shotahirama dot com is now closing:
Please go to his new official website, SIGNALDADA.com
http://www.signaldada.com
shotahirama is a Sound Artist from New York, US and currently live in Tokyo, Japan. Inspired by Modern Art, Dada, Bauhaus and Postmodern literature. Also known for the founding of the SIGNAL DADA. His musical focus is characterized by digital synth and field recording with computer software processing and improvisation, which generates a large palette of possible sounds including; grainy textures, complex patterns of smooth drones, and microscopic clicks and cuts. He is currently working under mAtter from early 2010.
shotahirama released his debut CDR album "Unhappy American Lost In Tokyo" in the Hong Kong in 2010, on Re-Records. And in 2011, shotahirama released his second CD album which is his first solo CD album "Sad Vacation" on SIGNALDADA. This record was distributed by p*dis/inpartmaint, reviewed by Japanese music magazine Sound & Recordings, and commented by one of most famous sound artist in Japan, evala (port, ATAK). After the release of Sad Vacation, shotahirama toured around the world, featuring dates in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hong Kong and London staging with evala.