He is a music man engaged in a variety of activities related to sound and music, such as the organizer of Off-Tone, the leading ambient festival in Japan, DJ, sound artist, and sound engineer.
In 2019, he presented a sound art work "Tsunehigoto・WAVE" at the Tougenkyo Art Festival in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki prefecture.
The album " Tsunehigoto / WAVE -You are making the world ring- ", from which the sound parts of the work were extracted, was released in 2021.
In 2023, he produced interior music for the Shibuya Fureai Botanical Centre.
He continues to question the relationship between the environment and music from his unique perspective and philosophy.

Yoshio Ojima is a Japanese producer and musician who has been in pursuit of creating his own distinctive style of ambient music and environmental sounds since the 1980s. He is also a sound designer who has participated in the development of sound systems of many renowned public facilities in Japan such as Spiral (Wacoal Art Center), Living Design Center Ozone, Tokyo Opera City Galleria, etc.

The works that are considered to be his masterpieces are the environmental music collection that he produced for Spiral entitled, Une Collection Des Chainons I & II, HandsSome (Newsic/ Spiral) as well as albums that he collaborated with Satsuki Shibano that he produced, Caresse (Newsic/ Spiral), Music for Element and Belle De Nuit (les disques des chainons).

Due to the recent focus of attention on Japanese ambient and environmental music of the 1980s, Ojima’s past works has been steadily been discovered by a new generation of music fans from around the world. His past works are planned to be reissued from several foreign labels in the near future and he is also working on releasing new material as well.

El Tempo,田我流BAND,Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!,鎮座Dopeness & Doping Band,ex.KINGDOM☆AFROCKS,BANDERAS,
AOA,等、パーカッショニスト、プロデューサーとして様々なグループやセッションで活躍する。

https://www.instagram.com/izponiaizpon/
https://www.youtube.com/@izfono
http://www.mixcloud.com/izponizponia

IZPON debuts as a producer & bassist of garage punk band “The Flamenco A Go Go” in the 90′s.
A band made a topic recording No.1 on the indies chart for over 10 weeks and the release of a boot disc on abroad.
Then,he dismissed a band in 3 years and changed a part to percussion.
IZPON actively attended to live shows & studio recording for a psychedelic jam band of Hira from BOREDAMS “AOA”,
“NXS” by Juzu a.k.a Moochy and etc…
After he has done Australian live & recording + performance at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL with AOA, he stopped working
in Japan and moved to Cuba.In Cuba, he’s had a taught from one of top 5 Bata Drummer “Angel Bolano”and learned
Black Dance Music. For about 2 years, he trained himself as a Bata Drummer for Cuban religious ceremony SANTERIA.
After he came back to Japan, he actively attend to many bands & sessions as a percussionist and produce music for
various musicians TV commercials.
［BAND］
BANDERS,KINGDOM☆AFROCKS, Doping Band, Dogggystyle, Panorama Steel,Orchestra, Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!Romantic Babalu［Supporting Musicians］
HIFANA, CRO-MAGNON, Soil&Pimp Sessions, Super Car, UA, keyco, ill,Hitomitoi, COMA-CHI, Metal Chicks, etc…

Debuted in 1994 with the "Enitokwa EP" from East Edge Records, a subsidiary of the legendary club Space Lab Yellow, at the dawn of  Tokyo  techno scene. Based on Industrial, Noise, Techno, House, and Ambient, he continues to pursue the sublimation of consciousness beyond the pleasure and ecstasy of music. His album Floating Works 1996-1999 (SONIC PLATE) released in 1999 was published in ele-king books' 90's Disc Guide Japanese music edition (2021) and has been handed down through the ages.
In recent years, in 2021, "Re-Promo" (live rehearsal sound source in France in 2001) from Berlin's Future Friend Music was reissued as 2×12”vinyls, played on GiGi FM on NTS Radio. The album "2069" released in 2016 has been highly evaluated overseas, such as being posted on the chart of Daniel Avery. Also, the unit "EYS" with YSK, the leader of Kitakyushu Sound Spaceα `s 1st. Album “Palette” (Muzan Editions 2023), and the 2nd album "Steganos-graphia" of the electronic music trio "Kruispunt" with IEGUTI and MAYUKo (Hanging in the wall 2023 ) has just been released. His latest solo work can be heard on MEDIUM AMBIENT COLLECTION 2022 (Medium Music 2022) and his own label non-entertainment-research.

1994年に伝説的クラブSpace Lab Yellow傘下のEast Edge Recordsから”Enitokwa EP”にて東京テクノ黎明期にデビュー。Industrial, Noise, Techno, House, Ambientをベースに音楽の快楽と恍惚の先にある意識昇華を追求し続けている。1999年にリリースされたアルバムFloating Works 1996-1999 (SONIC PLATE)はele-king booksの90’s Disc Guide 邦楽編（2021)に掲載され時代を超えて語り継がれている。
近年の作品おいても2021年にべルリンのFuture Friend Musicから"Re-Promo”(2001年フランスでのライブリハーサル音源)がアナログLP2枚組で再発 、NTS RadioにてGiGi FM にプレイされ、2016年にリリースされたアルバム”2069”収録曲がDaniel Averyのチャートに掲載される等海外でも評価されている。また北九州Sound Space α主宰 YSKとのユニット"EYS"の 1st. アルバム　Palette（Muzan Editions 2023) や IEGUTI、MAYUKoとの電子音楽トリオ”Kruispunt” の2nd Album ”Steganos-graphia”（Hanging in the wall 2023)もリリースされて間もない。ソロ最新作はMEDIUM AMBIENT COLLECTION 2022 (Medium Music 2022 )や自身のレーベルnon-entertainment-researchで聴くことができる。

Ambientの精神を基調とした音空間をプロデュースしてます。
ライヴ＆DJイベント、イベントへの出張プロデュース等。

Label, booking agency & online record shop

Demo submission: 
We receive a lot of demos every day. Please understand that we are unable to listen to everything. Send your private soundcloud link to: label@kompakt.fm.

https://linktr.ee/kaoruinoue
DJ/Composer/Musician based in Tokyo
also known as "Chari Chari"
running a label "Seeds And Ground"

Operated by Raphael Leray & Honami Higuchi

Premiere of “The Fall of Metatron”, from our debut album Mythoplaxy, out January 16 on @infinite-machine and METAL Magazine: https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/mira

"Noumenal Eggs" EP out on @subtext-recordings
https://mirashindento.bandcamp.com/album/noumenal-eggs

Cybernetics or Ghosts? book/20 years subtext compilation:
https://subtextrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cybernetics-or-ghosts

Evo-lation five V/A
https://evo-natura.bandcamp.com/album/evo-lation-five

Symchthonia [self-release:]
https://mirashindento.bandcamp.com/track/symchthonia
※ Swine Daily Premiere: https://swinedaily.com/swine-premiere-mira/

Fact Magazine Video Premiere  "Noumenal Eggs" :
https://www.factmag.com/2022/08/16/mira-noumenal-eggs

Mixmag:
https://mixmag.asia/read/mira-noumenal-eggs-post-industrial-ep-subtext-recordings-new-releases

All streaming platforms:
https://lnk.to/noumenal-eggs

Cover photo by Alexandra Koumantaki, installation in the background by runurunu.

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