"Shintaro Haioka is a man who is deeply in tune with his cultural identity. Inspired by traditional Ukiyo-e art -- a style that roughly translates to "pictures of the floating world"-- Haioka offers a distinctively Japanese take on modern electronic music, and one that rationalises the past with the future, and his nation with the world. He supplements his digital compositions with live koto and guitar and the result is airy and deliberate, delicate and decisive. His string of EPs for the German label Emerald & Doreen brush up against a wide variety of styles -- from ambient to dubstep -- while never abandoning their point of origin."
--- Red Bull Music Academy
"This is traditional Japanese music. Just made today. Just made by one of the exceptional musicians of the country."
--- Emerald&Doreen Records
Shintaro Haioka, born in Yokohama, Japan, is active based in Tokyo.
His music is like "Ukiyo-e" pictures of presen...
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"Shintaro Haioka is a man who is deeply in tune with his cultural identity. Inspired by traditional Ukiyo-e art -- a style that roughly translates to "pictures of the floating world"-- Haioka offers a distinctively Japanese take on modern electronic music, and one that rationalises the past with the future, and his nation with the world. He supplements his digital compositions with live koto and guitar and the result is airy and deliberate, delicate and decisive. His string of EPs for the German label Emerald & Doreen brush up against a wide variety of styles -- from ambient to dubstep -- while never abandoning their point of origin."
--- Red Bull Music Academy
"This is traditional Japanese music. Just made today. Just made by one of the exceptional musicians of the country."
--- Emerald&Doreen Records
Shintaro Haioka, born in Yokohama, Japan, is active based in Tokyo.
His music is like "Ukiyo-e" pictures of present days.
He describes Japanese souls by mixing Japanese traditional sounds with electronic sounds.
Since 2006, he has been an active member of the Japanese electronic bands "BREMEN" and "The KAH". The bands had some gigs at big music festivals in Japan.
They played: SummerSonic, HACIENDA OISO Fes, NAGISA, and more.
He started this solo-project in 2012. Soon after his debut, his demo tracks were accepted by Japanese traditional artists and he played at galleries with their installation.
He was hailed as a member of a Japanese Arts project with a Sho-dou(Japanese calligraphy) artist "Bunsho Nagata" and a modern sumi(Japanese ink) picture artist "Yasuhiro Nakano". The projects named "NHN" will be held around the world in 2014.
In September 2013, he released "Blowin' in the Wind of Love" EP on Emerald & Doreen Records (Berlin,Germany). The EP was ranked No.1 on whatpeopleplay Electronica topseller chart.
in April 2014, He had a exhibition as "NHN" in Singapore. The exhibition was located in "JapanCreativeCentre" by Japan Embassy. He played everyday on the 2week period of the exhibition. And he played at the local club of Singapore. The 3hours log set was extended 1hour by the request from the club and the clouds who excited by his playing.
In June 2014, He has a gig at Giardino dell'ArteCultura in Florence, Italy. The gig will be held as the culture exchange event of Japan and Italy. He will plays his music as the headliner of the event.
Now, in November 2014, he goes to RedBullMusicAcademy as one of the participants.
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