Tujiko Noriko

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Tujiko Noriko ( Japanese 辻 子 紀 子 , Tsujiko Noriko ; * 1976 in Ōsaka ) is a Japanese musician and filmmaker .

Life

Tujiko Noriko sings in Japanese and English and is sometimes referred to by critics as "Japanese Björk", as her style with free melodies over electronic sounds is reminiscent of Björk's early, more electronic albums .

She worked for the record labels Mego and Tomlab . She published u. a. the albums Shojo Toshi , From Tokyo to Naiagara and together with Aoki Takamasa the album 28 .

Since 2005 she has worked on various film projects, including with Saâdane Afif . She realized her own film projects under the titles Sun and Sand and Mini Hawaii . Her feature film Kuro was released in January 2017 , for which she wrote and directed the script together with Joji Koyama. She also played one of the two main roles.

She is mostly in Europe, especially in Paris, where she lives with her French partner and a child.

Discography

  • Keshou To Heitai AKA Makeup and Soldiers (2000)
  • Shojo Toshi AKA Girl City (2000, Mego)
  • I Forgot the Title (2002, Mego)
  • Hard Ni Sasete AKA Make Me Hard (2002, Mego)
  • From Tokyo to Naiagara (2003, Tomlab)
  • Stéréotypie with Peter 'Pita' Rehberg (2004, Asphodel)
  • Blurred In My Mirror [2] (2005, Room40)
  • 28 with Aoki Takamasa (2005, Fat Cat Records)
  • J with Riow Arai (2005, released under the name of RATN)
  • Shojo Toshi + (2006, Editions Mego)
  • Solo (2007, Editions Mego)
  • Trust [3] (2008, Nature Bliss)
  • U with Lawrence English and John Chantler (2008, ROOM40)
  • GYU with .Tyme (2012, Nature Bliss / Editions Mego)
  • East Facing Balcony with Nobukazu Takemura (2012, Happenings)
  • My Ghost Comes Back (2014)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Felicity Hughes: Noriko Tujiko: not merely sweet, cute and aggressive. Japan Times , March 14, 2008, accessed February 18, 2017 .
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Tujiko is the family name, Noriko the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Tujiko, Noriko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tsujiko Noriko; 辻 子 紀 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka , Japan