Ray Kunimoto

Sound Artist

Born in New York, 1991 and Based in Brooklyn, New York. Graduated from Keio University, Bachelor of Arts, Aesthetics and Science of Arts.
Since N.O.R.K. disbanded in 2015, a R&B duo that Kunimoto initially formed with Nariaki Obukuro, he has been composing music for installation works that are displayed in museums, and creating artworks using an original speaker system that he uniquely developed. He relocated to New York in 2017. In 2018, he joined saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu on an European tour; as a duo he was responsible for sound programming and he also performed on the keyboards.
Compose music and sound programing for installations in Japan and overseas. Creating new musical experiences that also involve acoustic design in spaces.
Recent activities include the installations “Multiface - Eclipse #1 (2017)”, “Multiface-Uniformity #1 (2017)”.

music composition & sound design
mail : cubesato0@gmail.com


Junichi Akagawa

Audio/Visual artist and Ableton Certified Trainer.
From 2010 to 2013 he lived in Berlin, presently living in Kyoto Japan.
By programming and using sensor data, he is making live performances, dance pieces and installations.
In 2012 he made a contemporary dance piece “Figure”, which is composed with dynamic images, sharp sounds and human body.
This piece won the Tel Aviv-Yafo•Yokohama Prize in Yokohama Dance Collection EX 2014.
In 2019, he was invited to the collaboration event between MUTEK.JP and 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival.
His first full-length album “Consistency Test” was released on Hz-records in 2017, a single “Dice from the Window” on the label Shrine.jp in 2018.

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オーディオビジュアルアーティスト・Ableton認定トレーナー。
2010年から2013年までベルリンを拠点に活動し、現在は京都在住。
Ableton Liveとmax for live、またopenFrameworksやtouchdesigner等を用い舞台作品のリアルタイム演出やインタラクティブな体験システムの設計から実装を行う。
これまで日本、ドイツ、オランダ、イスラエル、中国など国内外で公演を行い、身体、映像、音を基調としたダンス作品”Figure”では横浜ダンスコレクションEX2014にてイスラエル テルアビブ-ヤフォ・横浜文化交流賞を受賞。2019年には文化庁メディア芸術祭とMUTEK.JPのコラボレーションイベントに出演。
2017年にHz-recordsよりフルアルバム“Consistency Test”、2018年にはShrine.jpより“Dice from the Window”をリリース。
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contact:
info(at)junichiakagawa(dot)net

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