Japanese Ambient Journey” vol.9

by Yui Onodera from Tokyo, Japan

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Yui Onodera is a Tokyo-based producer, sounds artist whose works explore the relation between musical forms, architectural acoustics and spatial awareness. As a sounds artist, he has a distinctive figure in the fields of experimental ambient music involving delicate hybrids of digital technology and acoustic instrumentation, working across the spheres of composition and installation work. Exploring notions of perception, memory and sonic afect across a wide array of creative forms, he uses a broad palette of musical instruments, field recordings and electronics to craft provocative listening experiences and creating dense clouds of blurry, hypnotic sound. His works are widely published internationally, he has released numerous works on esteemed labels like KOMPAKT (DE), Room40 (AUS) and more. In addition to his studio albums he composed the music for the documentary film about John Cages “Cage 64”. In 2017, alongside his musical profession he works as a sound art lecturer at Rikkyo University and Musashino Art University. In parallel to his music career he works on art/media installations. He is a founding member of the art collective Nor whose ethos is centered around the production of multidimensional work through sound, visual and Installation art. In recent years, his work has been exhibited at international festivals and museums including Media Ambition Tokyo, MUTEK Festival (Japan) and NTT inter communication center [ICC].