Takako Minekawa

Takako MINEKAWA (嶺川貴子) is a Japanese musician, composer and writer. She was born on June 3rd, 1969. Takako Minekawa File links The following pages link to this file: Takako Minekawa Categories: Free use images ... Takako Minekawa File links The following pages link to this file: Takako Minekawa Categories: Free use images ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

As an accomplished all-around musician, Minekawa's musical skills set her firmly outside of the J-Pop "idol" tradition: she writes and composes most of her material, singing quirky lyrics about subjects such as clouds, cats, and the color white (her personal favorite), with her love of Kraftwerk and French Pop Music also showing through her unique experimental sound. She often makes use of vintage Casio keyboards, and analog Moog sythesizers, as well as vocoders and other electronic instruments. J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop and refers to Japanese popular music. ... A Japanese idol (アイドル; aidoru) is a celebrity who achieves widespread popularity and fame in Japan largely by virtue of her looks. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ... Casio, Inc. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Keyboard A keyboard is a data entry or control device using a number of keys which are to be pressed by the fingers. ... Bob Moog Dr Robert A. Moog (born May 23, 1934) is the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. ... A vocoder (name derived from voice coder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyser and synthesizer. ... An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. ...

Her live debut was in 1990, as a member of the group Fancy Face Groovy Name alongside Kahimi Karie. She was also a member of the band L <-> R before releasing her solo debut, Chat Chat in 1994. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Although as a child Minekawa had a short acting career, this interest has not resurfaced in her adult life (aside from her voice exclaiming "Playstation!" in a recent commercial for the product). The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the 1990s. ...

She has written professionally, as regular columnist in the Japanese edition of Keyboard Magazine; she also contributed a serialized novel to the Japanese quarterly Bungei.

She married fellow musician Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) in 2000. The pair have collaborated on several projects. Cornelius remixed some of her songs, including the well-received song Milk Rock. He also produced her album Fun9. Cornelius (born Keigo Oyamada (小山田圭吾) Jan 27, 1969 in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese recording artist and producer. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Influences

Minekawa's musical influences are as varied as her lyrics. She is an avowed fan of French pop, some of her favorite French artists include Françoise Hardy and Pierre Bachelet. The influence of the British band Stereolab can also be heard in her music. While there are certainly touches of humor in her lyrics and tone, but she is a sincere fan of Krautrock, particularly electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, to whom she dedicated the song Kraftpark! Françoise Hardy (b. ... Pierre Bachelet (May 25, 1944 - February 15, 2005) was a French singer-songwriter with a gentle romantic voice. ... Stereolabs core members Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier with Dominic Jeffrey and Simon Johns. ... Krautrock (most likely derived from the slang term Kraut for Germans) is often used as a term as though synonymous with German rock in general, although it may be more specifically applied to a group of early-1970s bands like Tangerine Dream and Faust, many of whom worked closely with... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Kraftwerks Trans-Europe Express album (1977). ...

In an interview, Minekawa explained her admiration for the band: "I decided to describe the landscape of Kraftpark with sound and narration. This song is not a parody of Kraftwerk. I did it because I love them!"

External links

• Nippop Profile | Takako Minekawa (http://nippop.com/artist/artist_id-46/artist_name-takako_minekawa/)