Shintaro Haioka is captivated by electronic music.
He is a translator of the culture of his homeland — and at times, a deliberate mistranslator.
Inspired by traditional Ukiyo-e art — a style that roughly translates as “pictures of the floating world” — Haioka offers a distinctively Japanese take on modern electronic music, connecting the past with the future, and Japan with the world. He supplements his digital compositions with Japanese traditional instruments, guitar, and field recordings, and the result is airy and deliberate, delicate and decisive. Within it, there is a sense of space and breath that echoes ancient Japanese music.
Haioka creates not only music as a form of self-expression, but also works across a wide range of styles, while never abandoning his point of origin
灰岡慎太郎は電子音楽に魅せられている。そして祖国の文化の翻訳者、あるいは誤訳者でもある。
伝統的な浮世絵からインスピレーションを受けながら、近代的なエレクトロニック・ミュージックに独自の日本的解釈で取り組む彼の音楽は過去と未来、日本と世界を繋ぐ。デジタルな楽曲に日本の伝統楽器やフィールド・レコーディングを重ね、優雅でデリケートながら意志の強さを感じさせる音楽を作り上げる。 そこには、日本古来の音楽に通じる空白と呼吸がある。
彼は自分を表現する音楽だけでなく、幅広いスタイルの楽曲やインスタレーションを手がけるが、そのすべてにおいて原点となる場所がブレることはない。
Exhibition at Embassy of Japan in Singapore
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Speech and Performance
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Music producing
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Music Producing
Interactive sound art
Music producing for YAMAHA
Interactive sound art 2.0
Improvised live session
Music Producing for Installation Art
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Music Direction for 20th Anniversary Exhibition
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Sound Installation Performance