Chieko Kinbara | ja

Chieko Mori (森稚重子) is a Japanese koto player. By the age of three Mori started to learn the traditional Japanese instrument, the koto, along with traditional Japanese dance. After graduating from university in Tokyo (SFC), Mori started to compose her own music. She left Japan in 1999 and moved to Treviso, Italy, where she was invited to FABRICA. For years she explored musical traditions, including Eastern and Western music, along with folk and acoustic music. Mori, though having fully mastered the techniques of classical playing handed down over centuries, adopts a fresh approach towards the instrument, suggesting new possibilities for...

Classically trained violinist-come-club-producer and esteemed member of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chieko Kinbara debuts this dynamic EP on Nite Grooves with a slew of worldwide contributors, each bringing their own distinct flavors to create these 2 diverse soulful singles. San Fran mega-producer & DJ Kaskade brings forth the first “If You Only”, having produced the single, along with Finn Bjarnson, as well as providing a sumptuous subsequent remix. Chieko is of course providing the violin & viola and vocals are by Swedish chanteuse Joslyn. Farplane Records head and extraordinary Swedish House Music producer Rasmus Faber also comes on board for...