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"aus combines rich in detail,sensibly constructed arrangements
with wonderful melodies that evoke feelings of
melancholy and optimism at the same time" - Ulrich Schnauss
"consistently enthralling artist" - boomkat
"a supremely good electronic artist" - smallfish
aus is the talented Yasuhiko Fukuzono from Tokyo, Japan.
He started his journey in the world of music at the age of 4, when
his family sent him to attend piano classes. Years later, naturally,
He began to compose simple electronic music using a keyboard when
he was 13 years old. It was in this four years of toying with a
keyboard and a tape recorder, that opened up a whole new dimension
in his world of music making.
In 2006, this prolific young musician, who is also a graduate majoring
in educational psychology, already has 4 gorgeous albums under his
belt − two limited released by the belgium label u-cover,
one released by Music
Related in N.Y. and the latest by preco
from Japan. the album called Lang became a huge
hit throughout Japan.
the Lang remix album gathered many popular musicians like ulrich
schnauss, manual, joshua eustis (telefon tel aviv), kettel, isan,
bracken, dosh, epic45, the remote viewer and state river widening.
His first worldwide release is Curveland (2007)
from moteer. The music video of the track "With Rain"
(included in the album) made by Takafumi Tsuchiya was nominated
in the music video category at the world famous visual festival
Aurora 2007 among BECK, Zero7 and Subtle. After All
is his 6th album from his own label flau, following the highly acclaimed
Curveland. All the tracks are brand new based on the songs he made
when he was a teenager. The album is featuring great guest artists
from around the world such as Craig Tattersall (aka The Remote Viewer
/ The Boats), Lindsay Anderson (L'altra), Sylvain Cheauveau, Andreas
Berger (glim), Cokiyu, Geskia, mondii and Yukiko Okamoto.
His newest release is Light in August, Later from
someone good of australian label.
aus has performed at SonarSound Tokyo 2006, Tokyo Mid-Town Openeng
Showcase, Summer Sonic Festival 2009, De La Fantasia Festival and
has done remixes for many international acts including tujiko noriko,
the declining winter (aka hood), fedaden, northerner, the boats,
miou miou and the heart horses also producing for foreign artists
like robert svensson and squares on both sides. Recently, aus co-founded
post-pop ensemble Mita Kuuluu with gutevolk and itoken.
He loves to re-discover and re-invent the nature of the sounds around
him, over and over again. "It gives birth to new nature by
changing the nature" quoted by this quirky composer.
Acquiring his inspirations from all over the places - images that
his mind captured from movies, words that he stumbled upon, pieces
of music that drop out from TV and radio, nomadic dreams, long lost
memories and indescribable inner feelings - Fukuzono writes music
that illustrate the detailed movements of life. and quite often,
he illustrates, with his subtle music skills, in films too.
Since 1998, he has been composing music for the films and short
movies made by Takafumi Tsuchiya, who is also the
visual support for aus's performances and the co-producer for some
of aus's works. So far, he has crafted some of his most beautiful
compositions for the 6 films and short movies shot by Takafumi Tsuchiya.
"It's Tomorrow Already" is one such example.Find this short film
at dotmov
festival 2006 and European Media Art Festival. aus was also
making a soundtrack for video artist Iris Piers.
With new album scheduled to be released in 2010, Yasuhiko Fukuzono
a.k.a. aus's exquisite journey of delicate and imaginative sounds,
continues...
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