THANK U FOR COMING!!! AND THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC, BIG LOVE AND RESPECT TO Edwin Lo SIN:NED (Re-Records) SAD VACATION HONG KONG IS OVER! pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31070196@N03/sets/72157628550322481/ info: shotahirama the man behind SIGNALDADA Records his second Hong Kong tour, celebrating his second CD album Sad Vacation. Starring with Ediwn Lo, known as most talented and young field recordist in Hong Kong, and also graduated from School of Creative Media (SCM). And for the special guest, Wong Chung-fai from Re-Records. Venue: Osage Atelier Address: 4/F Union Hing Yip Factor Bldg, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Time : Saturday 17 Dec, 7pm Ticket: $120 (standard), $80 (Concession for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients). Includes one drink upon arrival Artists: shotahirama (SIGNALDADA, mAtter) kenhirama Edwin Lo Wong Chung-fai (Re-Records) more info at Osage Gallery:www.osageartblog.com/?page_id=242 shotahirama toured Asia and Europe starting from September 2011, stopping at most major venues, including Super Deluxe Tokyo, club METRO Kyoto, staging with most famous sound artists in Japan evala (port, ATAK), and this time at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong. more info atsignaldada.tumblr.com/#14265197194 all pics are taken by kenhiramawww.kenhirama.com

THANK U FOR COMING!!! AND THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC, BIG LOVE AND RESPECT TO
Edwin Lo
SIN:NED (Re-Records)
SAD VACATION HONG KONG IS OVER!

pics are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31070196@N03/sets/72157628550322481/

info:
shotahirama the man behind SIGNALDADA Records his second Hong Kong tour, celebrating his second CD album Sad Vacation. Starring with Ediwn Lo, known as most talented and young field recordist in Hong Kong, and also graduated from School of Creative Media (SCM). And for the special guest, Wong Chung-fai from Re-Records.

Venue: Osage Atelier
Address: 4/F Union Hing Yip Factor Bldg, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Time : Saturday 17 Dec, 7pm
Ticket: $120 (standard), $80 (Concession for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients).
Includes one drink upon arrival

Artists:
shotahirama (SIGNALDADA, mAtter)
kenhirama
Edwin Lo
Wong Chung-fai (Re-Records)

more info at Osage Gallery:
www.osageartblog.com/?page_id=242

shotahirama toured Asia and Europe starting from September 2011, stopping at most major venues, including Super Deluxe Tokyo, club METRO Kyoto, staging with most famous sound artists in Japan evala (port, ATAK), and this time at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong.

more info at
signaldada.tumblr.com/#14265197194

all pics are taken by
kenhirama
www.kenhirama.com

THANK U FOR COMING!!! AND THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC, BIG LOVE AND RESPECT TO Edwin Lo SIN:NED (Re-Records) SAD VACATION HONG KONG IS OVER! pics are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31070196@N03/sets/72157628550322481/ info: shotahirama the man behind SIGNALDADA Records his second Hong Kong tour, celebrating his second CD album Sad Vacation. Starring with Ediwn Lo, known as most talented and young field recordist in Hong Kong, and also graduated from School of Creative Media (SCM). And for the special guest, Wong Chung-fai from Re-Records. Venue: Osage Atelier Address: 4/F Union Hing Yip Factor Bldg, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Time : Saturday 17 Dec, 7pm Ticket: $120 (standard), $80 (Concession for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients). Includes one drink upon arrival Artists: shotahirama (SIGNALDADA, mAtter) kenhirama Edwin Lo Wong Chung-fai (Re-Records) more info at Osage Gallery:www.osageartblog.com/?page_id=242 shotahirama toured Asia and Europe starting from September 2011, stopping at most major venues, including Super Deluxe Tokyo, club METRO Kyoto, staging with most famous sound artists in Japan evala (port, ATAK), and this time at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong. more info atsignaldada.tumblr.com/#14265197194 all pics are taken by kenhiramawww.kenhirama.com

THANK U FOR COMING!!! AND THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC, BIG LOVE AND RESPECT TO
Edwin Lo
SIN:NED (Re-Records)
SAD VACATION HONG KONG IS OVER!

pics are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31070196@N03/sets/72157628550322481/

info:
shotahirama the man behind SIGNALDADA Records his second Hong Kong tour, celebrating his second CD album Sad Vacation. Starring with Ediwn Lo, known as most talented and young field recordist in Hong Kong, and also graduated from School of Creative Media (SCM). And for the special guest, Wong Chung-fai from Re-Records.

