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Kiyoshi Yoshida (吉田潔) majored in contemporary arrangement and film scoring at the Berklee College of Music. Upon his return to Japan in 1987, he became involved in composing various types of music, including sound tracks and commercial scores as a synthesizer operator and producer. In 1999, he released "ASIAN DRUMS" in sixteen countries including Japan. It won him high acclaim, particularly in the U.S. "ASIAN DRUMS II" came next and was followed by "UBUD" and "UBUD DUA" which he produced with his own band. He has composed sound tracks for NHK TV programs such as "Nihonjin Harukana Tabi" (Japanese on...
The Yoshida Brothers [aka[url=http://www.last.fm/music/吉田兄弟]吉田兄弟] were born and raised in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido. Each picked up the shamisen at the tender age of five and began studying Tsugaru shamisen under Takashi Sasaki I in 1990. After sweeping prizes at national Tsugaru shamisen conventions, the brothers made their major debut in 1999. The debut album sold over 100,000 copies, an extraordinary figure for a traditional folk music release.
They won the "Traditional Japanese Music Album Of The Year" category of the 15th annual Japan Gold Disc Award, as well as the "30th Anniversary Of Normalization Of Japan-China Diplomatic Relations Commemorative Special Prize" of...
Kazuhisa Uchihasi (内橋和久, Uchihashi Kazuhisa) is a Japanese guitarist involved in free improvisation music. Born in 1959 in Osaka, Uchihashi began to play the guitar at age 12, playing in various rock bands, though he later studied jazz music. In 1988 he joined the band the First Edition, and in 1990 formed the band Altered States. He was also a member of Otomo Yoshihide's Ground Zero from 1994 to 1997. Uchihashi also plays daxophone, and in addition to his role as a free improviser, Uchihashi has been the musical director for Osaka theatre group Ishin-ha, has held improvisation workshops (a...
With the departure of Misako Koja, Yasuko Yoshida (吉田康子) is now the chorus leader of the female quartet Nenes. Nenes have been at the forefront of the Okinawan music scene for nearly a decade. Their fans around the world include Ry Cooder, with whom they recorded in 1994, Ryuichi Sakamoto for whom they provided the backup vocals for the song Neo Geo, and Talvin Singh for whom they provided backing vocals on Singh's album 'OK'. Nenes performed at the 1998 WOMAD festival in the UK, and took part in the subsequent Real World recording week. On her first solo album,...
