GORO ITO (MOOSE HILL , naomi & goro)
Songwriter, producer and guitarist.
Writing instrumentalmusic based around the guitar, he released his first album "wolf song" under the MOOSE HILL name in 2001. It was widely acclaimed, and described as minimal, acoustic style that has updated the sound of bossa nova to the present day. Goro also paired up with Naomi Fuse to form the bossa nova duo " naomi & goro ".
2005
Appeared at the Tokyo Sound Revolution event in Stockholm as Takagi Kazue & Moose Hill. Also released the collaborative album "Hawaii, Hawaii", which was done with Kama, Aina and RT. He has also done various collaborative work with other artists, writing the songs "Piano" and "Bird feather, bird shadow" for Ikuko Harada's album and providing music for Ed Tsuwaki's Shiseido Paris Expo '04-'05 .
2006
He released Moose Hill's 2nd album "DESERT HOUSE" on October 4th. This was the first release under the Moose Hill name for 5 years. The actress Tomoyo Harada did vocals on 2 songs and the jacket artwork was done by Ed Tsuwaki. The second album of the collaborative project with Kama Aina, RT and Moose Hill, "Rainbow Hawaii" was released on the 12th June. Their theme for this collaboration is to record the album at different places. naomi & goro released an album of covers, "Home" on the 12th April and released their first original album in 2 years, "P.S. I Forgot" on the 4th July. Goro Ito also wrote the soundtrack to the movie, "To Pray for Snow". This movie won 4 prizes including Best Director & Best Male Actor at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival . The movie is directed by Kichitaro Negishi and features Yusuke Iseya, Kouichi Sato, Kyoko Koizumi & Kazue Fukiishi.
2007
On August 8th, he produced two CDs, Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute album and Penguin Cafe Orchestra Japanese best album. They were released from "commmons", Ryuichi Sakamoto's label.
On November 28th, he produced Tomoyo Harada's(a famous Japanese actress) 25th anniversary album "music & me". As well as production and arrangement, he composed several songs for the album.
He took a part in the tour following the album's release, as band-master and guitarist.
2008
On May 28th, naomi & goro released their 6th album "Bossa Nova Songbook 1" in commemoration of Bossa Nova's 50th anniversary. This was their first standard Bossa nova album. The album featured Ryuichi Sakamoto on piano.
naomi & goro performed at 30 locations on the albums promotional tour.
They also appeared in "Bossa 2008 in Aoyama Jingumae", Takahashi Yukihiro & Mitsuo Shindo's "WORLD HAPPINESS" , and Korea's largest rock festival "Grand Mint Festival".
2009
This July, naomi & goro plan to release their first album recorded in Rio de Janeiro , Brasil.
Goro plans to release his 3rd solo album at the year end. etc..
