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Nara, Japan (1967 – present)

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Aki Onda is a self-taught musician, composer, producer, photographer, and multi-media artist. Onda currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Onda was born in Nara, Japan, on August 27, 1967. He was brought up in an unusual and eccentric environment that stimulated him artistically. His mother was a painter and his father was a university professor and former Olympic hockey player. Onda studied painting, textiles and photography from an early age, although he dropped out of formal education. Onda started his career as a photographer when he was 16 years old. His first assignment was to take photographs of musicians for magazines in Osaka and Kyoto. Through numerous photo shoots he became acquainted with many well-known musicians and decided to become a musician himself. He started making music with the sampler and computer, and formed Audio Sports with Eye Yamatsuka and Nobukazu Takemura in Osaka in 1990. After releasing the group’s first album, Onda moved to Tokyo and established himself as a producer. He soon became a sought-after studio technician because of his in-depth knowledge of music production. As a result, he was involved in nearly 100 projects in Japan while still in his twenties. From 1996 to 1997, Onda set up a base in London and recorded his solo albums Beautiful Contradiction and Un Petit Tour, which reflected his visual and poetic sensibility. Soon he released two more albums: Precious Moment, in 2001, and Don’t Say Anything, in 2002.
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  • sonotsoso

    vary gourd

    November 2011

  • valhalla91

    drugs

    September 2011

  • vavawoom

    great show in riga. thanx

    June 2010

  • lvr123

    Seen yesterday at Q2O, Brussels. First time I see the guy. Very different from his "Precious Moment" album. Great moment. With tapes, radios and other noise generators.

    June 2010

  • ISSUEPrjctRoom

    Check out ISSUE Project Room. Aki Onda has played here multiple times!

    August 2009

  • ftralala

    Very deep music, in the edge of psychosis ! Very good stuff !

    March 2009

  • TKi

    walkmanXcore \m/

    August 2008

  • SWCHNO

    amazing stuff!

    July 2008
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