YU MIYASHITA
Artist, music producer, film composer, audio post production engineer, drummer and DJ, also known mainly as Yaporigami. His activities span a wide range of fields, including feature films, documentaries, commercials, fashion shows, installations, theaters, museums, and media art festivals. His works revolve around human and dualistic themes such as good and evil, sanity and madness, blessings and curses, and explores the creation of musical works that encompass these contradictory poles. Like life and death. Not everything or nothing but everything and nothing.
“Along with the images, the score by Yu Miyashita and its accompanying sound design constitute a challenge to conventional Western film language. It’s a welcome and necessary one, I think.”
- Glenn Kenny at RogerEbert
"Somehow elegantly weightless yet utterly bombed out and forceful”
- Boomkat
One of the most notable contributions to cinema is the soundtrack to Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese's film This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection (2019). The film premiered at the Venice Biennale and has won more than 25 awards at international film festivals, including Sundance, USA. He has composed the music for films of another:, which consists of architectural photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu and film director Arata Mori, that collaborate with architectural offices (BIG, OMA, SO-IL, etc.) and artists (Chiharu Shiota, etc.). He has produced music for six seasons of the fashion brand VIVIANO's shows.
Runs a label The Collection Artaud.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
- 2024. AE-10 - Yaporigami, Adepta Editions, ES (SINGLE, VINYL / DL)
- 2024. Ambient Collection 21-22 - Yaporigami, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, DL)
- 2023. Music Speaks, Therefore Music Is - Yaporigami, Teorema, ES (LP, CD/DL)
- 2022. Chaos Swallower EP - Yaporigami, Analogical Force, ES (EP, VINYL/DL)
- 2021. IDMMXXI-R - Yaporigami, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2021. This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Yu Miyashita, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, VINYL/TAPE/DL)
- 2021. IDMMXXI-L - Yaporigami, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2021. Homage (RM) - Yu Miyashita, The Collection Artaud, DE (REISSUE, TAPE/DL)
- 2020. Muted Renaissance - Yu Miyashita, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2020. Under / Dada - Signal Arrow, The Collection Artaud, DE (SINGLE, VINYL/DL)
- 2020. IDMMXX - Yaporigami, The Collection Artaud, DE (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2020. Collaged Improvisation In Digital I, II, III / IV, V, VI - Yu Miyashita, The Collection Artaud, DE (SINGLE, VINYL/DL)
- 2020. Decoded Sphere - Yaporigami, Virgin Babylon Records, JP (LP, CD/DL)
- 2020. Re-Rendering The Soul (Yaporigami Remix) -
World’s End Girlfriend, Virgin Babylon Records, JP (REMIX, DL)
- 2019. We Dance Alone - Yaporigami, Detroit Underground, US (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2017. One Sound Extinguisher - Yaporigami, Kaer’Uiks, DE (EP, VINYL/DL)
- 2016. Why Are You, Yaporigami, Aiia Recordings, FR (EP, VINYL/DL)
