Sputniko!

Bio:

Sputniko! Musician BIO
 
 
Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) is a cyber femme based in London and Tokyo.

Since 2007 Sputniko! has shown music, performances and films exploring intersections between technology and popular culture. In 2009 she published the DVD Parakonpe 3000, a collection of music videos talking about the quirky ways in which we engage with technology, such as google searching your crush’s name or desiring to become a cyborg to eliminate periods.

"Hiromi Ozaki is a computer programmer who becomes Sputniko!, making music with an armpit Wiimote called Wakki. Also a visual artist, her performances are masterpieces of spontaneity, fun and most importantly, technology. We guarantee you'll be singing 'The Google Song' for months." - Offset Festival 08

CONTACT SPUTNIKO!
contact@sputniko.com

RELEASE!
Sputniko!'s 1st DVD album "Parakonpe 3000" is now on sale!
¥2625 (approx. 15 British pounds/23 US dollars) excluding postage. .. .. .. ..
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CYBER FEMME SPUTNIKO! ROCKS THE CYBER POP WORLD
The 1st album is packed with 15 original videos and animations including all the videos on myspace (Google Song too) and a Sputniko! interview.

NEW! "The Google Song" PV!
Love in the information age.
I like you! I like you! I like y001001010101...!
The video is part of Sputniko! 1st DVD album "Parakonpe 3000" !

Directed by the amazing AD Weiss

NEW! "The Chinko Song" PV!
Sputniko! dedicates this song to 3 billion women and quite a lot of men who share her love of penises.
The video is part of Sputniko! 1st DVD album "Parakonpe 3000" !
directed by superb Hayden Bannochie

NEW! "The Mixi Song" PV!
In 2046, 85% of androids and robots have become Mixi (a Japanese social networking site) addicts... unimpressed with their decline in work performance, Sputniko! gives out a warning message over Sputniko! TV.
The video is part of Sputniko! 1st DVD album "Parakonpe 3000"!

directed by ultra great Joel Somerfield

THINGS PEOPLE SAID ABOUT SPUTNIKO!
Officina Creativa, November 2008 (Italian)
Nemesis To Go, August 2008
Here, play pop!, July 2008 (Japanese)
Shift Magazine, June 2008
Shift Magazine, June 2008 (Japanese)
Network World, March 2008
Freshcut, October 2007(Italian)
Officina Creativa, October 2007(Italian)

Wakki: The Armpit Monster and Musical Instrument
I don't know why people think this is strange but one day I decided to play music using my armpit. Wakki the armpit monster lets me make nice and sweaty armpit sounds by moving my armpit up and down. Woo!
How does it work?
Wakki accidentally gulped down a Wiimote... which lets me detect its 3D orientation via Bluetooth to make the funky Wakki sounds! Yea!


If you look closely the dangling multi-color tail makes you look like you have rainbow armpit hair. Super fashionable.


Check out the "Wakki Song" video!
Okay guys...this is how I play Wakki.
Armpit uuuuup, armpit down. Armpit uuuuup, armpit down....
The video is part of Sputniko! 1st DVD album "Parakonpe 3000" !


NEW WAKKIS!
New Wakkis are born!: DNA Wakki, Afro Wakki and Robo Wakki!
They are all programmed to make their own unique armpit sound!
Together with the original Wakki, they represent the Wakki Evolution Tree.

DNA Wakki:
The original code of all Wakkis..
The smirk on his squashed face makes you think maybe he knows something really deep that none of us knows about... he has got one extra leg on his right side which he is secretly very concerned about.


Afro Wakki:
For those chicks with wild, afro armpit hair.
Afro Wakki is a sweet and kind hearted lesbian Wakki.


Robo Wakki:
The future form of Wakkis...
Robo Wakki is the only Wakki without the armpit-hair-tail. They are created for future androids who no longer have the need for armpit hair. Robo runs on a special neural network AI which simulates the neurons inside Wakki's brain - he is able to calculate 36758490 x 743928318 a lot faster than other Wakkis.


Interactive Performance! Bunny Tree
Music evolves as the player explores the 3D forest. Sputniko! sings along with the generated music.

filmed/edited by super ultra bomber Keiichi Matsuda

Sputniko! on MTV!!!
Sputniko! is aired in 20+ Eastern European countries in Break MTV ident movies. YAH!
Director: David Wilson




DJ SpecScratch - A Concept Video
Yo. I'm DJ SpecScratch. I scratch my records using my specs -
I'm building glasses that scratch tracks using an accelerometer. The sensor will be attached using duck tape. Of course.


CHINKO NO UTA (The penis song)
The Japanese audience loves it.



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Member Since:

May 02, 2006

Members:

Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki)

Influences:

Laurie Anderson, Lee Bull, Usman Haque, Archigram, Superstudio, Toastgirl, Kraftwerk, Donna Haraway, Stelarc, Maywa Denki, ChimPom, Miranda July, John Cage, DAT Politics, Perfume, Japanese + French + Italian Pop, Afrirampo, Deerhoof, Kaija Saariaho, Cornelius, Tujiko Noriko, Takako Minekawa, d.v.d......and robots, cyborgs, cybernetics + armpits.

Sounds Like:

A cyber femme