Hoppy Kamiyama
Hoppy Kamiyama (ホッピー 神山, Hoppī Kamiyama, born 1960) is a Japanese keyboardist and music producer who has worked with artists such as eX-Girl, The Pugs, Bradford Reed, Bill Laswell, Jan Linton, Marc Ribot, Hugh Hopper/Elton Dean and Damo Suzuki.[1][2]
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]
References
- ^ Hoppy Kamiyama at AllMusic
- ^ Soft Mountain review at AllMusic
- ^ a b "Interview with Hoppy Kamiyama". Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "A Brief History of God Mountain". Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "Shark Bites! interview". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
External links
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