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Sachiko is a Japanese underground vocalist, bassist, violinist and electronics artist, who is also active as a graphic designer. Began her musical career in Nagoya, Japan in 1988 before moving to Tokyo in 2001. She has played with many groups including 光束夜 (Kousokuya), Overhang Party and Tangerine Dream Syndicate. Currently active as a solo artist and in the duo Vava Kitora. Sachiko is also the owner of the Musik Atlach label. .

(최준용, 홍철기, Sachiko M, 大友良英) A collaboration between Choi Joonyong, Hong Chulki, Sachiko M and Otomo Yoshihide. For more information goto: www.balloonnneedle.com .

Sachiko M has been active as a sampler player since 1994. Early in her career she was involved in the cut-up and "plunderphonic" sampling movements. In '98, in a drastic departure from those approaches, she originated the revolutionary method she uses to this day--manipulating the sampler's internal test tones. With the 2000 release of Sine Wave Solo, her extreme solo recording consisting entirely of sine waves, Sachiko M suddenly became the focus of intense interest on the international scene, including European music festivals and Britain's Wire magazine. Since then she's been active on an irregular basis in a number of...

Sachiko Kanenobu (aka Japanese: 金延幸子 and かねのぶさちこ), is generally acknowledged as Japan’s first female singer-songwriter. Discovered as an precocious 18 year old (in Osaka, Japan), Sachiko was signed in 1968 to Japan’s first ever independent record company, URC (Underground Record Club), who changed Japan’s musical landscape irrevocably, in the late 60s and early 70s, with artists including: はっぴいえんど, Folk Crusaders and 遠藤賢司. She was the only female artist, on this era-defining label. The fact that, as a female, Sachiko wrote and sang her songs, made her a rarity in Japan. A few months before the release of her début album,...