Daito Manabe
18:00 – 22:30
Friday 12 April 2013
@Vietnam National Museum of History

Ametsub & Daito Manabe
18:00 – 22:30
Saturday 13 April 2013
@ Chu Van An Stadium

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam participates in Hanoi Sound Stuff 2013 by bringing two supreme Japanese electronic musicians, Daito Manabe & Ametsub on Friday 12 April and Saturday 13 April 2013, respectively.

Equipped with numerous awards including Excellent Prize at Japan Media Arts Festival, Daito Manabe explores the possibility of usages of ordinary objects for his experimental productions, mainly for music and visuals. His unique attempts are highly acclaimed not only among art/music critics but also among general public in Japan. He will surely bring another surprise to the Vietnamese audience this time.

Ametsub is a Tokyo-based electronic musician who has produced 3 albums since 2006. His second album “The Nothings of the North” (2009) was selected as “the best disc in 2009” by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a legendary famous Japanese musician/composer. In Hanoi Sound Stuff 2013, Ametsub plays a role as a DJ to provide his best of chill-out/cozy electronic tunes for the Vietnamese audience.

We do hope, with the enthusiastic efforts of the festival director Tri Minh and the supports from co-organizers and sponsors, Hanoi Sound Stuff 2013 will be an excellent platform to experience the diversity of music for all music lovers in Hanoi.

The tickets are available in advance and at the entrance on the days of the performances. With the price of 150,000 VND (for 12 April) and 50,000 VND (for 13 April) (25% discount for students for both days), the tickets are on sales at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam (27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem), Goethe-Institut Hanoi (56-68 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh) and British Council Vietnam (20 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho). For more information, please visit at www.hanoisoundstuff.vn

■ Live Information:

Daito Manabe

Ametsub (với Daito Manabe)

■ Tickets:

■ Artist Profiles:

Daito Manabe

Born in 1976. Graduated from the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, and Dynamic Sensory Programming Course at International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS). He participated in various projects that made use of his programming skills, across a range of genres and fields. His face performance “Face visualizer, instrument and copy” has been invited by about 30 music/art/film festivals, such as at Sonar Festival (Barcelona) and Transmediale (Berlin). He also devotes his energies to educational activities such as workshops in various countries, including at MIT Media Lab and Fabrica. In addition, he has participated as a presenter in the openFrameworks Developer Meeting and at cycling ’74 Expo. He served as a member of the judging panel for the 2009 Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Music category, and received the 2011 Award of Distinction in the Interactive Art category. He has won the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize twice and has been recommended by the jury on seven occasions.

Website – http://www.daito.ws/

Ametsub

Based in Tokyo. Ametsub has been standing in a firm unique position in the music scene in Tokyo, since his second album “The Nothings of The North” (2009) received a big applause from a wide range of listeners in the world. It was also selected as “the best disk in 2009” by Ryuichi Sakamoto and its license has been sold by Mille-Plateaux (Germany) since then. His active performances as a DJ have also produced good results. In live performances, Ametsub keeps showing unique musicianship like an endless journey and it has been inspiring lots of musicians for collaborations such as Plaid, Oval, Fennesz, Jel (Anticon), Vladislav Delay, Floating Points, AtomTM, Moritz Von Oswald, Alva Noto, Tujiko Noriko, DJ Krush and Cornelius to name the few. In 2011, he played a live at L.E.V. Festival in Spain with Apparat, Johann Johannson, Lorn, John Hopkins, Sbtrkt and others. The festival was recognized as the best act live by a review magazine later. In 2012, he participated in MiRA Festival (Spain), Fuji Rock Festival (Japan), and conducted an Ukraine tour with Daisuke Tanabe. His long-awaited 3rd album “All is Silence” was released in June 2012 and it has gotten massive response.

Website – http://www.drizzlecat.org/

■ Press release:

Vietnamese
English

■ For inquiries on and interviews with the Japanese artists, please contact at:

Ms. Huong (Ext. 106) / Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam TEL 04 3944 7419 www.jpf.org.vn