Sonoko biographie　
Sonoko is from Kyoto, Japan. In her own words: "Even when I was very
little, I liked to make music like most kids play games. I always liked
stories, movies and music boxes. I really started to think about my own
music seriously when I was sixteen. In 1984, I sent my first demo to
three labels that I liked a lot: cherry red records, crammed discs and
crepescule."
At that time, Cherry Red wrote Sonoko to say they liked her demo. They
offered to make a record and arranged for her to go into studio with
Morgan Fisher who was then in Japan. Despite a lot of studio work, the
chemistry just didn't seem to be there. About the same time, Sonoko met
Honeymoon Killers who were on tour in japan. They really liked her
music and persuaded her to move to Crammed Discs. In 1986 she went to
Brussels to work with the Crammed team.
Work on the album was done from July to December,1986, at Daylight
Studio in Brussels with Gilles Martin as Sound Engineer.
Most of the cuts were produced by Colin Newman
with "French Touch" by Aksak Maboul (Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis).
Addtional keyboads were performed by Irish composer John Bonnar who has
worked with Brian Eno and Dead Can Dance.
In 1987 the album ""La Debutante" came out. It got very good press from
papers and magazines like Liberation and Melody Maker who cited its
provocative inventiveness and the crystal voice of the singer. Despite
uneven distribution and the fact that the European release was only
available in vinyl (no CD, they were just the new thing at that time),
the album proved to be a long-lasting seller and has built up a large
following of die-hard fans. It's become an underground classic and
collector's item.
After making "La Debutante", Sonoko lived in Paris for seven years, in
the 14e arrondissemnt on Passage D'enfer, and then returned to Kyoto.
She is currently working with artists in Kyoto and Tokyo on new
recordings.
