#Phonepunk#
Banned
One of my favorite musicians is Takako Minekawa, a Japanese singer who has made a number of albums that span many genres ranging from 90s art rock to experimental synthesizer pop to cut up collage and sample based music. She often collaborated with Keigo Oyamada (known as Cornelius, the two were married for a time) during the 90s as well as acts like Buffalo Daughter and Dymaxion. She is also the voice who says "Play station" at the end of the Playstation ads. Millions of people know her voice and have never heard her incredible music.
Some of her music videos:
Some of my other favorite tracks:
From Wikipedia:
Takako Minekawa (嶺川貴子, Minekawa Takako, born June 3, 1969) is a Japanese musician, composer and writer.
As an accomplished all-around musician, Minekawa's musical skills set her firmly outside of the J-Pop "idol" tradition: she writes and composes most of her material, singing quirky lyrics about subjects such as clouds, cats, and the color white (her personal favorite), with her love of Kraftwerk and French Pop Music also showing through her unique experimental sound. She often makes use of vintage Casio keyboards and analog Moog synthesizers, as well as vocoders and other electronic instruments.
Minekawa's musical influences are as varied as her lyrics. An avowed fan of French pop, some of her favorite French artists include Françoise Hardy and Pierre Bachelet. The influence of the British band Stereolab can also be heard in her music. While there are certainly touches of humor in her lyrics and tone, she is a sincere fan of Krautrock, particularly the earlier works of electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, to whom she dedicated the song Kraftpark! In an interview, Minekawa explained her admiration for the band: "I decided to describe the landscape of Kraftpark with sound and narration. This song is not a parody of Kraftwerk. I did it because I love them!" Another influence is former Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono, who she paid tribute to with cover versions of his song "Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa" (1984), in 1995 and again in 2007 with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Discography
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Some of her music videos:
Some of my other favorite tracks:
From Wikipedia:
Takako Minekawa (嶺川貴子, Minekawa Takako, born June 3, 1969) is a Japanese musician, composer and writer.
As an accomplished all-around musician, Minekawa's musical skills set her firmly outside of the J-Pop "idol" tradition: she writes and composes most of her material, singing quirky lyrics about subjects such as clouds, cats, and the color white (her personal favorite), with her love of Kraftwerk and French Pop Music also showing through her unique experimental sound. She often makes use of vintage Casio keyboards and analog Moog synthesizers, as well as vocoders and other electronic instruments.
Minekawa's musical influences are as varied as her lyrics. An avowed fan of French pop, some of her favorite French artists include Françoise Hardy and Pierre Bachelet. The influence of the British band Stereolab can also be heard in her music. While there are certainly touches of humor in her lyrics and tone, she is a sincere fan of Krautrock, particularly the earlier works of electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, to whom she dedicated the song Kraftpark! In an interview, Minekawa explained her admiration for the band: "I decided to describe the landscape of Kraftpark with sound and narration. This song is not a parody of Kraftwerk. I did it because I love them!" Another influence is former Yellow Magic Orchestra member Haruomi Hosono, who she paid tribute to with cover versions of his song "Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa" (1984), in 1995 and again in 2007 with Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Discography
- Chat Chat (1995)
- (A Little Touch of) Baroque in Winter (1995)
- Roomic Cube (1996) (top 20 on the CMJ college charts)
- Athletica [EP] (1997)
- Cloudy Cloud Calculator (1997)
- Ximer ...c.c.c.remix (1998)
- Fun 9 (1999)
- Recubed [EP] (1999)
- Maxi On (2000)
- Toropical Circle (with Dustin Wong)(2013)
- Savage Imagination (with Dustin Wong)(2014)
- Are Euphoria (with Dustin Wong) (2017)
Takako Minekawa - Wikipedia
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I will further look into her discography now, thanks again