List of Japanoise artists
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This is an alphabetical list of Japanese Noise, or "Japanoise
" (ジャパノイズ) bands and solo projects.
Japanoise
is a portmanteau of the words "Japanese" and "noise": a term applied to the diverse, prolific, and influential noise music scene of Japan. Primarily popular and active in the 1980s and 1990s but still alive today, the Japanoise scene is defined by a remarkable sense of musical freedom...
" (ジャパノイズ) bands and solo projects.
| Project Name | Project Name In Japanese | Artists Involved | Artist's Names In Japanese |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest... |
Kawabata Makoto | 河端 一 | |
| Astro Astro (band) Astro is the project of Japanese musician Hiroshi Hasegawa of the influential noise music group C.C.C.C. Astro's music is made using assorted analog equipment including Moog, EMS, and Flower Electronics synthesizers... |
アストロ | Hiroshi Hasegawa | 長谷川洋 |
| Aube Aube (band) Aube is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today. He himself does not like to term his work "music," preferring the term "design": "I... |
オウブ | Akifumi Nakajima | 中嶋昭文 |
| Boredoms | ボアダムス | Yamatsuka "Eye" Tetsuro, Yamamoto Seiichi | 山塚徹郎 / 山塚アイ, 山本精一 |
| C.C.C.C. | シー･シー･シー･シー | Hiroshi Hasegawa, Mayuko Hino, Ryūichi Nagakubo, Fumio Kosakai | 長谷川洋, 日野繭子, 長久保隆一, 小堺文雄 |
| Contagious Orgasm | 接触伝染性のオルガスム | Hiroshi Hashimoto | 橋本博 |
| Crack Fierce Crack Fierce Crack Fierce is the name of the Japanese noise music band of Hideki Kato, who runs the record label United Syndicate. Kato is also a bassist, most notably with the free jazz and noise rock band Ground Zero.... |
クラック･フィアース | Hideki Kato | 加藤英樹 |
| Diesel Guitar Diesel Guitar Diesel Guitar is the solo noise music project of Youki Noseyama, who runs the independent noise label Good Microphone. The project originated as a duo called "Diesel Guitars".... |
ディーゼル・ギター | Youki Noseyama | 能勢山陽生 / 能勢山ヨウキ |
| Dislocation | ディスロケーション | Yoshinori Yanagawa, Toyohiro Okazaki, Fujio Kimura | 柳川芳命, 岡崎豊広, 木村富士男 |
| Dissecting Table | ディセクティング・テーブル | Ichiro Tsuji | 辻一郎 |
| Fushitsusha Fushitsusha Fushitsusha is a Japanese rock band specialising in the psychedelic rock, space rock and noise rock genres. The band consists of electric guitarist and singer Keiji Haino, and a shifting cast of complementary musicians. The group released the majority of its material in the 1990s.-History:Haino... |
不失者 | Keiji Haino | 灰野敬二 |
| The Gerogerigegege The Gerogerigegege The Gerogerigegege is a music project created in 1985 in Shinjuku, Tokyo by Juntaro Yamanouchi , who runs and maintains the Vis a Vis record label in Japan.- Biography :... |
ザ・ゲロゲリゲゲゲ | Juntarō Yamanouchi, Tetsuya Endō | 山ノ内純太郎 |
| Government Alpha Government alpha Government Alpha is the name of the Japanese harsh noise project of Yasutoshi Yoshida , also known as S.Isabella, member of Barom One, Mecha-dote-chin & Monster DVD, who also operates his own record label 'Xerxes' out of Tokyo, Japan.... |
ガヴァーンメント･アルファ | Yasutoshi Yoshida | 吉田恭淑 |
| Guilty Connector | ギルティー･コネクター | Kohei Nakagawa | 中川こうへい |
| Hanatarash Hanatarash Hanatarashi , meaning "sniveler" or "snot-nosed" in Japanese, was a noise band created by later Boredoms frontman Yamantaka Eye and featured Zeni Geva guitarist Mitsuru Tabata. The outfit was formed in Osaka, Japan in 1984 after Eye and Tabata met as stage hands at an Einstürzende Neubauten show... |
ハナタラシ | Yamatsuka "Eye" Tetsuro, Yamamoto Seiichi | 山塚徹郎 / 山塚アイ, 山本精一 |
| Hijōkaidan Hijokaidan Hijokaidan is a Japanese noise and free improvisation group with a revolving lineup that has ranged from two members to as many as fourteen in its early days. The group is the project of guitarist Yoshiyuki "Jojo" Hiroshige its one constant member, who is head & owner of the Osaka-based Alchemy... |
非常階段 | Yoshiyuki "Jojo" Hiroshige | 広重嘉之 / JOJO広重 |
| Incapacitants Incapacitants are a Japanese noise music group formed in 1981. It consists of Toshiji Mikawa and Fumio Kosakai, whose stated aim is to produce "pure" noise, uninfluenced by musical ideas or even human intention, using primarily feedback, vocals, and various electronics... |
インキャパシタンツ | Toshiji Mikawa, Fumio Kosakai | 美川俊治 |
