Yosi Horikawa is a Japanese musician and sound designer. He is characterized by making music with nature sounds.[1] Horikawa has released several EPs and two albums with music labels Eklektic Records, First Word Records, and Borrowed Scenery.
Career edit
Yosi Horikawa grew up in Osaka in a family little involved in music.[1] At the age of 12, he was interested in making music, but he did not have musical instruments. He sought things that sounded good around him, such as rice boxes, soup stock bags, and chopsticks, and he recorded them with home Tape decks.[2] Horikawa's main influences were new jack swing, West Coast Hip-Hop, Pete Rock, Teddy Riley, and DJ Premier.[2] He moved to Tokyo at 18 to study architecture and acoustics at a university.[2]
His first EP, Touch, was released on French label Eklektic Records. In 2011, he contributed the track "Passion" to the Nihon Kizuna compilation for tsunami relief. In 2011, he participated in Red Bull Music Academy Madrid. In 2012, he launched the EP Wandering from London's First Word Records. In 2013, he launched its first album Vapor,[3] considered by Fact Magazine and Japan Times as one of the Best Albums of 2013.[4][5]
In 2019, Horikawa launched, with Daisuke Tanabe, his last album Spaces on label Borrow Scenery.[1]
Discography edit
| Title | Release date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touch | 5 April 2010 | Eklektik Records | EP, CD[6] |
| Wandering | 18 June 2012 | First Word Records | EP[7] |
| Vapor | 24 June 2013 | First Word Records | Album, CD[8] |
| Spaces | 31 May 2019 | Borrowed Scenery | Album, LP[9] |
References edit
- ^ a b c Kundu, Satvika (25 July 2019). "'I would like to float in the air': Yosi Horikawa On Shaping Sound, 'Spaces' & Borrowed Scenery". www.thewildcity.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Needham, Jack (12 September 2019). "Yosi Horikawa travels the world's most obscure corners to source unique field recordings". Mixmag. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Yosi Horikawa — SSI". spatialsoundinstitute.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "The best albums of 2013 so far: FACT contributors' picks – Page 6 of 14". Fact Magazine. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Hadfield, James (17 December 2013). "The best Japanese albums of 2013: Yosi Horikawa, 'Vapor'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Yosi Horikawa – Touch (2010, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Yosi Horikawa – Wandering (2012, File)". Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Yosi Horikawa – Vapor (2013, CD)". Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Yosi Horikawa – Spaces (2019, Vinyl)". Retrieved 3 March 2021.