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2024年9月に結成されたGingersammは、岡山県出身の山田京侍(Vo / Gt)と、北海道出身の片岡智哉(Dr)からなる2人組。ジョニ・ミッチェルやエリオット・スミスといったUSのフォークミュージックをルーツに持つソングライター・山田が紡ぐ繊細な心の機微を捉えた歌詞と、囁きにも似た歌声、R&Bやソウル、ヒップホップからプレイの影響を受けたドラム・片岡の2人が生み出す懐かしくもモダンなサウンドを特徴としている。1st EP『名前』を2026年5月20日にリリース。
焚きびび
2024年、劇作家 / 演出家の益山貴司を代表に、実弟でダンサー・俳優の益山寛司、舞踊家・俳優の高田静流で立ち上げたオルタナティブ演劇チーム。「焚き火にあたりながら聞くような物語」を、リリカルかつ情動的な対決姿勢で言葉と身体から紡ぎ出し、「今、必要とされる」舞台作品の創出を目指す。
Tamura Meimi
She grew up surrounded by theater from a young age. Starting in the early elementary school years, she took the stage in community and junior musicals, aspiring to become a musical actress. From age 12 to 17, she spent her days as an idol in the adult world. Behind the glitzy scenes, she quietly grappled with her true self and her desire to remain a child. She made her debut as a musical actress at age 18. She subsequently expanded her activities as a singer, and as she deepened the range of her expression in both music and theater, she began to harbor a longing not only to “perform” but also to “create” works. The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a sense of crisis in her regarding the future of musicals as a form of expression, and during the lockdown, she began to focus on “writing”—something she had loved since childhood. Through her numerous stage appearances, she came to realize that theater is never the work of a single person, and her commitment to artistic expression has grown stronger with each passing year. To preserve and give shape to the worldview she truly cherishes, she has launched her creative activities in earnest as Meimi Tamura. As one manifestation of this, she founded the theater unit “Koume-chan.”
TAMIW
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".
https://tamiw.net/
Lexie Liu
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".
Keiichi Sokabe
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
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.
Yuki Takahashi
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.
PASOCOM MUSIC CLUB
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.
Sohbana
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.
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
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?
Neo Sora
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.
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