Yomigaeri no Chi (蘇りの血 the blood of the resurrection, Director: Toshiaki Toyoda)" released in December 2009. Nakamura appeared on the last episode of NHK Taiga drama "Ryōmaden" in 2010.
Tatsuya Kokufu (March 28, 1973 -) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer. Tatsuya Kokufu released his first LP with the band Mangahead in 1999. In 2003, his first solo LP “Rock Tensei” (or “Rock Reincarnation”) was out. In 2007, he wrote music for Salyu. And in 2011, he wrote words for salyu×salyu, and beside that, he started recording his new album.
Tatsuya’s past decade might be a time of training to be spiritually awakened. After musical enlightenment, he’d already recorded two more albums, the next one is an album of mellow ballads, and third one is a collection of folk songs. He has other ideas to record more albums. These works would be his own the Bible of Buddhism.
Meanwhile, in his latest video “Matsuri no Junbi”, Tatsuya Kokufu is dancing and singing his original sutra in an industrial area in Kawasaki city. He is planning to share other versions of this music video. He may dance in other style, or he may dance in any other place around the globe.
Chinza Dopeness is a Japanese musician, rapper, hip hop MC. hw was born in Chofu City, Tokyo.
Chinza’s performances are described by his peers and fans as “alien.” Not alien in a derogatory sense of being foreign, but in an out-of-this-world way. He throws people off with abrupt changes in his speed and flow. Other rappers can’t decide if the approach is genius or not.
However, his “alien” style seems to have the ability to appeal to a crowd beyond the usual hip-hop fan base. He raps, he sings and he tells jokes. One minute he is performing in the grand tradition of New York emcees, and then he’s suddenly on the floor shouting like James Brown. It might be this unpredictability that attracts crowds of all ages.
He tries to appeal to a wide range of listeners outside the traditional scene, but at the same time he puts a real effort into making sure the focus remains on the art of hip-hop. In short, he doesn’t try too hard to maintain an image — either way.
Last year, Chinza signed with EMI and released his debut album “100% rap.” He admits he doesn’t act like a typical major-label artist (sure enough, we end up riding the same train together after the interview) and says he signed with EMI mainly to get help with touring other parts of Japan. In fact, EMI helped him get the Summer Sonic slot. By reaching out to those kinds of fans, Chinza might be reaching out to people in whom he sees a bit of himself. Born in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, Chinza says he first “met” hip-hop when he was a 12-year-old in junior high school.
DJ YOGURT was travelling around the Asia and Europe, Thailand, India, Nepal, England and Holland in early 90's.
He enjoyed and danced away at there, then came back to Japan and he started working in record store, called "Cisco Techno Shop" in 1996.
While he was working in a record store, started the DJ, and he also build his own label called "Upset Recordings" in 2000.
He played Techno、House、Tech House、Deep House、Disco、Breakbeats、African Music and more....
DJ Yogurt appeared on Party of number more than 70, is very popular in the open air party in particular since 2006, he usually very busy from summer to autumn. DJ Yogurt often plays in big party with well-known world famous DJs, like Andrew Weatherall,Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Mix Master Morris,Gui Boratto,Ken Ishii and more in clubs of Tokyo.
He appeared over the three years of 2010 to 2012 in Fuji rock festival. He also appeared in Sonar Tokyo 2011 was held in Japan.
He has been DJ outside of Japan, in Bangkok in 2011, and in Byron Bay in 2012,
He took good feeling from the dance floor in Bangkok and Byron Bay.
Everyweek he selected and bought them after listening to more than 100 newest vinyls at record shops inShibuya.
Inspired by Flight of the Conchords, Annie The Clumsy has been making home-recordings since 2010 and continues to release the songs she play on her little ukulele primiarily on Youtube. She also composes, writes and sing songs for tv advertisement and web movies in Japan. Her dream is to make a song with Jemaine and Bret from FotC.
Law Porsche ( May 3, 1968 ) is a vocal, instruments, and sermon of the New Wave band "Roman Porsche."
Before starting the activities of Roman Porsche, he was in charge of vocals and guitar with a band with musicality under the influence of Bore dams "Astro Ball Club" (later renamed Astro Disco King). Members of the Astro team are Kisusui Onitsuka (guitar, participate in SWEET & HONY later), Takeshi Onizuka (inst), Ken Osamu (drums), Yasue Fujiwara (bass), Yuuki Toriumi (inst, assigned only once in debut live, erotic manga artist). There was also a story that Mr. Masaya Nakahara joined the Astro team for a while.
Soichi Terada (寺田 創一 Terada Sōichi, born March 19, 1965, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese electronic music composer, best known for his work in the Ape Escape video game series.
Terada majored in computer science and electronic organ at the University of Electro-Communications. After graduating in 1989, he formed the record label Far East Recording. This led him to begin remixing for artists such as Nami Shimada and Akiko Kanazawa. His first major solo project was composing the score to the Japanese drama Psychometrer Eiji.
He formed the musical group Omodaka with Kanazawa. Omodaka has released several albums, including Fortunate 1mark, Yosawya san, Kyoteizinc, Cantata no.147, Favorite Games, Plum Song, Sanosa and Bridge Song'.
