Profile and Discography of Shunsuke Mizuno(WoodBass and Composition)

Mizuno is a musician who has gained a good reputation for new andexperimental sounds on the 5 string-wood bass.

1975
He organized the Sky Dog Blues Band and released two LP recordswith Toho and King Record Companies.
The band played and recorded with famous Japanese folksingers；Masaji Otsuka，Masato Tomobe，and others.

1980〜1983
He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. During thattime, he played with Makoto Ozone(piano player), Dave Kikoski(piano)and other many musicians.
After coming back from the US, he performed with many groups,including the Katsuyuki Itakura Trio, Tim Donahue Group, and the HiroTakada Trio ・・・, and also played with Joseph Jarman(sax), AkikazuNakamura(shakuhachi) and others.
He played an active part in the recordings of Toshifumi Hinata'salbum,　Fabio Jegner's (Red Record in Italy) and so on.

1989
He organized the Neo Oriental Session, and the band releasedCD“Neutral Point” with the JVC Victor Zen Label.
He formed the Neo Oriental Second with Takeshi Kobayashi(sitarplayer).
Neo Oriental Second has elements of jazz, ethnic music, accousticmusic, pops and more .
The group is performing distinctive, original and characteristicmusic.
The tunes are very impressively fresh and appealing to audiences.
They are performing at small live houses, special events,and concerthalls, eg Roppongi Pit inn, Shibuya Jean Jean・・・・・.

1993
They released the omnibus CD with BMG Victor.
They are creating a new and non-classifiable music in the field ofworld music.

1994
Mizuno established his own label: Oriental Contemporary Music,andreleased the CD“ The Place of Wind and Heart ”“Rain in thedistance”and“ Enako”.

1996
He performed with the piano player, Kensaku Tanikawa at CentreCulturel Franco--Japonais in Paris.

1997
He composed and performed theatrical music with the Yuko Sengaunit in Poland.

1998
He released the CD “Bistaarai Bistaarai”,“Tankin shou”in 1999with OCM.

1999
He performed with photographs by Wojciech Prazmowski(Polish) atStriped House Museum of Art in Roppongi ,Japan.
Performed with the slide and video artist, Tao Nashimoto in Tokyo andNiigata.

2000
Performed with the Gagaku players (Shou, Hichiriki) inYokohama.
He appeared on the TV Tokyo, and his performance and the charcoalinstrument were introduced.
"Himalayan Break collaboration" at the Shinyuri MovieFestival.　Appeared in "Tatunosuke's Hogaku Jockey" on NHK-FMRadio.
Composed music for the special edition of "Ikimono chikyu-kikou" onNHK-TV.　Released the CD "Beyond the Blue" with OCM.

2001
Performed a concert for the release of the CD "Beyond the Blue"at the Ichigaya　Lutheran Center in Tokyo.
Composed music for the DVD "Visual Poem -Yatugatake mountains of fourseasons"with NHK-software.
Performed with Shou-myou(Buddhist Nitta's chant) at Kanazawa FM MusicFestival.
Composed and performed theatrical music of "Kenji Miyazawa's world"with the Yuko Senga unit at Kawanishi Friendly Praza in Yamagatapref.

2002
Performed with Aya Motohashi 'Hichiriki player' at "Cafe Slow" inKokubunji,Tokyo.
Released the CD "Slow Songs" with OCM, and performed at "AoyamaMandala"in Tokyo.
Toured with Shingo Ikegami 'Koto player' and played at "Guuwa"and"Contrabass house" in Naha,Okinawa.
Performed with Yuho Furusawa 'JIUTAMAI'(female Nou dancer) in Kiryuand Tokyo.
Composed and played theatrical music of Yuko Senga's "Greek Tragedy"in Kanazawa,Niigata and Tokyo.

2003
Participated in "The One World Beat Music Festival2003" andperformed with koto and piano player at Ome Mayugura.
Performed the bass solo concert at Mokkiriya in Kanazawa.
Directed the music of "Usato's fashion show and concert" at Cafe Slowin Kokubunji Tokyo.(Usato is a natural and organic cloths fromchain-mai,Thailand.)
Directed the music of CD-book by Akiko Yuyama,children's songsinger,and performed the duet with her at the temple inTakamatsu.

2004
Participated in "The One World Beat Music Festival 2004", andperformed with Miwa Inaba,Koto player, at the Striped House Galleryin Roppongi Tokyo.
Collaborated with Katsuhito Nakazato,photographer,at GalleryChimenkanoya in Nakano ,Tokyo.
Toured with Miwa Inaba at the Ashiya Gallery in Ashiya and Momono-iein Osaka.
Directed and performed the music of "Usato's fashion show and concertat Sakura Factory in Ome and at Cafe Slow in Kokubunji,Tokyo.
Performed with Minehaha,relaxation and spritual singer,at Fura inNarita ,Chiba.

