Joy Division, Radiohead, Slint, My Bloody Valentine,
Jeff Buckley, Autechre, Sigur Ros, Steve Reich, Aphex Twin,
Stone Roses, Daft Punk, Bjork, Portishead, Nick Drake, Can,
T.S. Eliot
Ayu was born in Kyushu and grew up in Osaka in Japan. She started playing the guitar and singing with some friends in high school. In her first band there were 7 other girls :). For the University (which she rarely attended;) she lived in Tokyo where she started creating a lot of music (mostly Japanese pop songs).
After recording 2 albums with Universal Music Japan, Ayu set up a band called Pablonik, for which she also released a record. Then, she issued 2 acoustic, solo albums from Oasis. Hoping to explore more and make some new music, Miss Okakita stepped her feet in London in 2005.
She founded a band called Echovelle (www.myspace.com/echovelle), which split up last year. Recenly she's been collaborating with Marc Teitler, music composer (www.myspace.com/marcteitler), and also has been working on her own, solo material, which we all hope is gonna be released quite soon.
To perform, Ayu uses loop stations and if lucky some friendly and not-so-shiny audience. These give her a great company to truly expose the complexity and beauty of her work.
LOVE condors, can't wait to see you three live. also i don't think we ever responded to the message you sent us after the barden's gig we played with nedry, so cheers for the kind words. catch up soon. peace gaz and stu a cup of tea x
I hope so too!! I have told everyone I know about Voynaru and to give you gigs. your music is magical. will definitely come check out Nedry at the dublin castle. can't wait!! xx
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