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midori hirano is a musician, composer, sound artist and producer, born in Kyoto/Japan and now based in Berlin/Germany. She has been playing music since from the age of 5 when she used a piano to flesh out her earliest compositions. While this led her to major in classical piano at university, it was the less traditional aspects of electronica that would ultimately prove her major inspiration.
A native to Kyoto, Japan but making the creative pilgrimage to Berlin in 2008, her productions are based around the use of traditional instrumentation – piano, strings, voice – and augmented with often subtle electronic processing and digital samples creating a rich, rolling sound that is at once warm and melodic while tracing unexpected musical trajectories.
Her first album, LushRush, was released on Noble records in 2006 and was primarily a collaborative affair, seeing her work with a number of guest musicians to create one of those beautiful, sprawling debuts that radiates a hazy blissfulness upon first listen. Her second, Klo:Yuri, saw her further develop her sound, garnering critical acclaim from various magazines in the world including TIME magazine. She is also in demand as a composer of soundtracks for European and Asian films, with 2008 seeing her become the only Japanese composer to invited to take part in the Berlinale Talent Campus, hosted by the Berlin International Film Festival.
Her first album, LushRush, was released on Noble records in 2006 and was primarily a collaborative affair, seeing her work with a number of guest musicians to create one of those beautiful, sprawling debuts that radiates a hazy blissfulness upon first listen. Her second, Klo:Yuri, saw her further develop her sound, garnering critical acclaim from various magazines in the world including TIME magazine. She is also in demand as a composer of soundtracks for European and Asian films, with 2008 seeing her become the only Japanese composer to invited to take part in the Berlinale Talent Campus, hosted by the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Scythelence wrote:
c'est sympa ce qu'elle fait!
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endote wrote:
I like the singing. ¬_¬
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Darmst wrote:
Her singing is terrible, otherwise some great stuff
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kennedi_jam wrote:
Bagus... +_+b
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fufuco wrote:
metafisico sublim .fernando fuao
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ohh1972 wrote:
Why do I always just get a red x for her picture in my playlist? Somebody fix this?
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yumenokatachi01 wrote:
Zzzzz..
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kaplain wrote:
Hi, my debut album is out, if you enjoy ambient piano music like Rachel Grimes, Yann Tiersen, Max Richter, Michael Nyman ... Download High MP3 or Flac+ full digital booklet at http://stephanehoreczko.bandcamp.com/ or shop at iTunes, Amazonmp3, emusic, Lala, Rhapsody .... warmest regards http://stephane.horeczko.free.fr keep in touch Stéphane
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chlebowypotwor wrote:
guys, you can download Midori's last concert in Poland from my radio's page: http://www.vombatradio.com/vombat-artists/midori-hirano/ . At times it's peaking but we had some problems with the computer. Vombat is a station that broadcasts events from clubs and musicians' homes live through internet. If you could help us spread the word we'd be very grateful :)
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agrilledfish wrote:
Her music would be much better if she didn't try to sing...everything else about it is excellent!
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birtuoz wrote:
mmmMMM great stuff
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djstanden wrote:
Check out my feature on Midori Hirano: http://www.eastmagazine.co.uk/blog/blog_details.asp?topic=1586
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obelisko1971 wrote:
美しい音楽..~_~..
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dyna-soar wrote:
did she move to germany recently?
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chiareuse wrote:
infinito....
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lemalicieux wrote:
just amazing in live.
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brtkrbzhnv wrote:
Definitely a goddess.
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broadacrecity wrote:
oh inspiring! http://www.last.fm/music/broadacre+city
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sp1ti wrote:
good stuf!
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von_Reinhard wrote:
Мне очень нравится))
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UK / Irish Tour in November 2009
16 Jul 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/midorihirano
Hello all,As I'm going to join in LIFEM 2009 which will be
held in London on November 7th, I'm planning to make a short tour
around in the UK and Ireland. Its considered period is between from
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20 Oct 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/midorihirano
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