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OORUTAICHI

2011/01/1

OORUTAICHI began recording and performing in 1999, inspired by The Residents, The Doors, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Aphex Twin and Dancehall Reggae. Initial recordings were multi-tracked improvisations using “real” instruments, toys and voice, evolving to composed songs using midi triggerd instrumentation.His frst album, “YORI YOYO”,was released in 2003 to acclaim by Yamatsuka EYE(BOREDOMES), FREEFORM(Skam Records),Juana Morina(Domino Records), Daniel Wang and others, and received airplay on BBC Radio.He has been profiled in a number of Japanese magazines, and is very active in Japanese underground music,In 2005 the U.K label “Bearfunk”released his EP “Misen Gymnastics”, featuring an Idjut Boys remix, which was given to Shugo Tokumaru to use on his new EP “Rum hee” featuring deerhoof in 2009.In 2007 he toured the U.K and recently completed a tour of the U.S.Some of his personal accomplishments during the U.S tour were performing the first set for Juana Molina, as well as, performing at the SXSW in Texas U.S. These were all a part of his continuing efforts to raise his profile abroad.
Official Website: http://www.okimirecords.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/oorutaichi
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/oorutaichi


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