Cubismo Grafico was born as
Gakuji Matsuda in 1970 in Hiroshima, JAPAN.
Cubismo Grafico started as a DJ and percussion player for
various bands 1990 after moving to Tokyo in 1990.
By now he is one of the most popular and highly respected
producers and recording artists in Japan’s pop scene.
Being a part of the Escalator DJ team and remixer for acts
such as Pizzicato Five also helped
him gain a remarkable popularity as a DJ world-wide.
As part of the successful pop duo NEIL & IRAIZA
together with Hirohisa Horie (also guitarist and organ player
for Japan’s no. 1 popstar Cornelius)
he has already released 3 commercially succesful full length
albums (on Escalator Records) which put him on top of Japan’s
indie pop scene.
His first appearance in Europe was on Bungalows concept compiltion
album “Various Artists - Escalator Records,
Tokyo” in early 2000 to which he contributed a few songs.
The same year Cubismo Grafico toured Europe together with
Bungalow acts Le Hammond Inferno, The Maxwell Implosion and
Stereo De Luxe and his Japanese labelmate Losfeld.
In 2001 Cubismo Grafico received the Japan Academy
Award in the category best movie soundtrack
for his work for the Japanese film “Waterboys”.
So far Cubismo Grafico has released two full length and one
mini album in Japan.
“One Wish” is his first album
release in Europe and due in June 2003.
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