Haco has been working on various projects: AFTER DINNER (Yasushi Utsunomiya, Tadahiko Yokogawa, and others) / HOAHIO (Michiyo Yagi, Era Mari, ex-member: Sachiko M) / ASH IN THE RAINBOW (Hiromichi Sakamoto) / HAPPINESS PROOF (Atsushi Tsuyama, Christopher Stephens, Yoshimitsu Ichiraku, and others) / YESTERDAY'S HEROES (Terre Thaemlitz) / SYNAPSE (Ikue Mori, Aki Onda), MESCALINE GO-GO (Christopher Stephens) / VIEW MASTERS (sound collection and observation organization)
Vocalist / lyricist-composer / electroacoustic performer. Founding member of After Dinner (1981-1991) and Hoahio. At her studio, Mescalina, in Kobe, Japan, she has created numerous recordings both as producer and engineer. As a musician and sound-artist, Haco has also given performances and created live installations throughout Japan and the world. With her unique sensibility, Haco has developed her own genre of art based on principles of post-punk, electroacoustics, the avant-garde, improvisation, post-rock, environmental sound, and technology. Haco also frequently lectures and gives workshops on various sound-related topics. In 2005, her CD Stereo Bugscope 00 was awarded a prize in the digital music category at Prix Ars Electronica in Austria.
A vocal-based solo album with acoustic instruments and electronics. (9 songs with a total length of 54:13) Includes special guest musicians: Mari Era (marimba, vibraphone, percussion), Makoto Inada (contrabass), Masafumi Ezaki (trumpet), Hiromichi Sakamoto (cello), Yuko Nexus6 (Skyping), and more. All vocals, recorded, mixed, and programmed by Haco. Cover art by Chie Matsui. The album was released in April, 2007 by the Japanese Arcangelo (Disk Union) label.
great to meet you at FON - your installation was fantastic :-) Shaun ps there's an edit of the performance of Susan Matthews and myself on my page if you want to listen...
71 minutes of experimental noise jazz.
More info here.
Listen on last.fm.
|˟˟| (pronounced 'gate') is a Tokyo-based experiment in solo improvisation on multiple instruments simultaneously. The project’s music is influenced / inspired by among others free jazz, noise, drone, industrial, and Mongolian and Japanese traditional music. See profile page for more information and links.
"DJ Monkey …soul-stirring, excitingly edgy music…just disturbing (read ‘mind-f**king’) enough to demand attention. There is a whole spice rack of auditory flavors here, served up like fractured poetry on a collection of intensely listenable Hallmark cards from Hell." Bill Margold, Cinema Seen, L.A. X..Press
Album pod názvem MATTERS je již třetím albem tohoto projektu/ Akiko(11 fingers rec.,Amigdala(terraminima rec.)/. Najdete na něm 10 tracku jenž se pohybují žánrově na poli minimal ,chill out , melody dance. Decolective na tomto albu pracoval necelý rok a je inspirováno udalostmi jenž ho v posledním období ovlivnily. Naposled se zučastnil Minimaratonu Elekronicke hudby při Festivalu Ostravské Dny.
ArtistSon Clair Title From the Bridge Duration 15'00 Date of Release 18th August 2009 Format zip · 35.4 MB
From the Bridge is an audio-montage of sounds recorded from the same location over an 18 hour period. The audio material was recorded on 4 separate mono channels and mixed in surround sound for optimum spatial representation.