Terada has also contributed his work to various video games. His first video game soundtrack was the score to Wangan Trial in 1998. A year later, he began working on the soundtrack for the Ape Escape series of video games, eventually composing for seven games.Terada achieved fame additionally as a deep house producer. He began releasing records in the late 1980s, DJing in a nightclub called P. Picasso. Since the release of the Sounds from the Far East compilation on the Rush Hour label, Terada has been enjoying underground success and renewed interest outside Japan. He toured Europe and North America for the first time in 2016.
Nori(ROCK TRIBE) began his activities as a DJ in 1999, and in the following year he became a resident DJ of POGO MACHINE which Mr. K.A.G.E (ex-BOZO) organized from January 2000. After two years of underground, he set up ROCK TRIBE in February 2002.
In 2003 he experienced DJ in the four prefectures of Shikoku, and since then he has had guest appearances in Tokyo, Yokohama, Oita's PARTY.
In mid-October 2009, "be mine" started although it is held occasionally.
2012 ROCK TRIBE 10th anniversary! !
Japanese Track maker / Producer/ MPC Player born in 1989 .
In February 2013, he performed an MPC live on the street in New York Harlem District and made audiences dance. The video of this performance on YouTube became a hot topic.
Besides performing live activities mainly in Tokyo as MPC Player, he got to be receiving production and remix works from various artists regardless of genre.
He is now focusing on shows and making his own works, while producing and collaborating withe a number of artists.
He is also composing sound track for commercials.
Tsuruoka Ryu (Luvraw) is mello's synth singer (talk boxer). A music artist who sticks to the mood originating in Yokohama. A living pleasure raid back researcher and a DJ.
Recently, he had an album come out. It's called Shoko Mutsuki. The album reflects a locked room and the blurry sounds of the night scape of Yokohama. This collection of transient yet rich music shows the listeners the hidden charm of the sound of the Talkbox. It’s nothing less than a love-potion. A limited edition self-recorded release.
Postscript of this album:
『無意味と知りつつもこだわる大きな意味』
“The big meaning to be picky, knowing it’s meaningless” by Ryu Tsuruoka (LUVRAW)
The acoustics of the Japanese language, the bluesy yet gloss electronic vocals, the attempt to recreate the melodies of mirages.
Those are what he used and expressed in this album.
He focused to bring the essence of the invisible and unhearable into this album.
The atmosphere of the city, a suggestive breeze around sunset, the urging red lights of the sky scrapers, and a drowsy morning glow were some of my inspirations.
There is no theme for this album.
But it is full of will-power and belief.
Rare vintage musical equipment, junk effectors, state of the art equipment, live sounds, and countless plugins were all put together together for this album.
No sampling, and obsessive programing and recording is also part of the equation.
Taking no complaints, he kept on experimenting as ideas came out of my mind.
It was a seemingly endless repetition of trial and error.
He has broken down with the realization of my powerlessness several times, and regretted my lack of knowledge.
There’s a contradictory balance between my extreme pickiness and my corner-cutting.
But in that incoherency, he surely captured a strange, yet rich pleasure.
It felt like a long long spiritual journey.
As a result, he has no idea what he has created, but he really feel refreshed.
Many things happened over the years, but he finally feel he was able to start making my music in the true sense.
He think he can be more honest to people from now on. In short, “His third self drew a Shunga (an erotic ukiyo-e)”.
Compuma is a Tokyo-based log-serving DJ whose extensive knowledge of obscure and left-field music across so many genres and different regions of the world established himself as one of the most respected record buyers in Japan, a country well known as record collectors’ paradise.
While he built his career in record business over decades, he has also been sharing his expertise in music as a DJ just as long. Not only the breath and the depth of where his selection derives are hard to compete, the way he blends them all together is also a state of art.
Often intricately layered and collaged, Compuma is capable of sculpting something entirely new with bits and pieces of existing tracks in various forms such as ambient soundscapes to dubbed out club sets. In 2017, his unique ability caught the attention of Berlin Atonal directors and he was invited to play at the festival in Berlin.
He extends his skills into remixing which can be heard on the released from EM Records - “Compuma meets Haku” (2015) and “Bangkok Nights” (2017.)
He is also an active member of a DJ trio called Akuma No Numa (which translates to “devil’s swamp”) in which he explores darker and more psychedelic periphery of dance music.
Bucket Drummer MASA (bucket drum ,didgeridoo ,handpan)
1988 , April ,1st born in Kanagawa japan.
"Would it be possible to play music with some buckets and a pipe?
Bucket Drummer MASA introduced his concept “We can enjoy music without spending money” in this talk. He has always been interested in street performance and he began to play the bucket drum on the streets of Melbourne, Australia in February 2012. After coming back to Japan, he conducted the “journey of the bucket drum,” in which he traveled 47 prefectures by hitchhiking and playing the bucket drum in the streets. He plays music with some buckets that he got from a gas station and a pipe that he bought at a hardware store. Now, he performs on the streets throughout the country and his performance makes many people stop and listen. since 2015, he has begun appearing on TV and he is performing more often."
