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Akiko Kiyama Facebook | SoundCloud info [at] akikokiyama.com Album / Deviation / Nervmusic (NERV008) Album Preview Biography (English) Japanese, Tokyo based, Akiko Kiyama holds a hefty 30 releases including 3 albums to her name on world renowned labels such as Contexterrior, MEAN, Nervmusic and op.disc amongst others. Akiko grew up in Tokyo, Japan with an education dominated by music, a classically trained pianist and guitar player by the age of twelve, she went on to explore and teach herself how to fuse her classic skills with sounds created by electronic equipment. Over the years that followed Akiko fell deeper into dance music, eager to evolve and create electronically manipulated sounds and atmospheres, she began producing in 2002. Akiko’s first works were released in 2004; her debut EP “Dimension” on London’s Sud Electronic received outstanding support from the industry and names such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Vaeth and Ricardo Villalobos. Inspired by such an overwhelming debut Akiko went straight back into the studio, the result of which was her “Like Ancient” track being licensed by M-nus Records and going on to appear on Richie Hawtin’s DE9 Transitions Compilation. Akiko’s sound is a complex pattern of sounds. Raw and industrial, dark and moody, her signature sits firmly within the minimal style, but with harmonic narratives giving shape and structure. It’s rare that a sound so minimal results in something so engrossing, something that sucks you in and
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Biography(English)Japanese, Tokyo based, Akiko Kiyama holds a hefty 30 releases including 3 albums to her name on world renowned labels such as Contexterrior, MEAN, Nervmusic and op.disc amongst others.
Akiko grew up in Tokyo, Japan with an education dominated by music, a classically trained pianist and guitar player by the age of twelve, she went on to explore and teach herself how to fuse her classic skills with sounds created by electronic equipment. Over the years that followed Akiko fell deeper into dance music, eager to evolve and create electronically manipulated sounds and atmospheres, she began producing in 2002. Akiko’s first works were released in 2004; her debut EP “Dimension” on London’s Sud Electronic received outstanding support from the industry and names such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Vaeth and Ricardo Villalobos. Inspired by such an overwhelming debut Akiko went straight back into the studio, the result of which was her “Like Ancient” track being licensed by M-nus Records and going on to appear on Richie Hawtin’s DE9 Transitions Compilation.
Akiko’s sound is a complex pattern of sounds. Raw and industrial, dark and moody, her signature sits firmly within the minimal style, but with harmonic narratives giving shape and structure. It’s rare that a sound so minimal results in something so engrossing, something that sucks you in and
keeps you listening intently on what’s going to happen next. Akiko’s tracks feel like stories, captivatingly told through her experimentation with sound.
In 2015, her own label "Kebko Music" has been established. In the label, Akiko will release her 4th album “Ophelia”, which is a ten track showcase of this artist complex talent, showing a new direction of electronic music with her humorous textures and rather adhesive groove. Live performances in London’s Fabric, Berlin’s infamous Panorama Bar, Moscow's Arma17 and many more worldwide. Akiko continues to explore, produce and release as well as pushing the boundaries of minimal techno with her live set’s performed around the world.
(Japanese)2004年、Portableとの共演をきっかけにリリースオファーを受け、ロンドンSud Electronicより”New Days”、”Dimension”を発表。デビューEPにして、Ricardo Villalobos、Richie Hawtin、Sven Vaethを始め、シーンを代表するDJ達に高い評価を受け、その液体的とも言える彼女独自のグルーヴは瞬く間にヨーロッパ～北米、そして日本へとセンセーショナルな興奮をもたらした。
