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MimiCof aka midori hirano "RundSkipper" PFCD25

by MimiCof aka midori hirano

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Borderline 05:04
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Foil 04:06
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Sea And Sun 04:06
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Pulled Up 05:13
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Tunnel 04:41
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Skipper 04:48
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Neutron Star 03:35
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about

「Marvellous, brilliant, great, I like it very much!」Frank Bretschneider aka KOMET (raster-noton)

Album Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OJUK6Uqh0M
Sea And Sun Promotional Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ1Su1Wj3u0
Aria, But Secret Promotional Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dgkh6xIEcE

MimiCof "Pulled Up (Serph Remix)" www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6lZbjH348

「MimiCof」とは:
midori hiranoとしての活動と平行し、コンピュータによるプロセッシング等を多用するなどエレクトロニックミュージック的なアプローチを中心とした新しいソロプロジェクト。

What is "MimiCof":
A new solo project centered on electronic music-like approaches, such as extensive use of computer processing etc. in parallel with activities as midori hirano.

「RundSkipper」とは:
ドイツ語で「丸い」を意味するRundを地球と見立てて、「地球をスキップする人」。この作品はアートワークも含めて、東京、ベルリン、米国など地球上の離れた土地にいる人間同士の協力で成り立っているので、そういう意味も含めて考えてつけてみました。

What is "RundSkipper":
"The person who skips the earth" with Rund, which means "round" in German, as the earth. Because this work is made up of the cooperation between people in distant lands on earth, such as Tokyo, Berlin, and the United States, including artwork, I thought about it including that meaning.

「RundSkipper」の音楽的なヴィジョン/イメージ:
今回は多様なリズムパターンと電子音に特化したアルバムを作る事で、何らかのイメージを想起させるものよりはむしろ純粋な音世界を見せようと思って作り始めましたが、一曲づつ完成していくにつれて気付いたのは表現の仕方は異なるにせよ自分が以前から発表してきた作品と同じく、太陽の光だったり暮れてゆく空だったり空気の匂いだったり地球上にあふれる根源的な色と息づかいがそこにあって、結局自分が表現したいのはそういうものだったんだということでした。

Musical vision / image of "RundSkipper":
This time, I made an album specializing in various rhythm patterns and electronic sounds, and I started to create a pure sound world rather than a thing that evokes some kind of image, but completed one by one What I noticed was that although the way of expression was different, as with the works I had published before, it was the light of the sun, of the sky, of the air, of the air, of the air, of the earth and of the underlying colors that overflowed on the earth There was that, and what I wanted to express in the end was that kind of thing.

MimiCof midorihirano.com

Originally from Kyoto, born in 1979. A musician currently living in Germany / Berlin. After graduating from university with a classical piano major, in addition to pianos and other acoustic instruments, he created a variety of music while freely manipulating electronic sounds, field recording, sampling, vocals, etc. So far Midori hirano has been MIDI creative Announced 2 albums from / noble. In addition, he has participated in many label compilations in Japan and abroad, and in collaboration with artists. The second album "klo: yuri", released in 2008, will be featured in the well-known news magazine "TIME Magazine", which is well-known worldwide, and also about the recordings and live performances of London's BBC radio program. It will be widely recognized in overseas media, such as being introduced. In addition to producing his own works, he also expanded his activities in the field of movie music, such as in charge of movie soundtracks for domestic and international films, and in February 2008 a program for young filmmakers sponsored by the Berlin International Film Festival. He is invited to the "Berlinale Talent Campus" as the only Japanese in the composer category this year. Since 2008, he has performed many live performances in various locations in Europe based in Berlin, and in February 2011, he will be playing audio of the live video of Bernd Friedmann & Jaki Liebezeit in the Berlin Big Festival Club Transmediale. / Performed in a visual set and play with the signal, Deadbeat & Lillevän (ex-Rechenzentrum), Monolake, Tikiman with Scion, etc. In parallel with the activity as midori hirano who produces music mainly composed of live instruments, and widening the range of its expression as a new solo project MimiCof centered on electronic music like approaches, such as extensive use of computer processing etc. In June 2011, Mimi Cof will release its first full album "RundSkipper" from PROGRESSIVE FOrM.

京都府出身、1979年生まれ。現在ドイツ/ベルリン在住の音楽家。大学をクラシックピアノ専攻で卒業した後に、ピアノを始めとするアコースティック楽器に加え、電子音やフィールドレコーディング、サンプリング、ボーカルなどを自在に操りながら多彩な音楽を作り出し、これまでにmidori hiranoとしてはMIDIクリエイティブ/nobleから2枚のアルバムを発表。その他、国内外のレーベルコンピレーションや、アーティストとのコラボレーションにも数多く参加。2008年にリリースされたセカンドアルバム「klo:yuri」は世界的に知られる老舗のニュース雑誌「TIME誌」で取り上げられ、またイギリスの国営放送BBCのラジオ番組でも収録曲およびロンドンで行ったライブについて紹介されるなど、海外のメディアにおいても大きく認知される事となる。また自身の作品制作以外にも、国内外の映画のサウンドトラックを担当するなど映画音楽の分野にも活動の場を広げ、2008年2月にはベルリン国際映画祭主催の若手映画製作者向けプログラム「Berlinale Talent Campus」に作曲家部門では当年唯一の日本人として招聘される。2008年以降はベルリンを拠点にヨーロッパ各地でライブパフォーマンスを数多く行っており、2011年2月にはベルリンの大型フェスティバルClub Transmedialeに、Bernd Friedmann & Jaki Liebezeitのライブ映像を担当しているJeffers Eganと共にオーディオ/ビジュアルセットでの出演を果たし、signal, Deadbeat&Lillevän(ex-Rechenzentrum), Monolake, Tikiman with Scionらとステージを共にする。現在は生楽器を主体にした楽曲を制作するmidori hiranoとしての活動と平行し、コンピュータによるプロセッシング等を多用するなどエレクトロニックミュージック的なアプローチを中心とした新しいソロプロジェクトMimiCofとしてその表現の幅を広げており、2011年6月にはMimiCofとしては初のフルアルバム「RundSkipper」をPROGRESSIVE FOrMよりリリースする。

credits

released June 15, 2011

All Tracks Written and Mixed by midori hirano
2010-2011 in Berlin
www.midorihirano.com

Except #7 "Hills In The Ocean" Vibraphone Performed by Masayoshi Fujita

#10 "Pulled Up" Remixed by Serph
#11 "Tunnel" Remixed by Frank Bretschneider
#13 "Hills In The Ocean" Remixed by Fugenn & The White Elephants
#14 "Aria, But Secret" Remixed by Go-qualia

Mastered by Daisuke Kashiwa at stellar dialogue studio

Serph Appears by The Courtesy of noble.

Photography Artwork and Design by KeepAdding
www.keepadding.com

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