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Coltemonikha, stylized as "COLTEMONIKHA" or "COLTEMÖNIKHA", was a Japanese electronica duo consisting of record producer Yasutaka Nakata and model and fashion designer Kate Sakai. The group formed as a project uniting music and fashion. They produced two mini-albums which were made to complement Sakai's fashion line "Made in Colkinikha" and one compilation album. Their name was a portmanteau of "Colkinikha" and "contemode". Click here Coltemönikha Coltemönikha 2 Coltemönikha Best

Cokiyu is Yukiko Ito, she was born in Ehime, Japan in 1978. From her student time till now, she creates the tape works using Max/MSP, the works for voice and woodwind instruments, and percussion instruments. In 2002, she started to do live performances in Tokyo. She had received big influence from Masami Akita's performance at OFF-ICMC in Berlin, and started to do live performances. Now she's expanding the width of activity like to collaborate with the theaters, dances and other artists. She started to do live performances since 2002, and presented her works to the public using the website. Since 2006, she has participated in some compilation albums and also has worked as the vocalist of aus. In 2007 she became the member of Shugo Tokumaru & The Magic Band as the toy pianist. 2011 - cokiyu and you 2011 - Mirror Flake 2011 - Your Thorn 2011 - Your Thorn Remixes 2013 - Haku 2014 - Siren in Tears 2016 - Sidhe Click here

Sawako is a Japanese sound artist based in Tokyo. She graduated from Keio University, SFC, Japan, in 2002 where she studied computing culture and sound with Christopher Penrose, as well as environmental information as interdisciplinary research. Sawako's music is deeply contemplative with a strong aleatoric component. The control/uncontrol dialectic comes from her experience in art, documentary video, and workshops for amateur artists. 2003 - Fishwish 2003 - Live in Tokyo (ctrlaltcanc, 2003) 2004 - Your Grays 2005 - Hum 2005 - Omnibus 2005 2007 - Madoromi 2007 - Nin + Nana ‎ 2007 - Summer Tour 2008 - Bitter Sweet 2008 - Sawako + Daisuke Miyatani ‎– Hi Bi No Ne 2011 - Early works #1 2011 - Early works 02# 2011 ‎– Island light 2011 - Summer tour 2002 2011 - Tasogare live in Tokyo 2013 - FOR SEASONS #002- ゆきどけ 2014 - nu.it Click here

Lullatone is a popular music group based in Nagoya, whose music is characterized by an innocent, child-like quality and sparse, lo-fi sounds. The group refers to their style of music as "pajama-pop", it is commonly included in such musical subgenres as Twee pop, Indie pop and Electronica. It draws influence from such diverse sources as Bossa Nova, French pop music of the 1960s, children's songs and Musique concrète. Lullatone's founder was Shawn James Seymour, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Its other principle member is Japanese native Yoshimi Tomida (Tomida Yoshimi, in traditional Japanese name order). Seymour began musical experimentation during his high school years in the late-1990s, using keyboards and cassette tape recorders. 1981 - Songs for clients 2001 - Hello Kitty Secret House Soundtrack 2001 - Rare Tracks 2003 - Child's View 2003 - Computer Recital 2003 - Music for Apartments EP 2003 - My Petit Melodies 2004 - Little Songs About Raindrops 2005 - Hel