sawako

Ambient / Electronica / Experimental

Brooklyn, NY

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About

hello! this is sawako's official virb page. in this page, you can listen her early works. to listen her recent tracks, check her mySpace page.
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: : SAWAKO BIO : :
Sawako is a sound sculptor and timeline-based artist who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. Once through the processor named Sawako, fragments in everyday life float in space vividly with a digital yet organic texture. Her unique sonic world has been called "post romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly Dig.
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Sawako released her albums from 12k (USA), and/OAR(USA) and Anticipate (upcoming, USA). She had collaborated with Taylor Deupree, asuna, HYPO, RF, Toshimaru Nakamura, Taku Sugimoto, Andrew Deutsch, Jacob Kirkegaard, Kenneth Kirschner, Radiosonde, among others.
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She has performed internationally as an audio and/or visual artist in MUTEK (Canada): Tonic, Diapason, Monkey Town, Issue Project Room, Starbucks Salon, BAP Festival (NYC); Corcoran Gallery (Washington DC); Overlap (SF, USA); Resonance FM, Glade Festival (UK); The Contemporary Museum of Art Bordeaux (France); Batofar (Paris); Kunstraum Walcheturm (Zurich); C.B.K. Art Center (Netherlands); Niu Gallery (Barcelona); m12 (Berlin); Offsite, Metro, Bullets, Super Delux, Uplink, Apple Store (Japan). She had lectured in World Forum of Acoustic Ecology and Alfred University.
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Her work has been featured in The Wire (UK), Blow Up (Italy), Improvised Music from Japan (Japan), Bounce(Japan), NY Art (US), e/i magazine (US), Boston Globe (US), EPOK (France), DEBUG (Germany), Go MAG (Spain), GAFFA (Denmark) among others.
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Born in Nagoya, Japan, studying the classical piano over 10 years and Japanese Nohgaku Theatre for 6 years when she was a child.
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official site: http://www.troncolon.com
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live dates on...: http://www.myspace.com/sawako
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free mp3 ring tone on...: toneShared.com
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Comments(21)

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:::rannou, Nov 14, 2008:

LAST DOMINION LOST, Oct 06, 2008:

with many thanks

kurt liedwart, Jul 06, 2008:

thanks for the bitter sweet friendship! best, k

duv, Jun 17, 2008:

just got BITTER SWEET from emusic and am quite enjoying it. quite unique in the electronic space right now. as if it has more affinity with other forms and ideas going on elsewhere.

:::rannou, Apr 30, 2008:

b e a u t i f u l