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Since he was born in 1986, Hirotaka Shirotsubaki has been living in Kobe, Japan. After playing in various bands he started his solo carrier in 2008. Inspired mainly by landscapes, he often uses field recordings and samples for his music. /// Bandcamp - https://hshirptsubaki.bandcamp.com/music .

Born in 1929 in Koriyama, Japan, Joji Yuasa is a self-taught composer. He first became interested in music in his boyhood. Yuasa made the acquaintance of Toru Takemitsu (composer), Kuniharu Akiyama (musicologist) and others while a pre-medical student at Keio University in Tokyo. He joined them in forming the "Jikken-kobo" (Experimental Workshop) in 1952, and turned to devote himself to music. Since then, Yuasa has been actively engaged in a wide range of musical composition, including orchestral, choral and chamber music, music for theatre, and intermedia, electronic and computer music. Yuasa has won numerous commissions for his works from such...

Geboren in Hokkaido (Nordjapan), begann Joji Hirota im Alter von 11 Jahren sich mit Percussionmusik auseinanderzusetzen. Seit dem er 13 ist, komponiert er eigene Werke. Großen Einfluss auf sein Spiel nahm Itto Ohba, ein Taikomeister, ebenfalls von Hokkaido. Hirota wurde musikalischer Direktor des Red Buddha Theatre und der Linsay Kemp Tanzgruppe. Seit 1986 arbeitet er auch als Solokünstler und veröffentlichte dabei vier Alben: - Sahasuhara (1976) - Wheel of Fortune (1981) - Rain Forest Dream (1990) - The Gate (1999) Hirota arbeitete unter anderem mit Pete Lockett, Anthony Phillips, Hidekazu Kato zusammen. .