Yakushimaru Etsuko Metro Orchestra - Existence of Us

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."