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On February 4, 2025, westman8 will release their first mini album, the City Pop Vol.1.
Yohei Nishi, a music composer who is a member of the pop band Balconny, which is based in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan and has produced and provided numerous songs, has started selling songs rearranged using AI under the new name westman8.
City pop is something westman8 has loved in real time, and this time we have collected songs with a city pop feel from among the songs he has rearranged.
He focused on "decades," imagining the characteristic sounds of each decade from the 1970s to the 2010s and creating songs sprinkled with those elements. There are nostalgic city pop songs with a crisp bass and horn section cutting through them, as well as songs with a stylish atmosphere of the new electric piano sound of neo-city pop, making for a wide range of genres.
I want you to experience the city pop created by "westman8", which uses AI to reinterpret old and new city pop, and puts it together in a selfish way. Also, as an experimental approach, I have included songs that show what happens when the same lyrics are used with different voices, arrangements, and melodies, so I hope you enjoy them.
"Collaboration between AI and human sensibility"
A new era has begun.
Incidentally, I plan to make the "the City Pop" album into a series in the future.
Artist Profile
westman8
Yohei Nishi is a Japan based musician, songwriter, and producer, actively working from Fukuoka. Over the years, he has been involved in numerous music productions and songwriting projects for artists, earning a solid reputation among industry professionals for his hands on, practice driven approach. He is a former member of the happy rock band Black1Neck, which debuted as one of Fukuoka's top ranked bands. Currently, he is a member of the pop band balconny, where he serves not only as the bassist but also as the primary songwriter and sound architect, shaping the core musical identity of the band. His work is recognized for balancing strong melodies with groove oriented arrangements, earning deep trust within collaborative production environments. In 2025, he launched his solo project westman8, focusing on music production that integrates AI driven composition tools with human creativity. Rather than treating AI as a mere assistant, he explores a hybrid creative methodology that fuses authorship, emotion, and technology. This approach, blending nostalgia with contemporary sensibilities, has attracted growing attention from music industry professionals as a next generation music production model. Beyond music, Yohei Nishi is also the owner and executive of a family run company with over 100 years of history, giving him a rare dual perspective as both a creator and a business leader. Grounded in real world management and long term decision making, he brings a sustainable and practical viewpoint to creative innovation. Starting in 2026, he plans to expand his activities into educational seminars on AI powered music creation, sharing real production workflows, ethical considerations, and strategic applications of AI in the music industry. His work bridges music, technology, and society, positioning him as a practitioner who not only creates with AI, but also teaches how to implement it responsibly. In addition, he has served as a city goodwill ambassador for six years and remains active as a radio personality, continuously connecting music, media, and local culture. Through these multidimensional activities, he represents a new model of the modern creator, one who links artistic expression with technology, business, and community.
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