作家紹介

RdL(リドル) / バンド
 
neohachi(ネオハチ) / バンド
 



photo by Masahiro Ihara



NEW ALBUM "Decades away from home.." out
JULY 2nd, 2009!!

RdL (aka mondii & naph)

東京を拠点に、2000年にmondii(モンディ)とnaph(ナフ)によって結成。当時は7人組だったが、現在は2人組として活動。結成して翌年にはアルバムデビューが決定するものの、メンバーチェンジや各自の活動が忙しくなり、ようやく2009年7月2日に待望のファーストアルバムをリリース予定。これまでにStaubgold(独), Weather(日), Odd Shaped Cases(米)等のコンピレーションに楽曲を提供。メンバーのmondiiとnaphは個別にも様々な音楽活動もしており、mondiiは、米Hefty Recordsからフルアルバムをリリース後、国内外の20レーベル以上に楽曲を提供、MTV中国用のCM音楽なども制作。また自身でSPEKK, PLOP, Lanternレーベルを主宰。バルセロナのSonarやモントリオールのMutekなど大型フェスティバルやアジア・ツアーなどにも参加。またデザイナーや英語の翻訳家としても活躍する。naphは、これまでゲームやCMのBGM制作を中心に、様々なレーベルのマスタリングやミックスなどエンジニアリングを手掛 け、2008年にはチャラのバックでシタールを務めるMinakumariのファーストアルバム「Rasa」をアレンジ、ミックス。 Kool Keith "The Lost Masters Volume 1.2" (JP) 2009のマスタリング。Motohiro Nakashima"We Hum On The Way Home"(JP) 2009のミックスなど幅広いジャンルに渡って活動。またTurquoiseレーベルを主宰。naph名義での環境音をテーマにした音楽制作活動。ツジコノリコと制作した楽曲「Gooopie」制作。2009年Opitopeの畠山地平、FLOWER TRIANGLEの高西知泰とバンド"All The Frogs Are Our Weekend"結成。バンドのコンセプトも明確なパート分けもないが、自然・宇宙・音など、あらゆる「場」に溶けていくような感覚を求め、様々な楽器や音を本能のままに鳴らし構築していく。

(ENGLISH)

Formed in year 2000 by mondii and naph. They started out as a 7 piece band but eventually, they are active as a duo now. Soon after the band was made, they got a record deal from a Japanese record company P-Vine but because of the few member changes and the hectic daily life, it took nearly 10 years to complete their 1st album which will be out on July 2nd, 2009 (P-Vine). They have previously participated in compilation albums on labels Staubgold (GER), Weather (JP), Odd Shaped Cases (US). They also organize the multi creation company Nature Bliss Inc. Both members also work as solo. mondii has released his 1st album on Hefty Records (US) and also provides tracks to over 20 labels worldwide. He also makes music for TV commercials such as the recent MTV China BGM (2009). He also runs labels SPEKK, PLOP, Lantern and has showcased his labels at international festivals such as Mutek (Montreal), Sonar (Barcelona), BEAF (Bellingham), Qwartz (Paris) and in Asian countries Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau. He also regularly works as graphic designer and English translator. naph has been making BGM for computer games and TV Commercials and as an engineer, he has mixed/mastered/arranged/co-written many tracks&albums including Tujiko Noriko, Mina Kumari, Kool keith, Motohiro Nakashima, Alejandro Franov, Apple Light, Lily of the Valley etc. He also plays in the band "All The Frogs Are Our Weekend" with Chihei Hatakeyama aka Opitope (Kranky/Room40) and Tomoyasu Takanishi aka Flower Triangle (Novel Sounds). RdL has no certain musical concept nor instrument roles but justs plays and make sounds by instincts to form "something" while aiming to capture and melt into any sounds, situation and environments.

