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Formed in 2021 in a seaside village near Enoshima, maya ongaku is a three-piece band made up of Tsutomu Sonoda, Ryota Takano, and Shoei Ikeda. They’re part of a vibrant community of local musicians creating earthy psychedelia that transcends the roots of the soul. The name “maya ongaku” isn’t drawn from ancient civilizations, but is a newly coined term that describes imaginary landscapes just beyond the edge of perception. Their starting point is what they call “spontaneous generation” — the idea of life emerging from non-life.
In May 2023, they released their debut album, Approach to Anima, through Guruguru Brain and Bayon Production. After a successful EU/UK tour in November and a domestic tour in December, they returned in August 2024 with their new EP, Electronic Phantoms. That same month, they hosted rhythm echo noise, a collaborative event with WWW, inviting Dutch artist Felbm to perform. maya ongaku was also honored with the “Best Breakthrough Artists” award at the inaugural TOKYO ALTER MUSIC AWARD 2024, a new global music award launched from Tokyo. They’ve played at major festivals across Japan — including Mori, Michi, Ichiba, FFKT, FUJI ROCK, Asagiri JAM, and FUJI & SUN — as well as at festivals in Korea and China, continuing to grow their presence across Asia and beyond.

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1981年生まれ。演劇作家、映画監督、バストリオ主宰。横浜国立大学中退後、京都造形芸術大学映像・舞台芸術学科卒業。在学中に映画監督の佐藤真に師事し、淡路島で二年間撮影したドキュメンタリー映画『水の大師の姉弟』が卒業制作。上京後は演出家・劇作家の宮沢章夫が主宰する遊園地再生事業団に参加し出演・映像担当。2021年に映画『UTURU』が東京ドキュメンタリー映画祭に選出。バストリオというユニットを主宰し、演劇・ライブパフォーマンス・インスタレーション作品を日本各地で次々発表。映像・演劇を用いた教育活動、北海道・知床で葦の芸術原野祭の実行委員を務めるなどボーダーレスな活動を行なっている。

A post-trip hop band formed in 2018, led by Vo. tami. Despite the band format, their sound is based on electronic tracks via bass music and hip-hop with sampling and analog synths, creating alternative music with a perfect sense of balance. After forming, the band released their first album "flower vases" in 2018. in 2019, they will embark on a 20-show U.S. tour. In 2019, they toured the U.S. for 20 shows, and in 2020, they released their second album "future excercise". The band's studio "Hidden Place" in Sakai Temple, Osaka, Japan, is where they have been working since the release of their second album. In 2021, the band released two singles, "Lights" and "Pure PscychoGirl". In February 2022, they released their first EP "Floating Girls" in limited stores and digitally, and in September, they re-released it as a nationally distributed version with a DVD including live footage. From November to January of the following year, "Eyes on Me," "Kick Off," and "My Innocence" were released digitally for three consecutive months, garnering attention. On February 22, 2023, they released their third album, "Fight for Innocence".
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Born in Changsha, Hunan Province in 1998. Active in China and the U.S. In 2015, she participated in the fifth season of the South Korean audition show "K-pop Star" In 2017, she performed at "South by Southwest" (SXSW). She is known as the first Chinese artist to perform at SXSW.She released her EP "2030" in 2019.She was nominated for Best Female Singer at the 2023 "Golden Music Awards".

Born on August 26, 1971. Virgo, type AB. Born in Kagawa Prefecture.
Started his career as vocalist/guitarist for Sunny Day Service in the early '90s, and released his first album "Young People" in 1995. In 2001, he made his solo debut with the single "Guitar," inspired by the Christmas terrorist attacks in New York City. In 2004, he established his own label, ROSE RECORDS, and began his activities based on independent/DIY music. Since then, in parallel with Sunny Day Service and solo work, he has continued to express himself in unconventional ways, producing, providing music, film music, commercial music, writing, acting, and more.

Hedigan's" is a new band featuring Yosuke "YONCE" Kawanishi, aka YONCE of Suchmos. The members are Yosuke "YONCE" Kawanishi (Suchmos / Vo,Gt), Shoji Kurita (Glider, Merchant / Gt), Yusuke Kurita (Glider / Key), Takuma Motomura (Yuranfune / Ba), Gaku Ouchi (Glimpse Group), AKOGARE, Burgundy, and the band's new member, Yosuke "YONCE" Kawanishi. In 2023, they released their 1st Digital Single "LOVE (XL)" from F.C.L.S. and started their full-scale activities.

A nonfiction writer, she formed the Kasumikko Club, a women's court hearing group, in 2005. The following year, she published a book compiling her blog of the same name. Since then, she has been active as a writer on the sidelines of court hearings. She writes articles on cases, focusing on court hearings.

DTM unit formed in 2015. The members are Osaka natives, Soli Shibata and MasatooHan_2F2D. In 2018, they released their first album “DREAM WALK”, their first nationally distributed album. In 2019, their 2nd album “Night Flow” was selected for the “12th CD Shop Grand Prize 2020” and attracted a lot of attention. Their 5th album “Love Flutter” will be released on August 7, 2024.

Born in 1997, he is self-taught and has continued to grow since his first submission in 2017, winning top prizes in the “Bocacolle” award race and writing for “Project Sekai”. His lyrics are “This is the reality, but let's do our best” type. He is also active as a writer, writing lyrics for MAISONdes “Traenohime” (2023), Shoko Nakagawa's “65535” (2023), and “PEAKY (2024). Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Education.

Representative of good and son.Born 1981 in Sendai. After graduating from Rikkyo University, he worked at the travelling bookshop BOOK246 from 2004, and was a member of the book selection collective BACH from 2006 to 2016. good and son was founded in 2017 and handles book direction for a variety of venues, from offices and shops to restaurants, hospitals and private homes. In 2023, he set up the publishing label wordsworth and planned and published Yuta Orisaka's (song) lyrics collection ‘Have you ever talked to me?

Born in the United States and raised in Japan. Ryuichi Sakamoto is a filmmaker, artist, and translator based in New York and Tokyo. In October 2024, his feature film debut, “Happy End,” will be released.

In 2003, she won the Gunzo New Writer Award for “Lactation”; in 2009, the Noma Literary New Writer Award for “Giniro no Uta”; in 2013, the Mishima Award for “Shiroiroiro no Machi, Sono Bone no Taibetsu no”; and in 2016, the Akutagawa Award for “Convenience Store Man. His other books include “Mouse,” “Murderous Birth,” “The Vanishing World,” “Seimei Shiki,” “Marunouchi Magical Girl Miraculina,” “Faith,” etc. His latest book “World 99” will be published in March 2025.