LiFETONES
050311- tomb
- Riow Arai
- alatar
- Riow Arai
- sweet
- Riow Arai
- crucial
- Riow Arai
LiFETONES
040311- Crocodile
- Minotaur Shock
- Otter
- Minotaur Shock
- Raven
- Minotaur Shock
- Swordish
- Minotaur Shock
LiFETONES
030211- Jocund
- FilFla
- Cheek Diver
- FilFla
- Merman Life
- FilFla
- Pack Ice
- FilFla
LiFETONES
021010- delay-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- wayback
- itoken
- electrod-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- ian-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- Silly Friend
- Lullatone
- bug
- itoken
- lesson
- itoken
- E Flat Orchestra
- Lullatone
- mouse-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- pluck-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- Ballet Samba
- Lullatone
- mell-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
- tvshow
- itoken
- seeyou
- itoken
- Ringenspiel
- Lullatone
- scorching
- itoken
- princess-ring
- I am Robot and Proud
LiFETONES
010710- okite_A
- miyauchi yûri
- drops
- aus
- time
- Ametsub
- popcorn
- aus
- gloomy
- aus
- keys
- aus
- netete_B
- miyauchi yûri
- mayotte_A
- miyauchi yûri
- one hours
- aus
- mayotte_B
- miyauchi yûri
- netete_A
- miyauchi yûri
- bubbles
- aus
- yellow suns
- aus
- light
- Ametsub
- gray
- Ametsub
- okite_B
- miyauchi yûri
- water call
- aus
LiFETONES is not fashion, not come from some boring marketing strategy.
It is REAL tones of everyday life we have been longing for.
So we made this site to share the tones which fit into our real life and style.
Have fun with it!
“IDEAL TONES FOR YOUR PHONES”
- Tokuro Oka
- Toru Yoshikawa
- Yasutaka Kageyama
- Naokazu Terada
- Tasuku Mizuno
Ametsub
Ametsub acts based in Tokyo.
An organically melody enchants a lot of audiences also in his live performance. The one and only, warm rhythm surely dances the listener.
His music has dark beautiful original view of the world. It looks like to drawing the magnificent, impressive scene.
The musicality gets great support from underground big fan.
His style without deviating from the root of the electronic music...
it is calling the big interest now.
aus
aus is the solo project of Yasuhiko Fukuzono who was born in Tokyo and the owners of a record label flau (released the boats, cokiyu, henning schmiedt, kumisolo, etc...). He started to make music for experimental films when he was still a teenager. He has released 5 albums so far and his "Lang" album (2005) on Preco became a huge hit throughout Japan. And the "Lang" remix album gathered many popular musicians like Ulrich Schnauss, Manual, Joshua Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv) and Kettel, Isan, Bracken, Dosh etc.
He has gained attention worldwide through his skillful and delicate sound production, combining electronics with sounds from daily life so exquisitely.
miyauchi yûri
Born in 1983.
Released 1st album "parcage" in 2006, 2nd album "farcus" in 2007 from Rallye. Western critic described him as "Antonio Carlos Jobim of laptop age".
His delicate electronica music are evaluated highly internationally.
He recently released his 3rd album "toparch" with collaboration with
"Guther" (morr music) and other artists. He also joined a tour with
"Yukihiro Takahashi" (drummer of Y.M.O), "Her Space Holiday" and
"Steve Jensen".
Lately, he collaborate with "i am robot and proud". He provide
soundtracks for feature film, commercial film and TV drama, expanding
his artistic field.
I am Robot and Proud
’I am Robot and Proud’ is Shaw-Han Liem’s solo unit. He was born in Toronto, Canada, studied piano at Toronto Royal Academy of Music, has started his career as ’I am Robot and Proud’ since 2000. His warm and distinct sounds captures people all around the world. He worked on short film soundtrack for MOMA. Collaboration work for Chicago Culture Center. Work for adidas commercial. Also, He is chosed as a monitoring artist for YAMAHA’s new sound interface ’TENORI-ON’ and gathering attentions for his future activities.
itoken
’itoken’ is multi instruments player, drummer, and musician.
While he organizes several bands such as ’Harpy’, ’zuppa di pesce’,’itoken trio’, he also engages in ’d.v.d’, ’WATTS TOWERS’, ’gutevolk’, ’Toshiaki Yamada’, ’Morio Agata’, ’Shugo Tokumaru’, ’Kuri Coder Pops Orchestra’, ’Kitchen’, ’Furukawa Hideo Plus’ and so on. He acts as solo playing toys and electronic instruments. Released ’pins and needles’, ’cabbages on the moon’ and ’bookstore’. Expecting 4th album releasing from french label.’itoken’ also contributes his music to TV programs, Games, TV commercials and other varieties of media.