| K2 K2 (Japanese band) K2 is the influential noise music project of Japanese musician Kimihide Kusafuka. K2's work typically consists of crashing, creaking, and scraping sounds made with pieces of junk metal, usually edited in a jarring, unpredictable style, and often accompanied by the sounds of various electronics... |
ケーツー | Kimihide Kusafuka | 草深公秀 |
| Killer Bug Killer Bug Killer Bug is the moniker used by Kazumoto Endo, off & on, for his solo Japanoise project. Abandoning it for a long while in favor of recording under his given name, Endo has recently adopted the name again for his project in 2005.-External links:***... |
キラー・バグ | Kazumoto Endō | 遠藤一元 |
| KK Null KK Null KK Null is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist. He began as a guitarist, but soon added composer, singer, electronic musician and drummer to his list of talents, and also studied with the Butoh workshop.... |
ケー･ケー･ヌル | Kazuyuki Kishino | 岸野一之 |
| Masonna | マゾンナ | Takushi "Maso" Yamazaki | 山崎卓志 / 山崎マゾ |
| Melt-Banana Melt-Banana Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis... |
Yasuko Onuki | ||
| Merzbow Merzbow is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic... |
メルツバウ | Masami Akita | 秋田昌美 |
| Mikadoroid | ミカドロイド | Takashi Tutumimoto | 堤元孝志 |
| Monde Bruits Monde Bruits Monde Bruits was the Japanese noise music project of Syohei Iwasaki . The project was one of the earliest in Japan's noise scene, and it was Iwasaki who organized Masami Akita's first Merzbow show in Osaka, Japan... |
モンド・ブリュイッツ | Syohei Iwasaki | 岩崎昇平 |
| Mortal Vision | モータル･ヴィジョン | Hiroshi Hasegawa | 長谷川洋 |
| MO*TE | Fumiyuki Nagura | 名倉史之 | |
| MSBR MSBR MSBR is the name of a recording project of Japanese noise musician Koji Tano that was based out of Matsuyama, then later Tokyo. MSBR was active starting in the early 1990s, releasing music on numerous labels, often in limited pressings... |
エム･エス･ビー･アール | Koji Tano | 田野幸治 |
| Nord | Satoshi Katayama | 片山智 | |
| NP | エヌ･ピー | Fumiyoshi Suzuki | 鈴木文好 |
| Pain Jerk Pain Jerk Pain Jerk is a noise music unit run by Japanese musician Kohei Gomi . Gomi started home-recording in the 1980s as private works. PAIN JERK was one of the more prolific and influential noise artists of the 1990s, and is one of the leading figures in the "dynamic" style of Japanese noise... |
ペイン・ジャーク | Kohei Gomi | 五味浩平 |
| RoboChanMan | ロボチャンマン | Yasushi Tahara | 田原康志 |
| Ruins | ルインズ | Tatsuya Yoshida, Hisashi Sasaki | 吉田達也, 佐々木恒 |
| S*Core | エスコア | Yutaka Tanaka | 田中豊 |
| Seed Mouth | シード･マウス | Hirohito Taneguchi | 種口裕人 |
| Solmania Solmania Solmania is the Osaka-based noise music project of Masahiko "Masaki" Ohno , who runs the Works Fatagaga noise record label. Formed in 1984, Solmania is one of the earliest noise projects out of Japan... |
ソルマニア | Masahiko 'Masaki' Ohno | 大野昌輝 |
| Thirdorgan Thirdorgan Thirdorgan is the noise music project of the Japanese musician Akihiro Shimizu. Along with Government Alpha and Guilty Connector, Thirdorgan is one of the more prominent acts from the "second wave" of Japanoise acts in the middle to late 1990s. Shimizu also runs the record label Alienation Records.... |
サードオルガン | Takashi Tutumimoto, Yoshio Nakamura | 堤元孝志, 仲村良男 |
| Violent Onsen Geisha Violent Onsen Geisha Violent Onsen Geisha is a Japanese noise music group, distinctive among many noise acts for frequently displaying a bizarre, sarcastic, and mischievous sense of humor... |
暴力温泉芸者 / ボウリョク・オンセン・ゲイシャ | Masaya Nakahara | 中原昌也 |
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See also
- Improvised Music from JapanImprovised Music from JapanImprovised Music from Japan is a website and record label.The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it concentrates on Japanese and Japan-based improvisers, particularly free improvisers....
- JapanoiseJapanoiseis a portmanteau of the words "Japanese" and "noise": a term applied to the diverse, prolific, and influential noise music scene of Japan. Primarily popular and active in the 1980s and 1990s but still alive today, the Japanoise scene is defined by a remarkable sense of musical freedom...
- List of experimental musicians
- List of musicians by genre
- List of noise musicians
- Noise musicNoise musicNoise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...