Baiyon
Encyclopedia
Baiyon is a Japan
ese multimedia artist
from Kyoto
, Japan
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Baiyon, Real name Tomohisa Kuramitsu, has an artistic vision which links his own graphical designs and music.
In 1998, Kuramitsu began painting and making music, and later founded the Brain Escape Sandwich Recordings label.
As a visual artist, Kuramitsu went by the name Wet Side and applied his unique expression to many things ranging from posters to clothing, and collections of copyright-free graphics.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese multimedia artist
Multimedia artist
Multimedia artists are contemporary artists who use a wide range of media to communicate their art. Multimedia art includes, by definition, more than one medium, therefore multimedia artists use visual art in combination with sound art, moving images and other media...
from Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Baiyon, Real name Tomohisa Kuramitsu, has an artistic vision which links his own graphical designs and music.
In 1998, Kuramitsu began painting and making music, and later founded the Brain Escape Sandwich Recordings label.
As a visual artist, Kuramitsu went by the name Wet Side and applied his unique expression to many things ranging from posters to clothing, and collections of copyright-free graphics.
Timeline
- 2004 - Involved in the production of documentary "moog", charged with the opening, and sections of the closing, theme
- 2005 - Live painting at Aichi Expo
- 2006 - Released 1st Album "Like a school on lunch time" (also available on 7" EP)
- 2007 - Took part in Stop RokkashoStop RokkashoStop Rokkasho is a project run by the Japanese NGO Boomerang Net and headed up by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. In order to bring attention to the nuclear reprocessing plant in Rokkasho in Aomori Prefecture, they get artists to contribute songs and other art to the cause. The music and other media are...
Project - 2008 - Released "Goshoguruma EP" through WC Recordings
- 2008 - Released "S Soup EP" through Irish label D1.Recordings.
In popular culture
Baiyon created the graphics and composed the background music for the Playstation Network game PixelJunk EdenPixelJunk Eden
PixelJunk Eden is a video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. The third game in the PixelJunk series, it was released on the PlayStation Store on July 31, 2008 worldwide. A demo of the game was released on July 25, 2008...