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About Me


plays guitar in electronic act Phorous and occasionally sings (while playing guitar) for electroacoustic trio Life Without Dreams. serial Japanese katsu curry eater, picture taker/lover of photographs, music maker and occasional recluse.
see my photography here
music works :
Phorous on EMI Poland international V.A. compilation called 'Alternative Trippin' appearing alongside bands like Kent (Sweden), Magenta Skycode (Finland), Sadayu (Japan) and many others.(2007)
Life Without Dreams on 9.12 Records compilation 'If You Believe' available for online purchase here (2007)
also available on Itunes: iTunes USA / iTunes Canada / iTunes Japan / iTunes New Zealand / iTunes Australia / iTunes Denmark / iTunes Austria / iTunes Belgium / iTunes Finland / iTunes France / iTunes Germany / iTunes Greece / iTunes Ireland / iTunes Italy / iTune Luxembourg / iTunes Netherlands / iTunes Norway / iTunes Portugal / iTunes Spain / iTunes Sweden / iTunes Switzerland
emusic / napster / rhapsody / yahoo usa / musicgremlin / bluetracks.ca / sonyconnect
Phorous second release 'Timelessness' on Elintseeker Sounds (cat. no:ELSK0601). Available at: HMV Singapore, Roxy, Earshot at The Arts House. overseas (Thailand): Pladip, DJ Siam, Do-Re Me. (2006)
Phorous appears on Music For Good/Aging Youth Records compilation CD 'For Good!' alongside many well known Singaporean bands like Electrico, Typewriter, Astreal and many more.(2006)
Phorous first album 'Rollercoaster 2 Weeks'. Full online download only release. (2005)
Phorous on Wallwork Records event compilation CD 'Tesseract:Enfold'. (2003)
other works :
SteelCitySkies double cover EP. (2003)
SteelCitySkies on BigO compilation CD 'Live at The Green Room'. (1998)
guest appearance (guitar) on Lilac Saints' 'Awake' CD album released by Springroll/Pony Canyon.(1997)

My Interests

photography with analog cameras, music, art, films, books, packaging concepts, unorthodox guitar performance and effects, interesting design with regards to anything, anime, ambient noises, nice shoes, coffee and cafes, inspirational landscapes and scenes, good company/interesting people, making sounds/music with other people, 80's toys

I'd like to meet:

interesting people, people who have the same interests as me, Yuki Isoya, Chara and the other half of me, for equilibrium. and also..

Fishmans

Music:

Acid Mothers Temple, Familiar Trees, Thomas Koner, bigRed Moment, port-royal, David Sylvian, JAPAN, Ametsub (JP), RainTreeCrow, SUNN O)), Boris, Honey Dip (JP), Redrum (JP), Fishmans (JP), Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoji Ikeda, Phelan Sheppard, Fennesz, Sugizo, bombarde (SG), Ved Buens Ende, Inoran, Humpback Oak, Noriko Tujiko, U2, a s p i d i s t r a f l y, George Chua, Masami Tsuchiya, Keith Jarrett, Hammock, Yellow6, Ippu-Do, Mortiis (early albums), Bjork, Slowdive, Lunarin, Laurie Anderson, Saxon Shore, Rosy Parlane, Tori Amos, pollypraha (JP), David Bowie, Darkthrone, Burzum, Miles Davis, Alva Noto, Stars Of The Lid, Windy and Carl, Flippers Guitar, Low, Jessica Bailiff, Scott Walker, The Ruins (JP), Serge Gainsbourg, St Etienne, Otomo Yoshihide, Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, Sigh, ICE (JP), Miu Sakamoto, Nobukazu Takemura, Chris Isaak, Sigur Ros, Jeff Buckley, Nine Horses, Strawberry Switchblade, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Emperor (first two releases), a-ha, FourColor/FilFla/fonica, Depeche Mode, Sheila Majid, Akiko Yano, Brian Eno, Hyakkei (JP), Roxy Music, AUS, Magnet, Judy and Mary, UA, Cocteau Twins, Kent, Final Fantasy Soundtrack, Kaki King, Record of Lodoss War Soundtrack, Polaris (JP), Yoko Kanno, The Beatles, Ulver, Van De Graff Generator, Voivod, Kate Bush, Pizzicato 5, Steve Reich, David Torn, Prefab Sprout, Red House Painters, Astrud Gilberto, Bloodthirsty Butchers (JP), Derek Bailey, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Faye Wong (mid 90's onwards), World's End Girlfriend, Soul Whirling Somewhere, Hector Zazou, Loscil, RF, Dead Can Dance, Isengard, Neptune Towers, The Dead Texan, Kashiwa Daisuke, Harold Budd, The Observatory, Borknagar (first two albums), Love Lies Crushing, old thrash metal (Sodom, Bathory, Slayer, Bulldozer, Celtic Frost etc), Piana, Takagi Masakatsu, Cornelius (JP), traditional Indonesian music (old keroncong/Sundanese jaipong), Japanese folk music, Scandinavian folk music, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Satyricon, Eric Satie, Guitar Wolf, Idjarn, Gutevolk, Spangle Call Lilli Line and the list goes on..

