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Haco is a Japanese singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist, known for her work with After Dinner and Hoahio, among others. Following formal studies in acoustics, electronic music and recording technology in 1980, Haco came to international attention fronting the group After Dinner (active between 1981–1991), helped by their association with the "
Rock in Opposition Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive rock bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music. It was initiated by English avant-rock gro ...
"-related label
Recommended Records Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
. Haco would later appear in '' Step Across the Border'', a 1990 documentary film on
Henry Cow Henry Cow were an English experimental rock group, founded at the University of Cambridge in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler, b ...
's
Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as a founding member of the English avant-rock group Henry ...
, as well as contributing music to the soundtrack. Haco released her first solo album in 1995, and embarked on her first solo European tour a year later. More recently, Haco has worked with the groups Happiness Proof, Hoahio and Ash in the Rainbow, and has recorded or performed with countless other artists, such as
David Toop David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, and emeritus professor. From 2013 to 2021 he was professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a regular contributor to British ...
,
Otomo Yoshihide is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He mainly plays guitar, turntables and electronics. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a ...
,
Nobukazu Takemura Nobukazu Takemura (竹村延和 ''Takemura Nobukazu''; born August 28, 1968, in Hirakata, Osaka) is a Japanese musician and artist. He became interested in music at a young age by listening to the radio, and began to make music at home with a t ...
,
Pierre Bastien Pierre Bastien (born 1953 in Paris) is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. Life and career Bastien began building mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using items such as metronomes, cymbals ...
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Anthony Moore Anthony Moore (also known as Anthony More) (born 13 August 1948) is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, i ...
and
Carl Stone Carl Stone (born Carl Joseph Stone, February 10, 1953) is an American composer, primarily working in the field of live electronic music. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the ...
. In addition to her more conventional album releases Haco has also worked in the fields of sound art; curating exhibitions and installations and establishing the sound art project View Masters (with focus on the environmental sounds of daily life), later beginning the production and curation of a four-year series of View Masters lectures, concerts and workshops in 2002.


Discography (albums as leader or co-leader)

*1995 ''HACO'' (MIDI Creative, Japan; ReR Megacorp, UK; Detector, USA) *1999 ''Happiness Proof'' (P-Vine, Japan; ReR Megacorp, UK; Detector, USA) *2004 ''Stereo Bugscope 00'' ( Improvised Music from Japan, Japan) warded Honorary Mention in digital music category at Prix Ars Electronica 2005, Austria] *2007 ''Riska'' (Arcangelo/Disk Union, Japan) *2015 ''Secret Garden'' (Nuovo Immigrato, Japan) *2017 ''Qoosui'' (Someone Good/Room40, Australia) *2021 ''Novo Naturo'' (Someone Good/Room40, Australia) *2024 ''HACO'' (Remastered by Chihei Hatakeyama) (MIDI Creative, Japan) *2024 ''Another Souvenir: Solo Live in 2002'' (Ftarri, Japan) After Dinner *1984 ''After Dinner'' (originally released as Glass Tube in Japan; reissued 1991 with Live Editions) (ReR Megacorp, UK) *1988 ''Souvenir Cassette'' (
Recommended Records Recommended Records (RēR) is a British independent record label and distribution network founded by Chris Cutler with Nick Hobbs in March 1978. RēR features largely "Rock in Opposition" and related music, but it also distributes selected musi ...
, UK) *1989 ''Paradise of Replica'' ( RecRec Music, Switzerland) (reissued 2001 with Paradise of Remixes) (ReR Megacorp, UK) *2019 ''The Souvenir Cassette and Further Live Adventures'' (CD reissue) (ReR Megacorp, UK; Fish Prints, USA) *2021 ''After Dinner: 1982-85'' (vinyl reissue) (Soave Records, Italy) *2022 ''Paradise of Replica'' (vinyl reissue) (Aguirre Records, Belgium) Hoahio *1997 ''Happy Mail'' (with
Michiyo Yagi , a Japanese musician who studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990, during her tenure as visiting professor of mus ...
and
Sachiko M Sachiko Matsubara (Japanese: 松原 幸子; born 1973), better known by her stage name Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician. Her first solo album, ''Sine Wave Solo'', was released in 1999. Working in collaboration with Ami Yoshida under the name Cosm ...
) (Amoebic, Japan) *2000 ''Ohayo! Hoahio!'' (with
Michiyo Yagi , a Japanese musician who studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990, during her tenure as visiting professor of mus ...
and
Sachiko M Sachiko Matsubara (Japanese: 松原 幸子; born 1973), better known by her stage name Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician. Her first solo album, ''Sine Wave Solo'', was released in 1999. Working in collaboration with Ami Yoshida under the name Cosm ...
) (
Tzadik Records Tzadik is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-p ...
, US) *2003 ''Peek-Ara-Boo'' (with
Michiyo Yagi , a Japanese musician who studied koto under Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai and Satomi Kurauchi, and graduated from the NHK Professional Training School for Traditional Musicians. Between 1989 and 1990, during her tenure as visiting professor of mus ...
and Mari Era) (
Tzadik Records Tzadik is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-p ...
, US) Kam-pas-nel-la *1998 ''Kam-pas-nel-la'' (with Kazuhisa Uchihashi,
Zeena Parkins Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard har ...
, and Samm Bennett) (Festival Beyond Innocence Live Performance Series Vol.1. FBI Works/Innocent, Japan) Ash in the Rainbow *2003 ''Ash in the Rainbow'' (with Sakamoto Hiromichi) (ReR Megacorp, UK; Detector, USA) Yesterday's Heroes *2004 ''1979'' (with
Terre Thaemlitz Terre Thaemlitz is an American musician, composer, owner of the record label Comatonse Recordings, and a public speaker. Thaemlitz's work critically combines themes of identity politics – including gender, sexuality, class, linguistics, ethnici ...
) (La Louche, France) Synapse *2005 ''Raw'' (with I kue Mori and Aki Onda) (CD, Tzadik Record, US) Diane Labrosse, Martin Tetreault, and Haco *2005 ''Lunch in Nishinomiya'' ( Improvised Music from Japan, Japan) Haco,
Takako Minekawa is a Japanese people, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and writer. Career In her childhood, Minekawa acted in film and television. Minekawa's first musical venture was playing in Lolita, a band she formed with several college friends. She ...
,
Dustin Wong Dustin Wong is an American guitarist formerly active in the art-rock band Ponytail and a former member of the experimental guitar duo Ecstatic Sunshine (along with Matthew Papich). Biography Wong's style is characterized by influences of surf r ...
, and Tarnovski *2019 ''Kannazuki'' (Warm Winters Ltd., UK/Slovakia)


Vocal contributions

*2000
Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., commonly shortened to Acid Mothers Temple or AMT, is a Japanese rock music, rock band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career feat ...
& The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: ''Troubadours From Another Heavenly World'' (Squealer, Japan) *2001
Acid Mothers Temple Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., commonly shortened to Acid Mothers Temple or AMT, is a Japanese rock music, rock band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career feat ...
& The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: ''New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple'' (Squealer, Japan) *2005 Stefano Panunzi feat. Haco: ''Web Of Memories'' (A Rose CD) (Emerald Recordings, Italy) *2009 Fjieri feat. Haco: ''Soul Eaters'' (produced by
Richard Barbieri Richard Barbieri (born 30 November 1957) is an English musician, composer and sound designer. Originally a member of new wave band Japan (and their brief 1989–1991 reincarnation as Rain Tree Crow), he became the keyboard player in the prog ...
) (Forward Music, Italy)


References


External links


Official websiteHaco Bandcamp website
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After Dinner's page at Prog Archives
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