About Miko
Miko (Rie Mitsutake) is a Japanese female singer/songwriter and multi-instrmentalist from the outskirts of Tokyo. She creates melodic and experimental music by playing various kinds of instruments, singing, and sampling many sounds.
Miko started playing instruments since she was very young. Around 2000, she began recording songs in her bedroom using her 8 track MTR.
She has released her debut album Parade from Japanese label PLOP in 2008. After 2 years since her debut album, Miko's long awaited 2nd album called "Chandelier" was released from an Australian label Someone Good.
In addition to her solo work, she is working on collabolation with various musicians.
女性音楽家、光武理絵によるソロユニット。2008年PLOPより1stアルバムParadeを発表し世界デビュー。2010年Someone Goodよりリリースした2ndアルバムChandelierは、米インディ・ミュージックの有力メディアPitchforkで「ユニークで未来的、新しいフォークミュージック」と高い評価を得るなど注目される。2011年Celerと共にオーストラリアツアーを敢行。Oorutaichi、Ytamoらと共にFrankly! festival に出演。自ら作曲、演奏、録音、ミックスまでこなすが、最近は歌、楽器の演奏によりフォーカスした制作スタイルにシフトしつつある。本能的、かつ折衷的な独自の音楽センスを活かし、様々なアーティストとコラボレーションもしている。その振り幅は、フォーク、アンビエント、エレクトロニカ、ロック、ダブに及ぶなど多岐にわたる。ギタリストとしても活躍中。ライブでは弾き語りをすることが多い。現在、Celerとの共作、ソロでのアコースティック作品を制作中。
視聴はこちら→http://www.myspace.com/mikohome
http://soundcloud.com/mikohereMiko at Discogs http://www.discogs.com/artist/Miko+%2815%29
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Chandelier (October 2010)
Someone Good
Reviews
Sophomore album Chandelier, like Kosemura's excellent Polaroid Piano from last year, takes a turn toward the organic. The result shapes restrained, homespun instrumentation into something at once quaint and futuristic......read all
Chandelier is the product of a lover of sound. It is an album that when explored deeply is rich with auditory rewards. The overriding sense one feels from listening to this record is that of calm and one may wonder if it is the artist’s appreciation for the vast palette of noises that this world contains which allows her to evoke this feeling of ease. ......read all
I wish all folk artists were like Miko. I don’t mean that I wish that they all sounded like Miko – what is great about Chandelier is that it doesn’t fit the mould of ‘folk’, in spite of having many of its familiar signposts. . ......read all
Parade (June 2008)
naturebliss (PLOP)
amazon(US) /
boomkat(Europe) /
amazon(JP)
Reviews
There's something new unfolding at almost every turn on Parade, and when its songs are simple, they're not simplistic; when they get more complex, they don't lose the purity that made them charming in the first place.....read all
Poptronica on the outside indeed, this playful sounding music - she dubbed her album Parade because she wanted to offer her audience something equally entertaining - commands serious attention as repeated listenings reveal a highly accomplished organizer of sound. This is my "arts-and-crafts project" of the year - Miko takes what appear to be deceptively straightforward ingredients - her voice, an electric guitar, some inexpensive machines and beat boxes - and creates some highly inventive music.....read all
