Keiichiro Shibuya, nato a Tokyo nel 1973, si è diplomato in composizione alla Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Nel 2002 ha fondato ATAK, etichetta che pubblica musica elettroacustica innovativa di artisti giapponesi e internazionali, ma anche un collettivo di creativi ed autori di varie discipline fra cui arte, design e moda. Il primo album, pubblicato nel 2004, ATAK000 Keiichiro Shibuya, è stato apprezzato per le ricche sonorità e per l'elaborazione delle strutture basate su tono e ritmo. Nel 2005 Shibuya e Ikegami hanno cominciato a collaborare esponendo un’installazione sonora presso l’ICC (NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo Opera City) e dando vita a The Third Term Music una teoria della variazione del suono e delle dinamiche del movimento basata sulle scienze nonlineari. L’album di Shibuya ATAK010 filmachine phonics (2007) e l’installazione Filmachine (2006), in collaborazione con Takashi Ikegami, sono state premiate con una menzione d’onore per la sezione musica digitale ad Ars Electronica 2007. Nel 2008 Shibuya, specialista di elettroacustic, ha cominciato a lavorare ad un segnale sonoro per incroci stradali pedonali componendo musica dal punto di vista dell’urban design.

Il sound artist Evala ha fondato l’etichetta indipendente Port nel 2004, pubblicando tre album di musica elettronica oltre a sviluppare prodotti e progetti di sound design. Il suo primo album Initial (Port 2006), basato su field recordings originalmente rieditati, ha riscosso grande successo. In ATAK, Evala si è imposto come figura di riferimento per la sua performance in Atak011 Live Dvd Atak Night 3 (ATAK 2007), oltre a partecipare alla programmazione multifonica 3D per Filmachine in Berlin (transmediale 2008) e Filmachine (YCAM 2006) e a curare l’aspetto visivo dei propri live e spesso degli altri autori implicati.

Keiichiro Shibuya is a musician, born in Tokyo in 1973. He graduated with a degree in composition from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 2002 he established ATAK, a music label, releasing CDs of domestic and overseas cutting-edge electroacoustic works, as well as a collective including creators from various fields, such as design and fashion. His first solo album released in 2004, entitled ATAK000 keiichiro shibuya, was highly praised for its rich sound and a thoroughly elaborate structure focusing on tone and rhythm. In 2005 Shibuya and Ikegami started their collaboration with a sound installation work exhibited at ICC (NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo Opera City) and a concert-style presentation to unveil The Third Term Music, a theory of sound variation and motion dynamics based on nonlinear sciences. Shibuya's album ATAK010 filmachine phonics (2007) and the three-dimensional installation Filmachine (2006), made in collaboration with Takashi Ikegami, were awarded an honorary mention in the digital music division at Ars Electronica in 2007. In 2008 Shibuya began working for a pedestrian crossing signal music project, where, as an electroacoustic specialist, he composes music from the viewpoint of urban design.

Sound artist. Evala founded the independent label "port" in 2004 and to date has released three electronic music albums.  He has also created and developed a number of sound designs and products. His first album Initial (Port 2006) created a great sensation by its strong but sensitive sounds, derived from the uncompromisingly artificial editing process of materials collected by field recordings, acclaimed as "a Japanese cutting edge sound art work". In ATAK, Evala has received high acclaim for his performance in Atak011 Live Dvd Atak Night 3 (ATAK 2007) and has played a role in the multiphonic 3D sound programming of Filmachine in Berlin (transmediale 2008) and Filmachine (YCAM 2006) as well as the visual programming of its concerts.

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