Haco

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Haco
Born Kobe, Japan
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • record producer
  • sound designer
Instruments
Years active1981–present
Labels
Website www.hacohaco.net

Haco is a Japanese singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist, known for her work with After Dinner [1] [2] and Hoahio, [3] among others. [4] [5]

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Following formal studies in acoustics, electronic music and recording technology in 1980, [4] Haco came to international attention fronting the group After Dinner (active between 1981–1991), helped by their association with the "Rock in Opposition"-related label Recommended Records. Haco would later appear in Step Across the Border , a 1990 documentary film on Henry Cow's Fred Frith, as well as contributing music to the soundtrack. [1]

Haco released her first solo album in 1995, and embarked on her first solo European tour a year later. [6] More recently, Haco has worked with the groups Happiness Proof, Hoahio and Ash in the Rainbow, and has recorded or performed with countless other artists, such as David Toop, Otomo Yoshihide, Nobukazu Takemura, Pierre Bastien, Anthony Moore and Carl Stone.

In addition to her more conventional album releases Haco has also worked in the fields of sound art; curating exhibitions and installations and establishing the sound art project View Masters (with focus on the environmental sounds of daily life), [7] later beginning the production and curation of a four-year series of View Masters lectures, concerts and workshops in 2002.

Discography (albums as leader or co-leader)

After Dinner

Hoahio

Kam-pas-nel-la

Ash in the Rainbow

Yesterday's Heroes

Synapse

Diane Labrosse, Martin Tetreault, and Haco

Haco, Takako Minekawa, Dustin Wong, and Tarnovski

Vocal contributions

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References

  1. 1 2 Orens, Geoff. "After Dinner". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kim, Joshua Minsoo (2022-09-30). "After Dinner: Paradise of Replica". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. ↑ Westergaard, Sean. "Hoahio". AllMusic . Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. 1 2 Priest, Gail. "A Branching Practice". Real Time Arts. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "In the first of our Le Guess Who? previews, MusicMap speaks to Japanese musician and sound artist Haco..." MusicMap. 2019-09-06.
  6. 1 2 Walters, John L (2001-04-27). "On the edge CD of the week". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  7. 1 2 Toop, David (2004-07-01). "Moving through sound". Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, and Memory. Serpents Tai. pp. 118–119. ISBN   1852428120.
  8. ↑ "Haco – Stereo bugscope 00 – Soundohm". www.soundohm.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  9. ↑ Gottschalk, Jennie (2016-08-11). "Scientific Approaches". Experimental Music Since 1970. Bloomsbury USA Academic. p. 68. ISBN   978-1628922479.
  10. ↑ "Review: Haco - Riska (DIW)". www.squidco.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  11. ↑ "Hidden Gems: Haco, "Secret Garden"". Bandcamp Daily. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  12. ↑ "Haco". Chain D.L.K. Interviews. 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  13. ↑ "Haco". Chain D.L.K. Interviews. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  14. ↑ "After Dinner: 1982-85". Spectrum Culture. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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