MiddleStone」「Jerk Eggplant」のフロントマン、その後「Bambooz」「旅心音楽団」で民族楽器を扱うようになり、現在はソロで活動中。ウォータータンクやガットギター等の楽器を使い、瞑想＋情熱の音世界を創る。 主に湘南エリアや都内で活動中。
CAMPS vol.5では光のインスタレーション空間を制作。２００７年夏は六ヶ所村再処理工場へ向かうキャラバン『WAVEMENT』にミュージシャンとして参加。他にもダンサーとのコラボレーション等、表現方法は音に留まらない。 「Blue Moon」「SOLAYA」といった空間の立ち上げにも関わり、モデル、役者等、多方面で活躍中。
Gen Nagashima’s debut band was “Middlestone”, where he was the lead man (guitar and vocal) from 1996-2001, before moving to “Jerk Eggplant”. He also played with “Bambooz”, a group that specialized in bamboo instruments. In 2004 he joined “Tabigokoro Ongakudan” (Wanderers’ Band ), where he had the opportunity to play a variety of folk and hand-made instruments, both string and percussion.
As a soloist, he creates a sound world of his own, with a contemplative passionate style, performing extemporaneously on his original “mijyu” water tank percussion, as well as with guitar and voice.
He often performs at shrine and temple precincts and installations in forests. He collaborates with dancers, video artists and other performers. His base is in his native Shonan area, Japan.
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