Mugi the cat was born in Tokyo, July 1997. Mugi moved to Okinawa in 2002 and stayed a long sleep until January 2009. After 5 years of heavenly living, in March 2014 Mugi got a new homemade body by Yuusaku of Kai nishi, and returned to this world again.
He had many musical activities outside of Okinawa Prefecture, and appearances in live and festival in Kyoto, Nagano, Tokyo etc. In 2017, he appeared at Fuji Rock Festival, a wishful spirit, and performed "Cats Boundary First".
In Okinawa prefecture, he gradually achieves the fans by performing live performances in Okinawa prefecture. He has earned high praise from renown artists such as DRAMATICS (Katsui Yuji, Sasaki Hideaki), Nanao Tabibito who co-starred and vanned against DRAMATICS (Katsui Yuji, Sasaki Hideaki).
Mugi belongs to SPEEDSTAR MUSIC from October 2017.
SOCKS was born from Chita Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture. He got into to hip-hop since I was a high school student and started activities as a rapper mainly in Nagoya city. Shortly after the start of career, he formed a hip-hop group, DBS B with MC and DJ of the same generation.
After that, they expand the scope of activities as a member of Youngest In Charge, a hip-hop unit produced by DJ RYOW.
In 2011, he released his first album "Street Amateur" by his own work and in 2013 he released the spin-off album "YouHateSocksMob" with local MC and JUNK.
He also performed many guest performances to artists in the same Tokai area, "E" qual "TV CRUSHMAN & Radio Jacker" (2008), CITY - ACE "Ready to Whatever" (2008), "E" qual "SWORDFISH (2010), NATO "13 BEATS TO DIE" (2010), YUKSTA-ILL "QUESTIONABLE THOUGHT" (2011), Crystal Boy "VERY SPECIAL" (2012), DJ RYOW "LIFE GOES ON - Live DVD and Mix Tape "(2013)," # IDWT -In Dreams We Trust - "(2014) and so on. In 2015, it was also discussed as being invited to AK - 69 "A Hundred Bottles REMIX feat. DJ TY - KOH, KOWICHI, SIMON & SOCKS".
Gofish (Terai Shota) is solo project by Terai Shota based in Nagoya.
He is also a member of the mysterious group "Loch Ness" which is known as one of Japan's best hardcore bands. He also work with NICE VIEW vocal & guitar, and has Kazuhei Matsui, Makoto Inada, Gonzo Murakami, Seijiro Kuroda and ASUNA.
A song by Gofish (Terai Shouta) that makes you feel transparent and refreshing like a winter morning that starts to open white. Breathe in heavily, and knit the music to spit little by little. It is gentle as if spinning everyday conversation with a very favorite person, and its dignified singing voice and loneliness are somewhat somewhat somewhat like a bluesmen of an old age. It is also felt to be in common with the extreme large world of the hard core band NICE VIEW who is proud of the world in which Terai continues to work, although the direction is quite different.
Yuki Kawamura is a well-known Japanese DJ & producer. Through her music brand “Oiran Music” she is involved in music & art creation, event & festival booking, conceptual work – all the while running the popular “warm-up” bar Shibuya Oiran. As a lyricist/producer she is signed to Sony Music Publishing and has worked on tracks from mainstream anime hits to underground dance music. She has published multiple books and is a regular radio personality on Japanese radio stations block.fm and Kiss fm.
At the age of sixteen, Disry grabbed a microphone in the Mikuzabe area of Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and started his career.
A unique lap style rated with a hasty mouth with a husky voice was evaluated and regular start of local HIP HOP PARTY "JUICE 開始 started in 2011. After that, he lived at various places such as Kanto, Kansai, Okinawa, Earn heads' props.
He also has a reputation as BATTLE MC, UMB 2014, 2016 Ehime preliminary victory. In addition, in 2016, hosting party "heat source" mainly based on MC BATTLE locally, it also exerts its power as an organizer.
In 2017, "EQUIPPED MUSIC" was released with fullness.
MAVEL is a rapper in Naha. he is 27 years old. He met hip-hop when he was in junior high school, and his house was a class gathering place, he saw a movie" 8 Mile" starring American rappers Eminem. Everyone started to rap at the school from the next day, so he I started rapping from there all the way.
Mavel has an album released in February 2018, namely 4 DAYS with 9 tracks: INTRO, 4Days (Scratched by DJ LAZY), H.H.S, skit, Diary, そう思うよ, MyLIFE, OUTRO, and この盤が世に出る頃に.
With Mukuro, he formed hip hop group '604", which is the most noteworthy in Okinawa in 2018. "604" is also their recording studio and hanging place originally was a one-room apartment where Mavel lived.
UA is a singer. UA is a Swahili word that means “flower”.
Born March 11, 1972. Born in Osaka Prefecture.
In June 1995, debuted with the single "HORIZON" from the Victor Speedster label.
Since her debut, she has attracted attention with his unique looks and singing voice.
In June 1996, the single “Passion” was a big hit, and the recognition became a whole country.
October First album “11” released. Acclaimed in every direction, sales exceeded 900,000. Married at the height of popularity and gave birth to the first child.
There is no schedule or ticket right now.
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