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Shin Kokawa
Shin Kokawa
粉川心（SHIN KOKAWA）「13artists×3works」
ドラマー・即興芸術家として活動する粉川心（SHIN KOKAWA)。常に挑戦を続ける粉川は実験的かつ持続的な音楽プロジェクト「13artists × 3work」をスタートした。
これは13組のアーティストと、3曲ずつ楽曲制作を行うという前代未聞の取り組みだ。合計39曲の楽曲がこれから13週にわたりリリースされる。
参加アーティストは、zezeco（青木ロビン / manukan）、ermhoi、類家心平、魚返明未、Noriyuki Inoue（jizue）、THE BED ROOM TAPE（景山奏 / NABOWA）、オオヤユウスケ（Polaris）、高橋佑成、早雲、Momose Yasunaga、伊藤えり、八幡亜樹、Yasutaka Okada（kott）。粉川との関係値も様々の13組だ。
この連載では粉川から各アーティストに、手紙を書いてもらう。音楽だけではなく、この形式、そしてこの連載自体も粉川のプロジェクトの一部だ。
Shin Kokawa
Born in Kyoto in 1984 and currently living in Kyoto, he started playing drums in junior high school and after working as a drummer for jizue, he is currently touring Southeast Asia alone as a solo artist, collaborating with domestic artists and producing and releasing his first solo album "ANIMA" with Shun Ishiwaka, Masanao Matsushita, Kei Yamamoto and others in 2020. From 2021, he has been active in a duo unit with didgeridoo player GOMA and kyoto experimental piano trio "kotto". In 2024, he released his second album, "touch the sub conscious", which featured a collection of renowned top players.
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