Atsumi Yukihiro
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Yukihiro Atsumi (渥美幸裕)[edit]
Yukihiro Atsumi is a guitarist, producer, and founder of Nippon Note Records. In collaboration with traditional Japanese instrumentalists, developed "Hogaku 2.0", a project to celebrate and convey to the world the charm and history of traditional Japanese music's more than 1300-year-old history, through a new approach via guitar. Additionally, born out of Hogaku 2.0, Atsumi developed new guitar music called "Japanese Guitar".
Biography[edit]
Yukihiro Atsumi (渥美幸裕) has had a rich and varied music career in which he has collaborated with a variety of well-known artists within and outside of Japan. Since the age of 18, he has been an active studio musician and guitarist in Tokyo. In 2012, he moved from Tokyo to historical Kyoto to create a new modern take on traditional Japanese music that had never been attempted before.
Based out of a traditional-style Kura (stone house) studio in Kyoto, Atsumi focuses on ancient classical Japanese music styles, such as “Hogaku” and “Minyo”, to fulfill his mission to bring new classical Japanese music to a worldwide audience and to a younger generation. Atsumi incorporates traditional Japanese musical compositions and styles while implementing western instrumentation, such as the guitar, into his music. This blending dually celebrates the unique aspects of traditional Japanese culture as well as mimics the complex confluence of ancient and modern influences in today’s Japan.
In 2016, Atsumi launched the “Hogaku 2.0” project, which connects Japanese classical with more modern music through the guitar, and, in August of that year, he released the first album of the series, “Japanese Guitar Song Book”[1]. While working on all genres of traditional Japanese music, In 2017, Atsumi hosted many Hogaku 2.0 events at Sanzen-in Temple in Kyoto and across Japan where he played traditional Tendai music arranged in this modern style.
In 2018, Atsumi collaborated with Japanese hip-hop stalwart, DJ KRUSH, on his 25th-anniversary album, “Cosmic Yard”, and, later that year, Atsumi released his second album from the Hogaku 2.0 series, “Nippon Note 2.0”[2]. In 2019, Atsumi was invited to travel to southernmost Taiwan for a project to update the remaining "Henchun Folk" music. [3]
In 2020, the third album in the Hogaku 2.0 series, "Kachofugetsu", was released and played on over 50 different radio stations across 17 different countries worldwide[4]. Kachofugetsu is the 3rd album release from Yukihiro Atsumi's Hogaku 2.0 project, which aims to update and celebrate Japanese traditional music with a quartet of Tsugaru Jamisen, Shakuhachi, Koto, and, guitar. The album also includes original compositions using these same elements of traditional Japanese music. This album seeks to celebrate the past and future of Japanese music and to create music that could not exist until after 150 years of Japan opening its ports to the west.
Also, in 2020, Atsumi joined Tsugaru shamisen player Oyama Yutaka's "Obi" project, released on Sony Records, as producer, arranger, and guitarist.
In 2021, Atsumi participated in the full production of Maeyama Shingo's album "AMAMISM", made up of Amami Oshima folk musicians and "Utasha" singers.
Atsumi also performs with Japanese reggae artist Rueed[5] as well as the bands thirdiq, Next World Satellite, and サイコービジョンズ (PsychoVisions).[6]
In addition to his main focus on Hogaku 2.0, Atsumi has also been involved with Conguero Tres Hoofers[7], a trio which consists of guitar, percussion, and tap dance. Their first and second albums took top charts in iTunes’ jazz category. Their 3rd album, “Musical Traveler”, based on the experience of travel, was released in 2018.
Atsumi has also initiated the “Playing Music Work” project with children in prep schools in Japan to encourage improvising and having fun with music at an early age. In addition, Atsumi also composes music for NHK, TV commercials, and other singers, as well as makes environmental music for hotels and other spaces, ultimately aiming to enrich lives through music.[8]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Japanese Guitar Song Book". Apple Music.
- ↑ "Nippon Note 2.0 album". Apple Music.
- ↑ "Taiwan NOW Program". Issuu.
- ↑ "Transglobal World Music Charts". Transglobal World Music Charts.
- ↑ "YORUNANTE - RUEED × ATSUMIYUKIHIRO [OFFICIAL VIDEO]". Youtube.
- ↑ "Atsumi Yukihiro Projects". Atsumi Yukihiro Official Site.
- ↑ "Conguero Tres Hoofers Official Site". Conguero Tres Hoofers Official Site.
- ↑ "渥美幸裕｜オフィシャルサイト". www.atsumiyukihiro.net (in 日本語). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
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