Shohei Iwasaki (岩崎昇平, Iwasaki Shōhei) (1962 – April 14, 2005), better known by his stage name Monde Bruits (モンド・ブリューイッツ, French for "noise world"), was a Japanese noise musician. He was one of the earliest in Japan's noise scene, and it was Iwasaki who organized Masami Akita's first Merzbow show in Osaka, Japan. He was also involved in ABM (with Fusao Toda and Naoto Hayashi), MXM (with Macronympha), and Sian (with Aube).

Monde Bruits
Birth nameShohei Iwasaki
Born1962
DiedApril 14, 2005 (aged 42–43)
GenresNoise
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Electronics, effects, synthesizer
LabelsVanilla Records, G.R.O.S.S.

Iwasaki died in a motorcycle accident in 2005.[1]

Discography edit

  • Portuguese Man-of-War (1991)
  • Irresponsibility (1991)
  • Purgatory (1992)
  • Psychosomatic Performance (1993)
  • Selected Noise Works 93-94 (1994)
  • Fragmentagraph (1996) (split with Pain Jerk)
  • Monde Bruits (1999)

References edit

  1. ^ Gomi, Kohei. "◎ memorial page of 岩崎昇平 ◎". www.web-rain.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

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