Electronicos Fantasticos!
Electronicos Fantasticos! エレクトロニコス・ファンタスティコス! | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Nicos (ニコス) |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Years active | 2015 | –present
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Website | www |
Electronicos Fantasticos! (stylized in
History
Electronicos Fantasticos! was founded in February 2015 in Sumida, Tokyo by Ei Wada as a resident art project. As a child, he was convinced that a music festival was under the tower shaped like crab legs embedded in a CRT television. However, he was told that a music festival like that never existed, so Wada decided to create something similar to his dream.[4] He began collecting appliances and going under Stay Production. On November 23, he held his first concert called the First Ensemble Encounter.[5] That same year, Nocos Orchest-Lab was founded.[6] In 2016, he participated in the Kenpoku Art Ibaraki Kita Art Festival with a team set up in Hitachi that tuned locally collected CRT TVs and electric fans into musical instruments.[7]
In November 2017, the group held the Electro-Magnetic Bon-Dance under Tokyo Tower, intended to mourn the dead but was also extended as a memorial service of electronics that played a major role in Japan's economic growth. The event was open to older people, children, and others interested, including engineers from electric appliance companies.[8] In 2018, they were given an honorary mention STARTS Prize by Ars Electronica.[9]
Music style and influences
The group uses various recycled electronics as instruments, using various
The group has also experimented with barcodes and similar patterns with a barcode scanner.[15] They have also experimented with clothing with a dress with patterns similar to a barcode dubbed the Barcodress.[16][17]
Their genre has been described as "barcode techno" and as a "multimedia EDM show" as many members and participants of the group come from various places.[18][19]
Members
More than 70 members have joined the project from many fields ranging from engineers, designers, musicians, and management. The group is spread out in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hitachi and Nagoya.
- Ei Wada (和田永)
- Sonosuke Yamamoto (山本颯之助)
- Rika Kawashima (川島里香)
- Akira Ataka (安宅晃)
- Maiko Aoyama (青山真以子)
- Rinichi Washimi (鷲見倫一)
- Koki Naka (中康輝)
References
- ^ "Retro Modern?". Guitar Moderne. August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Put down your synths, barcodes are the new way to play techno". RouteNote. July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Electronicos Fantasticos Is Your New Favourite Barcode-Based Techno Music Group". SuperUltra. February 26, 2020.
- ^ "ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!". STARTS Prize. 2018.
- ^ "和田永「エレクトロニコス・ファンタスティコス!」~滞在制作篇 II~". Arts Council Tokyo.
- ^ "和田永「エレクトロニコス・ファンタスティコス!」". Topping East (in Japanese). July 23, 2018.
- ^ "和田永 ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! Presents「電磁盆踊りRETURNS! 2020」". DOMMUNE.
- ^ "和田永のニコス、快快らによる「電磁盆踊り」がDOMMUNEで無観客生配信". Natalie. August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Electronicos Fantasticos! at Shibuya-San". Shibuya-san.
- ^ "Electronicos Fantasticos at Shibuya-san". Time Out.
- ^ González, Saúl (March 6, 2020). "Electrónicos Fantásticos, el grupo musical que hace instrumentos con piezas viejas de PC". Vandal Videojuegos (in Spanish).
- ^ Marchese, Kieron (February 14, 2020). "barcodes play techno music using hacked scanners by electronicos fantasticos". Designboom.
- ^ Fenlon, Wes (June 2, 2020). "These guitars made from old CRTs and PC fans absolutely slap". PC Gamer.
- ^ Dorn, Lori (September 2, 2020). "An Entertaining Musical Performance Featuring Inventive Instruments Made From Recycled Electronics". Laughing Squid.
- ^ Deahl, Dani (February 10, 2020). "These modded scanners let you play techno using barcodes". The Verge.
- ^ Ebert, Grace (February 25, 2020). "Barcodes Function as Techno Instrument That's Played with Reused Scanners". Colossal.
- ^ "Radar DIY : ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!". Wavefloor. March 8, 2020.
- ^ "アーティスト・和田永の魅力を解く――「鉄工島FES 2018」ミーティング初日レポート". Cocotame. November 3, 2018.
- ^ Busby, Jadwiga. "Insight: Electronicos Fantasticos turn disused electronics into a cutting-edge new musical". CLOT Magazine.