- Kazumasa Hashimoto
Infobox musical artist
Name = Kazumasa Hashimoto
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Origin =Tokyo ,Japan
Genre = Electronic
Years_active =2001 -present
Label = [http://www.noble-label.net/ Noble]
URL = [http://home.att.ne.jp/star/bd/ home.att.ne.jp/star/bd]Kazumasa Hashimoto (b. 1974 in
Tokyo ,Japan ) is aJapan ese composer, mastering engineer andweb designer .As a child, Hashimoto learned classical piano, starting to compose in high school while making music on his computer. [cite web|url=http://www.noble-label.net/artist/?en&hashimoto|title=Kazumasa Hashimoto|work=
Noble Label |accessdate=2008-04-29] He majored in composition atTokyo College of Music . [cite web|author=Dodge, Meredith|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/04/08/2003249648|title='Childish music' toys with multimedia to entertain kids, adults|work=Taipei Times |date=April 08, 2005|accessdate=2008-04-29] His minimalistic music is a rich blend of electronic textures and acoustic instruments such ascello ,violin andclarinet . Hashimoto makes extensive use of thepiano , as well as nonsense,collage -like lyrics constructed from digitally edited voice samples.As a pianist he has collaborated with Japanese electronica artist
World's End Girlfriend , world music artistSouichiro Suzuki , and singerYukawa Shione . In 2005 he was featured on "Childish Music", an anthology of music compiled byEkkehard Ehlers in "an attempt to define a new genre" of "naive sounds".Discography
* "Yupi" (2003)
* "Epitaph" (2004)
* "Gllia" (2006)
* "Euphoriam" (2007)Contributions
* "out" (2001)
* "warter garden" (2003)
* "cinema soundtrack ー間ー" (2003)
* "fork ends" (2004)
* "Childish Music" (2005)
* "We are all cotton hearted" (2006)Similar artists
*
Ekkehard Ehlers
*Nobukazu Takemura
*Penguin Cafe Orchestra
*Hauschka
*Bugge Wesseltoft
*Swod
*Multi-Panel
*Lullatone
*The Boats References
External links
* [http://home.att.ne.jp/star/bd/ Kazumasa Hashimoto Official Website]
* [http://www.noble-label.net/artist/?en&hashimoto Kazumasa Hashimoto on "Noble Label"]
* [http://www.monochrom.at/cracked/reviews/Rev%20Hashimoto.htm Review of Kazumasa Hashimoto's "Yupi" by "Plop"]
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