From Singapore, aspidistrafly is a duo consisting of composer and vocalist April Lee (b.1984) and producer Ricks Ang (b.1980). ”aspidistrafly” is a wordplay of the George Orwell novel “Keep the aspidistra flying”. The duo play music which can be classified as ambient folk with guitar-based drone, subtle electronics and various sound assemblages. — Read more

Based in Tokyo, FJORDNE is the solo project of Fujimoto Shunichiro (b.1980). Focused on two concepts, “sound texture” and “twisted time”, he utilises an array of acoustic instruments and transforms his sounds into a new time span using the laptop computer. — Read more

Haruka Nakamura (b.1982) is a composer in Tokyo, Japan. As a child, Haruka learned to play piano and guitar on his own. His sound is made of sunset and season’s perfume. Haruka first emerged in the Japanese electronic scene with the release of “Afterglow” (Schole, 2007), a split album with Akira Kosemura. It was then followed by two solo albums “grace” (Schole, 2008) and “twilight” (Kitchen. Label 2010). All 3 albums are ranked as one of the most successful albums in recent times by a new independent artist in Japan. — Read more

Ironomi is an ambient classical duo consisting of pianist Junya Yanagidaira (b.1984) and Yu Isobe (b.1984) on guitar & laptop. iro-no-mi literally means “fruit of color”, a meaning unique in Japanese to describe the quintessential Japanese aesthetic centered on the four seasons. With a background of study in classical music and sound art, they create their own brand of impressionist music that intersects this Japanese sense with modern electro-acoustic approaches. — Read more

Born in Kumamoto, Japan, Janis Crunch is a singer, composer and pianist. As a child, Janis won several local singing competitions performing classical Italian songs. Janis Crunch is classically trained on the piano and graduated in a Tokyo music university. She first gained attention as an artist with her frequent collaborations with haruka nakamura where she composed and provided vocals on tracks in the albums “grace”, “twilight” and “CASA” (kadan). Janis Crunch has also collaborated with Akira Kosemura, aspidistrafly among others. — Coming Soon