- 2015. Eye / Hand - Yaporigami, Detroit Underground, US (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2015. Grind Analysts Fig. 1 -
Yaporigami / Yu Miyashita, Stray Landings, UK (EP, VINYL/DL)
- 2015. Homage - Yu Miyashita, Signal Dada, JP (LP, CD)
- 2015. A Hectic Truer - Yaporigami, FF’ Space, UA (LP, CD)
- 2014. Drudged Torn Routine - Yaporigami, Detroit Underground, US (LP, TAPE/DL)
- 2012. Velvet - Yaporigami, +Mus, JP (EP, DL)
- 2012. Hertzian - Yaporigami, Hz-records, JP (LP, CD/DL)
- 2012. Jade Fib - Yaporigami, +Mus, JP (EP, DL)
- 2011. Loops 2.0 - Yaporigami, Hz-records, JP (LP, FREE DL)
- 2011. Navy See Res In Brighton - Yu Miyashita, mAtter, JP (LP, DL)
- 2011. Noble Niche - Yu Miyashita, Mille Plateaux, DE (LP, CD/DL)
- 2011. Loops 1.0 - Yaporigami, Hz-records, JP (LP, FREE DL)
- 2007. Saryu Sarva - Yaporigami, Symbolic Interaction, JP (LP, 2xCD)
SELECTED MUSIC VIDEOS
- 2024. Nichts, Luca Bonaccorsi
- 2022. Earth Flipper, Defasten
- 2021. Music Box Film, DEN
- 2020, Diced Garden, Shinya Kanamori / Ryosuke Takeuchi / Ryo Asakura / Masaki Nakamura
- 2020. Dys, Takashi Okada
- 2020. Collage, Zsolt Gyenes
- 2020. Accelerated Expressions, kynd
- 2020. Movers And Shakers, Defasten
- 2019. Truth Embedding, Jan Goldfuss
- 2019. Noble Niche, Arata Mori
- 2012. Mimic, Lucio Arese
- 2012. SyncBody, Daihei Shibata + Hiroshi Sato
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
- 2024/06. Blaues Rauschen, KÜNSTLERHAUS / MEX-KELLER, Dortmund, DE
- 2024/03. Spectral Tracing Vol. 2, Studio dB, Berlin, DE
- 2023/12. Bad Sun Rising, Salon Des Amateurs, Dusseldorf, DE
- 2023/12. A NEW WAVE: Absurd Lustre x Format Wars, Arkaoda, Berlin, DE
- 2023/06. 日本人アーティスト交流会,
Japanese Embassy, Berlin, DE
- 2023/01. DU-BRLN, Urban Spree, Berlin, DE
- 2021/05. SFC 現代アート概論, Online Stream, JP
- 2020/02. Hyper Real Radio, Radio Fritz, Berlin, DE
- 2019/06. Diffusound瀰音 - 域外音IV & Fluid Noise, The Wall, Taipei, TW
- 2019/03. Teorema Festival, Urban Spree, Berlin, DE
- 2018/10. Punto y Raya Festival,
CeTA: Audiovisual Technology Center, Wroclaw, PL
- 2018/05. Nine Tomorrows, Powerlong Art Center, Hangzhou, CN
- 2015/12. Meme City: Hacking Realities Media Art Festival, CAA Gymnasium, Hangzhou, CN
- 2015/10. BRDG#6 Crazy Horse, WWW, Tokyo, JP
- 2013/11. Red Bull Music Academy Weekender EMAF TOKYO 2013, Liquidroom / KATA & Liquid Loft, Tokyo, JP
- 2013/09. Transitio_MX 05,
Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, MX
- 2012/12. Republic Vol.10 The Final, Womb, Tokyo, JP
- 2012/10. Hz-records release party & IdleMoments 1st Anniversary, Metro, Kyoto, JP
- 2012/07. Sasakure Festival Vol.2, Womb, Tokyo, JP
- 2012/03. IdleMoments, Metro, Kyoto, JP
- 2012/03. BRDG#5, WWW, Tokyo, JP
- 2012/02. Minus_2, Shangri-la, Osaka, JP
- 2011/11. Mille Plateaux / Force Inc. Release Party,
Chez Jacki, Berlin, DE
- 2011/06. Denpa 2011, Axxcis, Tokyo, JP
- 2010/06. The Freebutt Presents: Ben Frost + Support, The Freebut, Brighton, UK
- 2009/05. Sonic Art / Brighton Fringe Festival, Blank Gallery, Brighton, UK
- 2008/10. The Silence Was Warm Festival, Stellar Theatre, Yamanashi, JP
- 2008/08. Loop Festival, Jubilee Square, Brighton, UK
- 2007/09. Denpa, Ever, Tokyo, JP
- 2005/11. Overkill, Electrowerkz, London, UK
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
- 2024/10.
