Biography
Born in Hiroshima, Kashiwa Daisuke (柏大輔) started off as the composer and guitarist of post-rock band Yodaka in 2001. Being inspired by the band's psychedelic sound due to a post-rock approach, and by Maurizio Bianchi, he started a solo project in 2004.
As a solo artist his idea is to create not only acoustic, but also electronic filmy soundscapes and atmospheres, by melting together a variety of classic instruments, spoken word snippets, and crisp beats. With a proper amount of ambient music, all of these form an exquisite sound experience.
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In May 2005, his first official track "Travelaroundstars", covered by the reading voice of Francoise Cactus, the vocalist of Stereo Total, an electro-pop band from Berlin, was recorded for the soundtrack to the book "Des Ne'vroses Pour La Saint Valentin".
In 2006, his first album - April.#02 - was released on onpa ([MMOP-CD002). This was followed by April.#07 (MMOP-CD004) - a remix album, featuring remixes by DJ Olive Oil, Takeshi Nishimoto and Lem - in 2007. His second album came in 2007, this time on Noble Records (CXCA-1212). Program Music I only featured two tracks, but whose runtime is still over an hour. Its rich textures and depths were noted, with one critic claiming, "It's a combination of sound and image, rather than probably sound landscape, in terms of itself."
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Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.