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Casino Versus Japan is the recording name for Erik Kowalski (born May 5, 1973), a United States-based electronic musician from Lexington, Kentucky by way of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who produces intelligent dance music (IDM for short) with baroque melodies and distorted trip-hop beats.
As a young boy in Wisconsin he recorded episodes of television series Miami Vice, sampling Jan Hammer’s music, later collecting them, and playing them over the backdrop of other musical genres. After a brief stint with model railroading such experiments with tape grew less obvious. Samples were collected from a range of sources, and eventually mixed with meagre homespun recordings. Later attending Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Kowalski would often be found playing the grand piano in the empty auditorium rather than attending class, slowly teaching himself chord progressions. During this same period, he also learned the basics of other instruments including guitar and drums in an effort to put together simple songs. By then, other influences began to take hold.
Kowalski (recording guitar-based, ambient/experimental music as Radiogate in 1996 and 1997) found many creative peers and grew into an integrated underground electronic music community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His tenure at Atomic Records, along with writing for the alternative fanzine Milk Magazine, kept him informed on developments within many styles of innovative music.
As a young boy in Wisconsin he recorded episodes of television series Miami Vice, sampling Jan Hammer’s music, later collecting them, and playing them over the backdrop of other musical genres. After a brief stint with model railroading such experiments with tape grew less obvious. Samples were collected from a range of sources, and eventually mixed with meagre homespun recordings. Later attending Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Kowalski would often be found playing the grand piano in the empty auditorium rather than attending class, slowly teaching himself chord progressions. During this same period, he also learned the basics of other instruments including guitar and drums in an effort to put together simple songs. By then, other influences began to take hold.
Kowalski (recording guitar-based, ambient/experimental music as Radiogate in 1996 and 1997) found many creative peers and grew into an integrated underground electronic music community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His tenure at Atomic Records, along with writing for the alternative fanzine Milk Magazine, kept him informed on developments within many styles of innovative music.
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Go Hawaii
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Whole Numbers Play The Basics
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Hitori + Kaiso 1998-2001 (Disc 2)
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d0p4m1n3 wrote:
via hotknives
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DiddL wrote:
also very sunny ...
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jcotteri wrote:
interesting.. very interesting
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oh_iris wrote:
amazing music...
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p-hop wrote:
Finally got my hands on the self titled album. Super chillll.
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raise_it_up wrote:
New album late this year
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Shpongling wrote:
zzxasd43and said what i came here to say. I love his sound, but his songs loop too much and i get bored of them about 3 minutes in -- and this is coming from a Benn Jordan fan.
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Yellowfield wrote:
New album would be great :)
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twoism2 wrote:
Go Hawaii is a classic album. Hoping for signs of new stuff someday.
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thomhp wrote:
Amazing stuff, never gets old :)
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zzxasd43and wrote:
boring and monotonous. soothing, however. i feel the songs would sound the same cut down to 2 or 3 minutes. worth listening to only when it pops up on shuffle.
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Lordmarth wrote:
Erik is such a unique artist in the IDM sphere. Very warm & melodic stuff. Addictive.
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noisegood wrote:
Casino Versus Japan CONCERT According the CVJ Myspace Music page July 4th 2009 10:30 AM at Phoenix Park (downtown) Lexington, Kentucky USA Cost: Free We are flying in from Dallas - but would come from another continent... hoping this represents a big new wave of CVJ releases. I hope those of you who are blown away by CVJ are supporting an artist of such uncommon talent by purchasing complete new CDs or downloading in such a manner that he gets paid. I know of no other composer/musician that mines such soulful depths whilst presenting such a painfully optimistic wall of sound. >fresh NOT derivative<, liquid, precise, eternal, relevant, so vaguely informed/underpinned by far Eastern music sensibilities, relentless, melancholy, haunting, contemplative, introspective, sharing... This guy owns a sub genre - someone needs to hurry up and figure out a name for it. Hey P-Hop! - just go ahead & buy Hitori + Kaiso CD - even one good CVJ song is worth $20 MJS
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mister_electric wrote:
Wiscompton represent. This guy IS a genius. Helps fill the void until the next BoC release...
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xgeorgx wrote:
genius!
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apocolypsenow wrote:
yep , i love b.o.c but this guy edge's it ! absolutely awesome!
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kida101 wrote:
Erik...you're the man. If anyone is interested, Casino scored a short film I did at NYU with original music. Peep it on my youtube.com/kida101 it's called Stranger, adaptation of Albert Camus novel. And he's def on the same level as BoC...if not better. But he doesn't release really any new music cuz of some personal problems...such a shame. Come back Casino...ambient needs you!!!
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senorita_ve wrote:
very nice!!!!!!!!
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DotsDisconnect wrote:
this description sounds very enticing
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sls wrote:
whole numbers play the basics is so great
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