MUTEK AR - ‘Back To The Cave’ x Untitled, Artlab Gallery, Buenos Aires, AR
- 2023/11-12. E.O.2 (Expanded Optics 2), JIKAN, Osaka, JP
- 2023/11. MIRA Festival, Fira Montjuïc, Barcelona, ES
- 2023/09. KAF Digital programme -
LeavingRoom, Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw, PL
- 2020-2021. ALTERNATE SPACE, ONKAF, New Dehli, IN
- 2018. Chromesthesia - Digiark, National Taiwan Museum Of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
FILM SOUNDTRACKS
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202x. TBA - Anton Sigurðsson, TBA, US
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2024. Refuge -
Anton Sigurðsson, WLAD Entertainment, US
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2023. veins - Laurian Ghinitoiu w/ another:, RO
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2021. A MILLION - Arata Mori, JP/DE
- 2019. This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Urucu Media, ZA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
- 202x. TBA - Max Hattler, DE/HK
- 2024. Allegory of Shadows -
11v151131_M06, MX
- 2024. VIVIANO 2025 S/S - VIVIANO, JP
- 2024. 11v151131_M06 2024 - 11v151131_M06, MX
- 2024. Brinq Studio - Paul Dalton, Brinq Studio, UK
- 2024. CUT - Natsuki Urayama, AOI Pro, JP
- 2024. VIVIANO 2024 A/W - VIVIANO, JP
- 2023. 11v151131_m06 presents 1v14C1111vE. F2R ARTIFACTS - 11v151131_m06, MIRA Festival, ES
- 2023. 11v151131_m06 Selected Works 2023 -
11v151131_m06, MX
- 2023. Alchemy - chromatic pond / Expressions / Alchemy - Black Pond / The Border - kynd, Krupa Gallery, PL
- 2023. Ancestral Visions of the Future / Pageantry of Wailing - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, Berliner Festspiele, DE
- 2023. VIVIANO 2023 A/W - VIVIANO, JP
- 2023. 1-1PR.f2R.SM., MX
- 2022. Bokeh Game Studio ID - Bokeh Game Studio w/ INS Studio, JP
- 2022. Szenen eines Hauses / ある家の風景 -
German Embassy w/ Studio Groß, JP/DE
- 2021. ITO EN w/ TOW, JP
- 2021. Perfume Closet #5 Phase 2 -
Perfume, JP
- 2021. Pharcyde - Pharcyde w/ 8%, JP
- 2021. Caliber0200 -
CITIZEN w/ WOW Inc., JP
- 2020. MEETT - OMA w/ another:, NL
- 2020. ALTERGATE_Zone5 - WISE w/ Defasten, DE
- 2020. International Sports Sciences Institute - KARAMUK KUO w/ another:, CH
- 2020. 2021 × ANREALAGE / ソノアイダ#有楽町 3D, ANREALAGE, JP
- 2020. D-Staq - G-Star RAW w/ Takashi Okada, NL
- 2020. ER LEBT - Pulmoll w/ Cobblestone, DE
- 2019. Tokyo Motor Show - Bridgestone, JP
- 2019. Frankfurt Motor Show -
Bridgestone, JP
- 2019. Adicross 2019 FW - Adidas w/ 8%, DE/JP
- 2019. Davis Museum -
SO-IL w/ another:, US
- 2019. The Orb -
Burning Man w/ another:, US
- 2018. Viviano Sue 2019 S/S -
Viviano Sue, JP
- 2018. Temple In The Forest -
Asif Khan w/ another:, UK
- 2018. Viviano Sue 2018 A/W -
Viviano Sue, JP
- 2018. Lost Words -
Chiharu Shiota w/ another:, JP/DE
- 2018. Viviano Sue 2018 S/S -
Viviano Sue, JP
- 2015, MTV International Ident - MTV International w/ BRDG, US
- 2015. BRDG#6 CRAZY HORSE - BRDG, JP
- 2015. Quark - Eiji Sumi, JP/TH
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