This started out as an acoustic piece in the vein of Salif Keita. It didn't work out and slowly disintegrated into this.

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I was trained in tradition, yet I stepped beyond its walls. Sound is my language, not to decorate but to liberate. Composer, performer, and listener — one fire, three sparks, inseparable.

I write and compose to uncover what is hidden: the truth buried beneath power, the dignity of the ordinary, the current of awareness that flows through all.

I belong to no authority, only to sound, to truth, to the silence from which all begins. My work is not mastery, but remembrance — a manifesto in every note, every word, every breath.

I am a composer of the 21st century: a studio artist. The studio is my forge, my battlefield, my sanctuary. Machines hum like choirs, circuits burn like torches, cables twist like roots in the earth. Tradition breaks open in this fire — the score turns to light, the instrument becomes the world itself.

To be a studio artist is to seize sound at its rawest, to sculpt electricity and breath as one, to summon the invisible power that belongs to all. Here music is not bound by walls, not enslaved by profit, not tamed by form. It is free, untouchable, unending — a living flame for the century that is ours.

𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚊, 𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚞𝚒, 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎, 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝.

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 C𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 C𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚡, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚜𝚎. 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎.

I started creating music on my old PC back in 2002 using DAWs such as Buzz, Fl Studio and Reason. As my artist name suggest I mostly compose tunes that have an ambient edge. My main passion is creating soundscapes, be they soft drifting drones/piano pieces/heavily synth driven, weirdly abstract and classical and orchestral pieces. I mainly compose using apps on my IPad but also make use of whatever instruments I have lying around such as my Pocket Operators, Modal Craftsynth, my favourite is an Early Learning Centre keyboard.

In the past my tracks have been played in BBC Radio Oxford and BBC 6 Music. Over the years I have collaborated with people from all over the world. Please message me if you would like to collaborate 😀

New album of my unit Electric Seagull in my studio Live
https://xix-japan.bandcamp.com/album/blueprint-of-the-electric-seagull

new Live Movie: Please follow on my Channel!!!
https://youtu.be/6uO1EnwI_Kg?si=AQm574zyXMKRscyG

Thank you for your listening and following.
I am Japanese Violinist,Improviser,Composer,Sound designer,
Experimental ,Noise,Ambient,Drone,Neo classical,etc

Now,I try to explain why I make music in inprovisation style.
As you know,
We had the big accident last year (2011.3.11)in Japan.

We lost and many people in that accident.Many people now lost their house,
or can`t return their home because of Nukes accident.

I could not play,listen music at all.

But,After several years,I started play music again.

I improvise for lost and living people at the same time.
It is the reason .

New!
Experimental Video on Youtube. Please Check it and follow my channel!!
https://youtu.be/oNdwvPrkYtk

29/Oct/2022  Electric Seagull online live !!
Here  ->https://youtu.be/KCzUQtqLkMU
Please put likes and Subscribe on my channel!! 

iTunes Music store
http://itunes.apple.com/jp/artist/big-papa-shonan/id516489801

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-have-Blues--Sing-you/dp/B007RAIIW8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333765302&sr=8-2
From Papa`s studio in my house(Yamaha Avitex)

Guitar Stratcaster (Fender 1956)
          J-200 (Gibson 1962)
         Dobro,National,  I love vintage guitar.
DTM:Logic pro,Ableton Live,Studio One,and many litlle gadgets

Good music for you.

I started playing around with digital music creation in my early twenties, but I have always been haunted by a quote from Theo Parrish who said that he is "not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry", meaning that you need to put effort into learning and mastering the skills in order to bring something good. I studied computer science and have a passion for logics and programming and somehow my lack of any musical background has kept me from publishing any of my works.

Many years later I got inspired by an interview with Thomas Fehlmann where he explained how the focus in his work is not on the result so much but on the process itself. How the process is a "source of expression" and something he just feels he has to do. This resonated with me and I realised that it's ok to be an autodidact in music and it's ok to make music just for the sake of making music. I make music for me and if you, dear listener, like it along the way I'm very happy about that.

I am inspired by nature, natural processes and the interaction we have with them. Organic asymmetric fractal patterns that are rooted in logic but unpredictable as they express. How a particular stormy night can affect the shape and growth of a plant for years to come.

I use Bitwig Studio to create my tracks.

(I don't always respond with "thanks" to each comment but I read and appreciate all. If you have a question or really need a reply send me a message)

(With a few artists we run a little group on discord to discuss ideas and what not. The link is below if you're interested in joining)

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𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚢