Hoppy Kamiyama
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Hoppy Kamiyama is a Japanese keyboardist and music producer who has worked with artists such as eX-Girl, Bradford Reed, Bill Laswell, Jan Linton, Marc Ribot, Hugh Hopper/Elton Dean and Damo Suzuki.[1][2]
[edit] Biography
His record company, God Mountain, was named after the English translation of his family name.[3] God Mountain was established in 1993 after his frustration with EMI pulling two of his albums from sale.[4]
Kamiyama cites Mauricio Kagel, Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis and Karlheinz Stockhausen as his influences – artists with a "bizarre sense and distorted feel and touch".[5]
His nickname is derived from Hoppy, a cheap Japanese liquor that he drank during his early professional musician days.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Hoppy Kamiyama at Allmusic
- ^ Soft Mountain review at Allmusic
- ^ a b "Interview with Hoppy Kamiyama". http://www.rockofjapan.com/hoppykamiyama.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "A Brief History of God Mountain". http://www.k-mania.com/gm/indexe.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "Shark Bites! interview". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070706113400/http://www.underwateramsterdam.com/sharkbitesaug2003.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