また、Richie HawtinによるMix CD/DVD “DE9|Transitions” (M-nus, Novamute Records)、BookaShadeによるDJ KICKsシリーズ(!K7 Records)、LocoDiceによる”The Lab01” (NRK Music)にも彼女のトラックはライセンスされており、その大胆さと繊細な技巧が同居する複層的なグルーヴから成る彼女のトラックは、シーンの最前線とは常に一歩距離を置きつつ、独自の強い存在感を放っている。這い回るような重たいベースと催眠的なフレーズ、独特なアクセント刻まれるビート、玩具を散らしたような不気味でユーモラスな世界観はいずれも彼女の象徴といえるサウンドだろう。2007年より、東京とベルリンを拠点とし、これまでにロンドンFabric、ベルリンPanorama Bar、モスクワArma17、バロセロナ及び東京で開催されているSonar Festivalなど世界各国の代表的クラブやフェスティバルで、精力的にライブパフォーマンスを行う一方、近年はメロディアスかつ実験的な作品にも挑み、機能性のみに縛られない、テクノの可能性を追求している。2015年には満を持して自身のレーベル”Kebko Music”をスタートさせ、今春には第４作となるアルバムをリリース予定である。
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DiscographyUpcoming ReleasesAlbum Single-cut / Newmud / Kebko MusicAlbum / Ophelia / Kebko Music
2014Single / Through The Mountains (Collaboration EP with Laurine Frost) / TapeHiss
(TAPEHISS003)Remix / Rondo (Radiq aka Yoshihiro Hanno) / op.disc (OP033)
2012Album / Deviation / Nervmusic (NERV009)Remix / Corpo Minore(Easychanges) / Sleep Is CommercialSingle / If I Had A Pair Of Shoes / Nervmusic (NM008)Single / Where Are My Shoes? / Leet (LEET004)Various / Gruppenzwang II / Catenaccio (CCCO014)Remix / Surface (0x7f) / 31337 Records (1337-023)Remix / Voice In The Wall / Anozer (ANOZER14)
2011Album / Doublethink / Op.Disc (OP.DISC028)Single / The Duplicated Man / Op.Disc (OP.DISC027)Single / My Beer In The Shape Of A Boy / Mean (MEAN011)Various / Sleep Is Commercial For Red Dot Relief / Sleep Is Commercial(SICFD012)Various / BPM Japan Charity Album Volume 1 / BPM Japan (BOM002)Various / Vibes Against Vibes Vol.2 / Descanso (descanso006)Remix / Stillleben / Phunkit (PHK023)
2010Single / Echobus / EMinor(EMINOR27)Remix / De Ja Vu / King Street Sounds (KNG 343)Remix / Moonraker / Muller Records (MULLER065)Remix / Dulceria / Infine(IF2026)Remix / Minime Et Floue / Neopren (NEO017)Remix / Grayish Sands / Descanso (descanso004)Remix / House Marque EP (Wig Water Magic) / Adjunct (ADIG06)Single / Home / Adjunct (ADIG05)Remix / Sem Tempo(Allan Villar) / Kalimari Musique (DKLL027)
2009Single / Flesh Got Spirit / Lick My Deck (LMD007)VA / Hub Opus Tokyo / Op.Disc (OP.DISC022)Appearance / Loco Dice / The Lab 01 - Hakobi / NRK Sound Division (LAB001)Remix / Sapukai EP (Kenzo Tominaga) / Sunplay (SUNPD009)Remix / Angel / Resound Records (REDG008)VA / Werkmas / Flexible Audio (FLX006)
2008VA / Hub: Solo & Collabo 2006-2008 / Op.Disc (OP.DISC020)Single / Fungi Reworked / Lick My Deck (LMDRMX001)Single / Be At Half / Sunplay (SUNP009)Album / 7 Years / District Of Corruption (DOCCD01)Single / 7 Years Part 2 / District Of Corruption (DOC026)Single / 7 Years Part 1 / District Of Corruption (DOC025)Remix / Get In Trouble / Doxa (DOXA0801)
2007Single / Get What You Deserve EP / District Of Corruption (DOC20)Single / Cutting Tears / Neopren (NEOPREN010)
Remix / Miso / Revolver (REV018)Appearance / Booka Shade / DJ Kicks - The Misidia Monarchy / Studio !K7 (!K7222LP, !K7222CD)Single / Patchouli / Contexterrior(CNTXT017)Single / Venus, Deliciously Eaten By A Cat / Thema (THEMA005)Single / Solo EP / Safari Electronique (SAF017)Single / Fungi / Lick My Deck (LMD001)Single / Anchor EP / District Of Corruption (DOC013)
2006VA / Sampler EP 2 / Safari Electronique (SAF013)Single / Akiko Kiyama & Yoshiki / Op.Disc (OP007)Appearance / Jay Haze / Mind In Business Part 1 / The Minimal Grind - Dune / Tuning Spork Recods (TSPORK2-2)VA / DE9 Transitions Vinyl Sampler / M_nus (MINUS 34)Single / Peter F. Spiess vs Akiko Kiyama / Contexterrior (CNTX15)
2005Appearance / Richie Hawtin / DE9 Transitions - Like Ancient / NovaMute (NoMu 150 DVD, MINUS 32 CD)VA / No Compromise Mini Comp 2 / Contexterrior (CNTX13)
2004Single / Dimension / Sud Electronic (SUD004)VA / Newdays / Sud Electronic (SUD003)
