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Yakushimaru Etsuko Metro Orchestra - "Existence of Us"

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'Existence of Us'
Produced by Yaksushimaru Etsuko
Lyrics: Tica Alpha a.k.a. Yakushimaru Etsuko
Music: Tica Alpha a.k.a. Yakushimaru Etsuko

'OUR GROUND ZEROES'
Produced by Yaksushimaru Etsuko
Lyrics: Tica Alpha a.k.a. Yakushimaru Etsuko
Music: Tica Alpha a.k.a. Yakushimaru Etsuko

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Yakushimaru Etsuko

Artist, musician, producer, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger. Broadly active, from pop music to experimental music, and drawing, painting, installations, contemporary art, new media art, poetry and other literature, and recitation, and more. Consistently independent in her wide-ranging activities.
Producing numerous projects, including her band, "SOUTAISEIRIRON". Has written songs for a variety of artists and made music for films. While appearing on the music charts with countless hit songs, she has also created many experimental art and music projects. Making full use of state-of-the-art technology: gene recombination technology, satellite, biological data, a song-generating robot that used artificial intelligence and her own voice, and the production of an original electronic musical instrument. Has worked on a number of collaborative projects and concerts with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Mills, Christian Fennesz, Matthew Herbert, my bloody valentine, and Arto Lindsay.

Many works by Yakushimaru Etsuko have also been exhibited at museums. Major recent activities include MORI ART MUSEUM, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Ars Electronica Festival, Bozar Electronic Arts Festival, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa., National Museum of Nature and Science,Tokyo.

Her works received praise from figures including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jeff Mills, Christian Fennesz, Penguin Cafe, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Cannes Film Festival winning film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa sent a compliment to Yakushimaru Etsuko, "I truly believe that only her voice can stop the chain of hatred and revenge that is happening in the world."

Yakushimaru Etsuko's "I'm Humanity," which made with the use of biotechnology and became the first song in human history to be released in the three formats of 'digital music distribution', 'CD', and 'genetically-modified microorganism'. "I'm Humanity" won the Grand Prix at Ars Electoronica's STARTS PRIZE. And it has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries around the world.
And for the first time as Pop music / BioArt, "I'm Humanity (ver. Kanazawa) " was collected as a collection artwork at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

With both the content and the very existence of her work being futuristic and radical, she brings together pop music and cutting-edge science, technology, and contemporary art in a way that is natural and unfettered. Emblematic of this was her inclusion as the first living musician to have a cover feature in S-F Magazine, Japan's best-known science fiction literary magazine. (Including musicians who were featured posthumously, the only two are Yakushimaru Etsuko and David Bowie.)
Philip K Dick Award Winning Artist Toh Enjoe praises Yakushimaru Etsuko as "She is the world simulator."

Past Rank In

Yakushimaru Etsuko Metro Orchestra - Existence of Us

Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Romania • TOP 1 • 8 May 2024 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP ALBUMS • United States • TOP 1 • 16 May 2022 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP ALBUMS • Taiwan • TOP 1 • 1 May 2022 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP ALBUMS • Spain • TOP 2 • 17 Sep 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Mexico • TOP 3 • 2 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Peru • TOP 5 • 2 Jul 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Egypt • TOP 5 • 22 Sep 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Poland • TOP 5 • 30 Apr 2022 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 9 • 29 Apr 2022 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP ALBUMS • Taiwan • TOP 12 • 1 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • New Zealand • TOP 14 • 6 Jan 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Austria • TOP 16 • 26 Aug 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Czech Republic • TOP 17 • 5 Sep 2022 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 17 • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Russian Federation • TOP 20 • 3 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Spain • TOP 22 • 1 Aug 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • United Kingdom • TOP 25 • 14 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Macao • TOP 29 • 11 Nov 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Canada • TOP 29 • 12 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • France • TOP 30 • 12 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Australia • TOP 31 • 1 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • China • TOP 37 • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Turkey • TOP 44 • 2 Jul 2024 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP ALBUMS • United Kingdom • TOP 48 • 22 May 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Hong Kong • TOP 55 • 3 Aug 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Italy • TOP 58 • 10 Oct 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Thailand • TOP 59 • 15 Sep 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Korea, Republic of • TOP 67 • 19 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Taiwan • TOP 69 • 6 Nov 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Malaysia • TOP 77 • 9 Jan 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Philippines • TOP 90 • 26 Jun 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Brazil • TOP 95 • 12 Nov 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • United States • TOP 113 • 8 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Japan • TOP 131 • 30 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Singapore • TOP 137 • 24 Aug 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Albums • Germany • TOP 163 • 19 Oct 2022

Existence of Us

iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Macao • TOP 3 • 6 May 2022 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Germany • TOP 4 • 3 Jan 2023 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Brazil • TOP 9 • 21 Aug 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Romania • TOP 11 • 8 May 2024 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 12 • 29 Apr 2022 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Austria • TOP 12 • 12 Jun 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • New Zealand • TOP 15 • 23 May 2022 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 19 • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Egypt • TOP 30 • 19 Sep 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Argentina • TOP 37 • 30 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Poland • TOP 45 • 11 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Norway • TOP 47 • 8 May 2022 Spotify • Daily Viral Songs • Japan • TOP 50 • 24 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Israel • TOP 57 • 16 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Slovakia • TOP 68 • 24 Oct 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Finland • TOP 69 • 5 Jun 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Cyprus • TOP 81 • 24 Jun 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Macao • TOP 101 • 10 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Mexico • TOP 104 • 1 May 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Hungary • TOP 110 • 30 Jul 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • El Salvador • TOP 119 • 22 Mar 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Bolivia, Plurinational State of • TOP 137 • 15 Jul 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Ecuador • TOP 148 • 25 Aug 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Colombia • TOP 160 • 30 Aug 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Germany • TOP 185 • 30 Apr 2022

OUR GROUND ZEROES

iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Austria • TOP 11 • 12 Jun 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Romania • TOP 14 • 9 May 2024 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 19 • 29 Apr 2022 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 38 • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • New Zealand • TOP 61 • 7 Jun 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Cyprus • TOP 80 • 24 Jun 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Egypt • TOP 83 • 22 Sep 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Argentina • TOP 93 • 8 Jul 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Ecuador • TOP 142 • 24 Jul 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Macao • TOP 195 • 11 May 2022

Existence of Us

Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Romania • TOP 12 • 8 May 2024 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Egypt • TOP 82 • 22 Sep 2022 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Trinidad and Tobago • TOP 105 • 21 May 2023 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Peru • TOP 154 • 2 Jul 2024

OUR GROUND ZEROES

Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Romania • TOP 15 • 9 May 2024

Past Playlist In

Existence of Us

Apple Music • Errday • 8 Mar 2023 Spotify • Anime Now • 29 Apr 2022 Spotify • Viral 50 - Japan • 25 May 2022 Spotify • New Music Everyday - tuneTracks (curated by TuneCore Japan) • 29 Apr 2022 Spotify • Buzz On TV • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • New Music Daily • 29 Apr 2022 Spotify • Best New Music: DIGLE SOUND • 2 May 2022 Spotify • Next Up • 2 May 2022 Spotify • Pluto Selection(Biweekly) • 2 May 2022 Spotify • New Music Friday Japan • 29 Apr 2022 Spotify • 最Hit東洋榜 • 29 Apr 2022 Apple Music • New In: J-Pop • 29 Apr 2022