Venue: Osage Atelier
Address: 4/F Union Hing Yip Factor Bldg, 20 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Time : Saturday 17 Dec, 7pm
Ticket: $120 (standard), $80 (Concession for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients).
Includes one drink upon arrival

Artists:
shotahirama (SIGNALDADA, mAtter)
kenhirama
Edwin Lo
Wong Chung-fai (Re-Records)

more info at Osage Gallery:
www.osageartblog.com/?page_id=242

shotahirama toured Asia and Europe starting from September 2011, stopping at most major venues, including Super Deluxe Tokyo, club METRO Kyoto, staging with most famous sound artists in Japan evala (port, ATAK), and this time at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong.

more info at
signaldada.tumblr.com/#14265197194

all pics are taken by
kenhirama
www.kenhirama.com

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[SAD VACATION TOKYO] shotahirama (signaldada, mAtter)

shotahirama (SIGNALDADA, mAtter)

「ノイズ、具体音が曲想的な音楽に」（Sound&Recording 11年5月号）「ドラスティックに引き裂かれる時間と空間」（音楽家 evala /port, ATAK）「失われた日常とその音響」（Art World Magazine 12年3月号）などと評されるニューヨーク出身の音楽家 shotahirama 。2010年に音楽レーベルとして原盤の企画制作及び音楽出版他、CDライナーノーツの翻訳／英訳執筆する等の事業を展開するインディペンデント・レーベル SIGNALDADA を設立。2011年3月には「エレメント同士の衝突」をテーマに、42曲20分という独特のエディットの中で壮大な音響ヴァリエーションを描いたCDアルバム Sad Vacation を発表。同作品のリリースツアーでは2011年9月に開催された東京公演を皮切りに京都、香港と世界各地で演奏が行われた。

翻訳家／通訳としては、これまでに2011年ドイツ・ビーレフェルトで劇場公開された古舘徹夫氏による演劇作品 Death Fragments - Buchner, 23 years old にて脚本英訳を担当、スイスで国内最高峰と呼ばれる芸術賞スイス・アートアワードを受賞したアーティスト Pe Lang の日本初展示にてインタビュアー／通訳として参加。2012年には東京都写真美術館が主宰する第4回恵比寿映像祭に出展された mAtter キュレーション展示 Between VISUAL and SPATIAL にインタビュアー／通訳として参加している。その他、幾つかのCD作品にてライナー、歌詞翻訳等も担当する。

shotahiramaのこれまでの主な作品：

■Sad Vacation -shotahirama
2011年3月24日発売　￥1890（税込み）
CDアルバム
発売元：SIGNALDADA　ディストリビューション：株式会社インパートメント
ASIN：B004R1NTDI
レビュー：Sound & Recording（出版社：株式会社リットーミュージック 2011年5月号）
帯コメント：evala（port, ATAK）

■the silence was warm vol.3 -V.A (shotahirama参加）
2011年2月16日発売　￥1785（税込み）
CDコンピレーションアルバム
発売元：symbolic interaction　ディストリビューション：株式会社アートユニオン
ASIN：B004GUSJ30

■Improvised Music from Japan 2009 -V.A（shotahirama参加）
2009年12月20日発売　￥2625（税込み）
書籍＆CDコンピレーションアルバム
発売元：Improvised Music from Japan　ディストリビューション：Improvised Music from Japan
ISBN：978-4-990229733

翻訳／英訳／コラム執筆
CDライナーノーツ翻訳
■Heartless -The Twisters
2011年9月21日発売　￥2415（税込み）
CDアルバム
発売元：1977 Records
ASIN：B005DWGUR2

■NENEBEAT! -The Retreads
2011年10月19日発売　￥2415（税込み）
CDアルバム
発売元：1977 Records
ASIN：B005KP3BOW

