constellation

noble label showcase "constellation"
act: Piana, kashiwa daisuke, nakaban + Atsuko Hatano

ticket & information: noble

Piana profile:

In 2000, Began working as Piana.
In June 2003, she released her first album “snow bird” on a Japanese label, cubic music. In November “snow bird” was licensed to Happy label in New York for worldwide release.
In June 2004, she embarked on a successful Asian tour covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao.
In October 2005, she released her second album “ephemeral” on Happy label.
In December 2005, she went on the 7 cities tour (including Stockholm, Sweden) as a launching tour for “ephemeral”.
In March 2006, she visited Oslo, Norway to shoot the music video of “something is lost”, the first track of her 2nd album.
In October 2006, she released a collaboration e.p. with Her Space Holiday and Joseph Nothing.
In June 2007, she released her 3rd album on noble label.
In June 2007, she performed at Sonar Festival 2007 in Barcelona.

kashiwa daisuke profile:

Born in Hiroshima. Currently residing in Fukuoka.
Kashiwa Daisuke picked up guitar in his early teens.He quickly he formed a progressive rock band where he developed his unique songwriting style over the years. In 2004 he started his solo project, and his tracks were aired on RADIO SAKAMOTO to great critical acclaim.
In 2005, his track was featured on a compilation album released by German avant garde label "onpa", he then went onto a Germany tour to support the release.His first album "april.#02" was also released from “onpa” the year after. Electronic Music Magazine "DE;BUG" awarded it 5 points.
In 2007, collaborating with olive oil (ROMZ), Takeshi Nishimoto and others, he released the remix album "april#07".He released his second album "program music I" from “noble”.

nakaban profile:

Painter. Currently residing in Tokyo, nakaban has been consistently holding exhibitions since 2000. A music aficionado, he has collaborated with artists as diverse as Takeo Toyama, Atsuko Hatano, Hayato Aoki, cinelupa, asana and Yuichiro Fujimoto and has found common ground with music labels such as note, noble and easel. In addition, he has published art books by the titles of 67, strawbook, sculptor chopraan, sketchbook of ochanomizu, o pequeno caderno de esbosos de LISBOA and MY SONG. In the field of children's books, he has published naita akaoni, nezunezu no oekaki among others. For magazines, he has worked for kurashi no techo, esquire, PAPER SKY and hon ga suki!.

Atsuko Hatano profile:

A cellist, violinist and pianist who learnt to read and write music at the age of 3.She has come to be regarded as a formidable multi-instrumentalist, song writer and arranger.Live, she freely improvises using cello, violin, piano and voice.Sept 2003 releases 1st album "water of 13". She is currently working on her new solo album. Frequently collaborating with artists from eclectic fields, she has collaborated with contemporary dancers such as Yoko Higashino (Baby-Q） and Sanae Kuroko, figurative artist Yoko Yoshida and musicians such as mama!milk, EGO-WRAPPIN’, world's end girlfriend and takeo toyama.