Artist Profile
fish toneAtsuhiko Nakatsubo / fish tone
Producer/Composer
Synthesizer Manipulator
1982 Began making music after being inspired by German electronic music.
1986 Began producing and engineering own music as well as other peoples.
1993 Feeling the need to branch out in new directions, established own label ? TTB Studio.
Since then Atsuhiko Nakatsubo has produced music for a wide range of genres including.
fashion shows, sports tournaments, theatre music, computer game music and tv animations.
He is well versed in retro culture, especially sixties sci fi movies,the soundtracks of which are one of his strongest influences.
His music is also inspired by early synthesizer masters such as Wendy Carlos and Isao Tomita.
The visionary genius of pioneer synthesizer creator Robert Moog has also been a big influence.
Most of Atsuhiko Nakatsubo's sounds are created with his large collection of vintage analogue synthesizers from the 70's and 80's eras.
Since the 1980s he has produced many songs which are a cross between folk and electronic music.
He specializes in producing mostly without the use of computers.
1999 set up alias fish tone as a separate entity, alongside Atsuhiko Nakatsubo.
Has produced a number of remixed songs within the PC world under both aliases.
2007 did one hour live improvisation concert at the opening of an art gallery using several different analogue synthesizers.
Outside of music Atsuhiko Nakatsubo is an avid fan of anything sixties and has a large collection of curios from that era including hundreds of robots and unique toys.
Has released three albums under internationally renowned labels Columbia and Crown records.
Is currently in the middle of producing an international compilation album
http://www.fishtone.com/
http://www.ttb-studio.com/
Genre: SYNTH POPActive Area: JAPAN
TTB studio