Movies:

lost in translation , Ikinai, all Studio Ghibli stuff, Transformers The Movie, Il Mare, Tony Takitani, Cafe Lumiere and other hou hsiao hsien stuff, in the mood for love and other wong kar wai stuff, Fishes In August, Amelie, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Macross Plus, Glassy Ocean, Happy Ghost series, Star Wars, Once a thief, Salaam Bombay, Artificial Intelligence, Last life in the universe, The young girls of rochefort, Lilya 4 ever

Television:

IF live at HOMEclub

Books:

The Alchemist, all of Khalil Gibran's work, Stardust and almost everything from Neil Gaiman, Autograph Man, Charlotte's Web, Banana Yoshimoto's books, Robert Rankin, Necroscope Bloodwars series, Edgar Allan Poe's collection of short stories, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, John Milton's Paradise Lost

Heroes:

the few i trust and keep close to.

My Blog

A calm day with LWD and Linda Bjalla

new song upload on my band, Life Without Dreams' myspace.A calm day (with Linda Bjalla)[A calm day] is a collaboration with Japanese musician Izumi Suzuki aka Linda Bjalla. We hope you like it because...
Posted by magnumF on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:14:00 PST

love songs and everything else

my friend Iliyas featured me in his online magazine KVLT, for an interview on the theme of 'love songs' called Love Song and everything else.read it here...
Posted by magnumF on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:51:00 PST

late afternoons

Eswandy redid this piano part many times til he got it right during the LWD recording. you can see he is really 'feeling it'.Check out this video: Life Without Dreams recording ...
Posted by magnumF on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:16:00 PST

scorched like the sun

IF new live tracks have been uploaded here. Scorched like the sun, The evening tide and The Fall. have a listen if you can.
Posted by magnumF on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:56:00 PST

aspidistrafly live at Apple shop

my friends Ricks and April performed at Apple shop last saturday (12/07/08) in conjunction with their new CD release 'I hold a wish for you'.They also brought in some really good stuff from Noble, Spe...
Posted by magnumF on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:12:00 PST

IF...what to do?

IF performing [what to do?] on the last day. 250508 ...
Posted by magnumF on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:58:00 PST

thanks

to the family, friends and supporters who came to watch IF (some even three days in a row!)....thank you from the bottom of my heart. what a wholesome feeling it is...to have all those people turn up ...
Posted by magnumF on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:24:00 PST

icon

Leslie Low has a beautiful website up with some pretty interesting info. also, free downloads are there for you to enjoy. please go and see. i can stare at that page for hours and get lost inside....
Posted by magnumF on Thu, 15 May 2008 08:10:00 PST

city lights and lazy nights

a new instrumental from Life Without Dreams...City Lights and Lazy Nights.for the people who never have time for themselves. we forget to live because the life we have is the one of struggling to surv...
Posted by magnumF on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:36:00 PST

between the silence and the sea.

finally, something to show for IF. might be available during our may show.listen to [never satisfied] here.
Posted by magnumF on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST