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SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI

SKSG - "We make sound art cute and dangerous!"

About Me

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SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI
Also known as SKSG, emerged as a recognisable concept towards the end of 2001. The idea was to create music in a cute and frivilous way, but without abandoning the "industrial" and avant-garde methods of sound production I was used to. By making it accessable I hoped to introduce experimental music to people who would not normally be interested in it. Most sounds are created using toys and non-instruments. The CD artwork is of equal importance. SKSG is really a multimedia project and has worked with performance artists and exhibition sound installations.
MAIN RECORDINGS+EVENTS
2003.05 AT*MIC KEWP!E CD-R
2004.08 RESONANCE FM radio, London. Seven SKSG tracks broadcast .
2005.02 AVANT-CUTE CD-R
2005.05 PETIT DEMO CD-R
2005.06 AOI HEYA, Shibuya. Music for performance by Hayakawa Mai
2006.03 SHIBUYA-O-WEST. Music for performance by Hayakawa Mai
2006.10 ROMANKAN, Tokyo. Music for doll exhibition
2007.02 INFINITE PLAY MODE. CD-R for exhibition + performance use
2007.?? SUBLIME DEBRIS. Audio+video CD-R

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/11/2007
Band Members:

NAICHAN

LAPTOP
TOYS
SYNTH
JUNK
SAMPLES

MIEW

TOY KEYBOARD
SHAKUHACHI FLUTE

+PLUS FREQUENT GUESTS+

Influences:

Pascal Comelade
Wha-ha-ha
Nurse With Wound

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Meltdown

Our "Playroom" studio has been quiet recently after a "Hello Kitty" toy keyboard burst into flames during a particularly heated session. No other damage, thankfully. A recording of the incident might ...
Posted by SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:47:00 PST

Xmas Session

We are looking forward to our SKSG Xmas session in our "Playroom" studio, which is a converted scrapyard. There are still a couple of wrecked cars there which we keep for musical potential. So Miew is...
Posted by SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:12:00 PST

SKSG Profile Facelift

Last Saturday, Japanese time, I finally tarted-up SKSG's profile. Or rather just gave it a white background and colored text. I can sleep better at nights now. My (Naichan's) pics also worked better t...
Posted by SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:55:00 PST

John Cage and SKSG

Saw Peter Greenaway's documentary of John Cage's 70th Birthday concert. It's an excellent introduction to Cage's music spanning decades. We have the advantage of being able to see how Cage's sounds ar...
Posted by SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:50:00 PST

What is SKSG?

A. An experimental sound art unit based in Japan. It all started back in 1999 when I made a CD of basic sound collages as a joke present for a friend. One or two tracks of that formed the seeds of thi...
Posted by SUKURAPPU KOUJOU SUMIRE GUMI on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:33:00 PST