Lullatone
’Lullatone’ is Shawn James Seymour and his wife, Yoshimi Tomita’s art, music & good idea group. Shawn originally from Louisville, Kentucky and now they live in Nagoya, Japan.
Being TV personalities, organiging workshop, composing songs for commercials as well as release albums and live concert internationally.
’Lullatone’ now releasing iPhone application ’Dropophone’. People can create own melodies with simple actions.
FilFla(Keiichi Sugimoto)
Keiichi Sugimoto is an international artist and composer from Japan. He plays in several sound projects such as FilFla, FourColor, Minamo and Fonica.
His compositions have been released from record labels throughout the world such as 12K (US), apestaartje (US), TOM LAB (Germany), and HEADZ (Japan). As FourColor, his album "Water Mirror" was chosen among the best electronica albums in the THE WIRE magazine (UK). He has also toured extensively in Europe, Asia, Australia, the United States, and Canada.
Minotaur Shock
Recording and producing under the name Minotaur Shock, David Edwards has released three albums and a compilation of EPs. The first, “Chiff-Chaffs and Willow Warblers” came out on the Melodic record label in 2001. In 2005, Minotaur Shock signed to 4AD records and released the album “Maritime”. The most recent album “Amateur Dramatics” came out in 2008 on 4AD (and Audio Dregs in the US).David has done a bunch of remixes for the likes of Gold Panda, Bloc Party, Super Furry Animals and Holy Fuck, and toured the UK with Yo La Tengo.He has recently completed an original score for a theatre production, and has finally worked out how to present Amateur Dramatics on his own live, using a drum kit, guitar and various MIDI controllers. David is currently working on new music and enjoying dragging a drum kit around again.
Riow Arai
Riow Arai Trackmaker/Producer/DJ
Riow Arai Established godlike edit style with his bold break-beats.
Releasing breakbeats, hiphop, electronica, techno,electro sounds internationally.
Has been releasing 9 solo albums since his first album "Again" in 1996 including "Mind Edit"(2003) from Leaf, UK.
Also worked on Unit RATN, collaboration with Nonegetic (Shadow Huntaz) and many other compiration album and remix works.
Riow Arai is now working on 10th solo-album.
Tokuro Oka
Founder of LiFETONES
Born in Chiba, 1979.
Start professionally working as "Sound Designer" since 2004 after being DJ and creating original music. Designing sound for commercial films and corporate videos. managing sound for web, actual space, products and other occasion.
Also being active as a part of sound design unit "tymo".
Toru Yoshikawa
Born in Japan, 1964.
Graduated Pacific Northwest College of Art(Museum Art School) Portland, Oregon in painting(BFA).
Since 2000, having done many collaboration projects internationally with English creative collective "tomato" such as workshop, art works for Underworld"s album, and "ArtJam" (live painting) an so on.
Yasutaka Kageyama
Born in Hiroshima, in 1980.He is an art director, designer and planner currently base in Tokyo. And work in the various visual communication area, mainly in interface and graphic.
He graduated from Chiba University in Japan, majored in law, worked at an editorial design office and an artist"s studio. Then he moved to NYC and studied communication design at Fashion Institute of Technology. He is also published a zine "LETTER" while he went to the school. After coming back to Japan, joined Business Architects Inc. He worked with many well-known national client as a designer. Since 2008, he started yah-man.jp his own design unit. He is also a director in creative at Castalia Co., Ltd.
Naokazu Terada
Designer / Programmer
1982 Born in Yamaguchi
2005 Graduated from Chiba University, majored in "Design Science"
2006 Start freelance life as "Karappo"
2007 Graduated from Chiba University Master Course
2010 Founded "Karappo Inc."
Tasuku Mizuno
Tasuku Mizuno
Born in Kanagawa, 1981.
Lawyer, Associate Director of ’Arts and Law’ and Associate stuff of ’Creative Commons Japan (CCJP)’.
At Arts and Law, counseling on copyrights, contract, and intellectual properties and so on.
At CCJP, involving in project such as ’Into Infinity’ collaborating with ’Dublab’ Los Angels and Broadcasting documentary film ’RIP: A Remix Manifesto’ online.
Has attended ’BRAINZ’, and ’Super School’. Positively making action to build creative platform withhis motto ’Legal/Art/Edit/Design/Archtecture’
(Photo at ’Metamorphose 2008’)