2005
Released the OCM compilation CD "Slow time" with Ozella Music inGermany,and this CD was admired at many radio stations in Europe.
Composed and played the music of the Yuko Senga's story-readings.
"Under the Full Bloom of Cherry Blossoms" at Yurinkan in Kiryu cityand "the tale of Heike" at Enmeiji in Saitama city.
Performed with Toshiaki Yokota ,flute and bamboo flute player,atJoushouji in Akabane and at Nirayama Culture Senter Hall inShizuoka.
Derected the music of Usata's special Fashon show "Kukai" at Mayugurain Ome city.
Started the bass solo performance "Cafe in the Dark" at Cafe Slow inKokubunji once a year.
Collaborated with Sasa, Oriental Dance performer, at" Art Festival inBigsite" in Makuhari,Chiba.
Held three performances of OCM 10th Anniversary and also the memoryof the releasing CD in Germany.
1) Duet Concert with Miwa Inaba (Koto) at "Fura" in Narita.
2) Performance by Inaba, Mizuno and Katuhito Nakazato(photographer)at Mayugura in Ome city.
3) Memorial Concert by Mizuno,Inaba, Shunsuke Kimaura (Fue andTsugaru Shamisen), Ryo Watanabe (percussion), Hiroki Miyano (guitar)and Tsurusuga(Mai) at Lutheran Ichigaya Center in Tokyo.
Participated in Katuhito Nakazato's "the Floating cabin project" withYuji Ueno, flower performer, at the riverside of Yokokawa in Iwakicity.
Composed the music of the 50th Anniversary of Tachibana TheatrikalUnit,and it was held at Hita Civic Hall in Oita.
Performed with Shizzle Ohtaka (vocal & voice) and NamaeEm(vocal)at Fura in Narita. �It was held in the quite darkness. Mr.Emis blind.We all had a special experience.

2006
Performed with Shizzle and Em again at Orang in Kyoudo.Not in thedarkness.
Performed with Miwa Inaba (Koto) at Otayakintoki inNishi-Ogikubo,Tokyo.
Composed and performed toward the print works by Keisuke Akahoshi athis exhibition in Ginza.
Participated in the 22nd Tokyo Summer Festival 2006, performed withMiwa Inaba (Koto),Shunsuke Kimura (Japanese flute,Tugaru-shamisen)and Ryo Watanabe (perc) at the temple Honnoji in Suginami,Tokyo.
Participated in the 9th Earth Harmony in Hiroshima, performed withHanayagi-Turusuga (Japanese traditional dance) in front of theHiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) on the 6th of August.

2007
Composed and played the music for the “Heike Monogatari”performed with the actress ,Yuko Senga.At Striped House Gallery inRoppongi and others.
Performed with the contemporary artist, Mistunori Kurashige, in theACKid2007 at Kidoairakku Hall,Tokyo.
Released two CDs “Pale night trip” and “A song of the worldheritage--article 9”. And toured for the CD release inHokkaido.Played with the guitar player, Hitoshi Seki at Yakumo,Sapporo and Bibai city..

2008
Held two nights memorial concerts for the CD release at“KI・O・KU”in Ome, Tokyo.Guest performers were Katsuhito Nakazato(photo slide), Hiromi Nishida (violin), Miwa Inaba (koto), ToshiakiYokota (hue,flute) and Tsurusuga Hanayagi (mai-traditional Japanesedance).
Participated in TPAM (Tokyo Performing Arts Market). Performed thebass solo concert at Striped House Gallery in Roppongi for 3days.
Produced and performed the Japanese creative dance “Kawa(river)”and“Akashi /Genji Monogatari” with Tsurusuga Hanayagi (mai) andChakkiri (voice rira) at “Shouraian” in Arashiyama, Kyoto.

2009
Participated in the Mitsunori Kurashige's collaboration at Gallery Polaris in Kamakura. 3days in spring.Mitsunori Kurashige (contemporary art), Haruo Higuma (visual),Shunsuke Mizuno (bass).
Performed a charity concert for the children in Gaza area, Palestine at the Asagaya Church,Tokyo.Duet with Miwa Inaba (Koto).
Participated in the Performance Festival-Aizu Art College '09- with Mariko Satomi(dance) and Kota Nakazato(DJ)
Performed the bass solo concerts and the collaboration with Yuji Ueno(flower art) at Striped House Gallery, Tokyo.
Participated in the Ome Art Jam 2009,Tokyo as the performing arts with Masato Ishikawa (space), Usaburo Sato (cloth),Yuji Ueno (flower).
The song "Rain in the distance" released from OCM records was elected in the Asian song category of JFP Awards that is in Nashville,US.

Mizuno is always innovating and experimenting with new andcreative sessions with dance, theatrical performances and visualarts.

　

For more information, please contact
Shunsuke Mizuno
phone:+81-042-649-5218,fax:+81-042-649-5219
address:4303-14Makino,Fujino-machi,Sagamihara-Shi,Kanagawa 229-0206,Japan
E-Mail:mizunos@iris.dti.ne.jp
Home Page:http://www.iris.dti.ne.jp/~mizunos