Kohei Matsunaga | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Kohei Matsunaga |
Also known as |
NHK NHK yx Koyxen |
Origin | Japan |
Genres |
Experimental Ambient Industrial Electronic Noise Avant-garde Hip Hop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, programmer, remixer |
Instruments |
Contact microphone Electronics Laptop computer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Labels |
Skam Records Flying Swimming WordSound Important Records Mille Plateaux Tigerbeat6 Raster-Noton Mesk Records |
Associated acts |
NHK bs Internet Magic MOU |
Website |
http://www.ffss.info/kouhei/top_kouhei.html http://koyxen.blogspot.com/ |
Kohei Matsunaga (aka NHK yx Koyxen) is an electronic musician and draughtsman born in 1978 in Osaka, Japan, currently residing in Osaka and Berlin, Germany.
Kohei Matsunaga grew up in Osaka, Japan, where he studied architecture and listened to hardcore techno and rap music. His interests shifted to more experimental sounds and he started to make music in 1992, focusing on experimental music.
Matsunaga has collaborated with artists such as Conrad Schnitzler, Mika Vainio, Rashad Becker, Sean Booth from Autechre, and more.