■QUALIFIED -Front Page
2011年12月14日発売　￥2415（税込み）
CDアルバム
発売元：1977 Records
ASIN：B005XSSTT8

オペラ脚本英訳
■Death Fragments : Buchner, 23 years old -古舘徹夫
2011年4月16、17、19、21日上映
会場：ドイツ・ビューレフェルト劇場　企画：NRW KULTUR SEKRETARIAT、KUNSTSTIFTUNG NRW
出演：Markus Fisher、Hanno Dinger、Sigrid Maria Schnuckel、他

イベント企画
■SAD VACATION KYOTO -shotahirama
2011年12月11日開催
ライブイベント
会場：京都 club METRO　企画：SIGNALDADA　協力：port、10 LABEL、night cruising
出演：shotahirama、evala (port、ATAK)、STEVEN PORTER (10 LABEL)、Tatsuya (night cruising)

■SAD VACATION TOKYO -shotahirama
2011年9月3日開催
ライブイベント
会場：Super Deluxe 六本木　企画：SIGNALDADA　協力：port、mAtter、sludge
出演：shotahirama、evala (port、ATAK)、Yukitomo Hamasaki (mAtter)+ Lodio (1977 Records)、miclodiet (sludge)+ Yousuke Fuyama (sludge)

■50 BOOKS SELECTED BY 50 MUSICIANS ～音楽家50人が選ぶブックタイトル50～
2011年8月1日～9月15日
ブックフェア
会場：青山ブックセンター六本木　企画：SIGNALDADA　協力：株式会社青山ブックセンター
参加：クリストフ・シャルル、テーリ・テムリッツ、杉本佳一、空間現代、一ノ瀬響、他


shotahiramaのこれまでの主な出演イベント：

■Osage SIGMA PROJECT/Edwin Lo presents
SAD VACATION HONG KONG
2011年12月17日開催
会場：香港 Osage Gallery　企画：Edwin Lo
出演：shotahirama (SIGNALDADA、mAtter) , Edwin Lo, SIN:NED (Re-Records)

■root & branch / UNIT presents
APPARAT
2011年11月25日開催
会場：東京 UNIT/saloon　企画：root & branch, SOUP, UNIT, saloon
出演：Apparat (Shitkatapult)、Y. Sunahara、INNER SCIENCE、miclodiet+Yousuke Fuyama (sludge)、shotahirama (SIGNALDADA、mAtter) and more

■Re-Records presents
The Zen Ensemble/Sound Friction vol.2
2010年12月17日開催
会場：香港 Videotage　企画：Re-Records
出演：shotahirama (SIGNALDADA、mAtter)、Yukitomo Hamasaki (mAtter)、Go Koyashiki、Alok (Lona Records)、SIN:NED (Re-Records)、KWC (Re-Records)、gift_ and more

■popmuzik records presents
2010年11月22日開催
会場：福岡 BLACKOUT　企画：popmuzik records
出演：evala (port、ATAK)、shotahirama (SIGNALDADA、mAtter)、中原昌也 (Hair Stylistics)、渡邊琢磨 (COMBOPIANO)


English:
shotahirama is a Sound Artist from New York, US and currently live in Tokyo, Japan. Inspired by Modern Art, Dada, Bauhaus and Postmodern literature. Also known for the founding of the SIGNAL DADA. His musical focus is characterized by digital synth and field recording with computer software processing and improvisation, which generates a large palette of possible sounds including; grainy textures, complex patterns of smooth drones, and microscopic clicks and cuts. He is currently working under mAtter from early 2010.

shotahirama released his debut CDR album "Unhappy American Lost In Tokyo" in the Hong Kong in 2010, on Re-Records. And in 2011, shotahirama released his second CD album which is his first official CD album "Sad Vacation" on SIGNALDADA. This record was distributed by p*dis/inpartmaint, reviewed by Japanese music magazine Sound & Recordings, and commented by one of most famous sound artist in Japan, evala (port, ATAK). After the release of Sad Vacation, shotahirama toured around the world, featuring dates in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hong Kong staging with evala.