RdL myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/rdlnaturebliss


ディスコグラフィー
>RdL

Autumn "Music for Wine" Sourcing the Earth (ESP) 2009
RdL rmx "Trust - remixes of Tujiko Noriko" Kurage (JP) 2008
MN2 "Childish Music" Staubgold (GER) 2005
Finale "Small Melodies" SPEKK (JP) 2005
RdL rmx "Springs, re:makes and mixes of RF" Odd Shaped Case (US) 2006
Home "Afterhours Magazine" Afterhours (JP) 2000
Riddle "Weather V.A" Weather (JP) 2001

>mondii

t:p Hefty Records (米) 1999
Gu 9 "Constant Friction 2" Lo Recordings (英) 2000
Kilmer "Afterhours Magazine" Afterhours (日) 2000
fpf "Out" Flyrec (日) 2001
fpf "Fuzzyboombox vol.1" Fuzzybox (米) 2001
mondii rmx "Sangatsu remixes vol.3" Weather (日) 2001
Gu 9 ".rock" Shinkhai (日) 2001
Triplex "Leap" Quiet Records (日) 2002
Sometimes "Leap" Quiet Records (日) 2002
Spher. "Micro Blue" Plop (日) 2002
First Noel "X'mas, omnibus" Ontonson (日) 2002
Fields "60 sound artist protest the war" ATAK (日) 2003
Rememberence "Tu M'p3" (伊) 2003
Skimming "A certain aquarium" 360 Records (日) 2004
Loif "Condominium" Mousikelab (伊) 2004
Fleu "Tu M'p3" (伊) 2004
See/Saw "version guitar" Commune-Disc (日) 2005
mondii rmx "Pia Fraus remix" Kohvirecords (エストニア) 2005
Between "Small Melodies" SPEKK (日) 2005
Water Lily w/Iwamoto Hiroshi "Resort-View" Novel-Sounds (日) 2005
Water Lily (w/Iwamoto Hiroshi) Fabulat (ノルウェー) 2005
Flood "water music" Commune-Disc (日) 2006
Nature Out "Extract" Non Visual Objects (オーストリア) 2007
mondii rmx "Moli Herzog remixes" Ambivalence (ベルギー) 2007
Water Paintings "After All/Aus" Flau (日)2009
mondii rmx "Coctura - matryoshka remixes-" Novel Sounds / Nature Bliss (日)2009
TVCM advertisement BGM for MTV CHINA 2009

>naph



neohachi

lily(詩吟ボーカル)とelly(シンセサイザー)によるファンシーでコミカルなエレクトロジャムユニット。往年のプログレッシヴ・ロック、ジャーマン・ロックを思わせる手弾きのフレーズの反復が幾何学的なパターンを描き出し、そこにエコー処理された詩吟の歌唱法によって、断片的なイマジネーションを換気させる歌詞が唄われる。

山本達久(不思議なドラマー)を加えた特別編成neohachi trioを結成するなど、ゲストプレーヤーを迎えた即興セッションライブも積極的に行っている。

2008年1月に初のミニアルバム「rhythm of wonder」をreal future recordsよりリリース。同年、自主レーベルneohac recordsより初老の落ち着きをみせるアンビエントシリーズ第一弾「MUSIC FOR AIRMAIL」、neohachi trioによる初ライブ音源「live at flying teapot 26,March 2008」もリリース。

(ENGLISH)

The "neohachi" is japanese fancy and comical electro jam unit.

They formed in 2005 in Tokyo by Lily (*Shigin Vocals) and Elly (Synthesizers). Atsu(drums) proceeds with their work on 1st mini album"rhythm of wonder". In 2008, they formed a special organization "Neohachi trio" that adds Tatsuhisa Yamamoto(Wonder Drumer) and live sessions that invites the guest player also has gone positively.

Their music processing is done there crack a former Progressive Rock and the German Rock, it is based on the minimal repeate of hand oparation of the Synthesizers. And on the basic track, Shigin Vocal is devoloped with echo effects.

The song contains Japanese feeling for nature and that extended explession of vowel makes us much more imagination of the scene to the people.

*What is Shigin?:
Sigin is the recitation of traditional Chinese poems, and Japanese poems with some of the Japanese artistic expressions.Among Japanes poems, we have Tanka( 31 Japanese alphabetical characters) and Haiku(17 characters and Shintaishi(New Poems by spoken language since Meiji era). When we recite the Sigin, we extend vowel tone longer, and add unique melody, which cause peculiar artistic impression. The scales is 5 which is popular in Japanese music. And its rhythm is not pre-determined, however Ma(間) which is taken among phrases in the poem is thought to be a rhysm. In Japan, kanshi(漢詩)had first been arranged in Nara Era(1,300years ago) and kanshi culture made a bloom in Edo era (18-19century).

neohachi website:
http://neohachi.com/
neohachi website (English):
http://neohachi.com/en.html

 










 
   

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