DEAR FRIENDS . :*~*:.:*

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU
&
BEST WISHES TO ALL IN 2008!!!

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

ALL THE BEST,
HACO

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TMnews is an annual newsletter sent out each January.

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PERFORMANCES (OUTSIDE JAPAN) in 2008 .: :._.. .. ..::._.: :._.... .

A voice and electronics performance by the choreographer
Claudia Triozzi and Haco in early June in Paris, France,
and at a festival in Santarcangelo, Italy in early July (to be
confirmed).

Haco has been collaborating more with dance companies and
choreographers as a composer, and also performing solo using
electronics (laptop, effects) and her voice, accompanied by video
images.

Please see the following web site for details as they
become available:
http://www.japanimprov.com/schedule/cgi/schedule.cgi?&keyword=Haco


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- HACO: "Riska" (CD)
A vocal-based solo album with acoustic instruments and electronics.
(9 songs with a total length of 54:13)
Includes special guest musicians: Mari Era (marimba, vibraphone,
percussion), Makoto Inada (contrabass), Masafumi Ezaki (trumpet),
Hiromichi Sakamoto (cello), Yuko Nexus6 (Skyping), and more.
All vocals, recorded, mixed, and programmed by Haco.
http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/arcangelo/riska.html
The album was released in April 2007 by the Japanese Arcagelo
(Disk Union) label: http://diskunion.net

Information on distribution outside Japan can be found
at the following web site:
(MySpace) http://www.myspace.com/hacohaco
Please contact for Disk Union for more:
nagai(at)diskunion.co.jp

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Here are some recent Haco-related CDs:

- LEONARDO MUSIC JOURNAL Volume 17
Noises Off: Sound Beyond Music

with LMJ17 CD Companion:
"The Art of the Gremlin: Inventive Musicians, Curious Devices"
Curated by Sarah Washington
with contributions by Dan Wilson, NotTheSameColor, Rotted Orange,
Kunst.tuch.ter, Owl Project, Norbert Moeslang, Moshi Honen,
Grace and Delete, Haco, Leonardo Di Crappio, Ferran Fages,
Oscillatorial Binnage, Borre Molstad, Rhodri Davies,
Knut Aufermann and Tetsuo Kogawa, Toshimaru Nakamura, Ivan Palacky.

Released by LMJ and MIT Press (US) in December 2007.
http://leonardo.info/lmj
http://leonardo.info/lmj/lmj17cd.html

- MARCOS FERNANDES, BILL HORIST: "Jerks and Creeps" (CD, ALP046)
Marcos Fernandes (phonography, electronics)
Bill Horist (guitar, electronics)
with
Haco (electronics, voice), Masafumi Ezaki (trumpet)
Bunsho Nishikawa (electronics), Tim Olive (electric bass)

Released by Accretions (US) in October 2007.
http://www.accretions.com/catalog/jerksandcreeps.asp


RECORDINGS .::._.: :._.. .. ..::._.: :.

- TOSHIYA TSUNODA + HACO: "TramVibration" (CD)
A collaborative soundart project by Toshiya Tsunoda and Haco.
Recorded inside a tram in December 2006 in Osaka. Tsunoda captured
solid vibrations using a piezo-ceramic sensor and a stethoscope,
and Haco used her "stereo bugscope" (two inductive microphones) system
to catch electromagnetic sounds. The work was used for
the "View Masters Osaka-Melbourne Remix" in Osaka in February 2007.
Also the document video of TramVibration Project" (by Yuji Yamada)
was exhibited (15 minutes, DVD) at Hamadera Park Station Gallery.
http://www.japanimprov.com/viewmasters/
A CD release is also planned - now looking for a label.

- Haco contributed voice tracks for an electronics song by
Espen Sommer Eide (aka. Phonophani, Alog) http://alog.net/phonophani/

- Started recording for next solo album, which will focus on laptop-
organic electronica (including ambient and glitch noises) with singing.


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"John Cage 100th Anniversary Countdown Event 2007-2012"

The first installment of a five-year Kansai series was held
in the lecture room of the National Museum of Art, Osaka in
November 2007. A selection of pieces from Cage's "Song Books" (1970)
was performed by seven local artists:
Takashi Inagaki, Nobukazu Takemura, Atsushi Nishijima,
Haco, Kazumi Fukagawa, Akitsugu Maebayashi, Keitetsu Murai.
http://jcce.exblog.jp



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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOMEWHERE SOON!
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For more information on Haco's varied projects:
http://www.japanimprov.com/haco
MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/hacohaco
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haco / tribal market / mescalina
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