Phew (singer)
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Birth name | Hiromi Moritani |
Born | 12 September 1959 Osaka, Japan |
Genres | Electropunk Avant-garde Experimental |
Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
Instruments | Vocals, electronics, synthesizer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Labels | Bereket Mute Records Alida |
Associated acts | Aunt Sally Holger Czukay Jaki Liebezeit Conny Plank Alexander Hacke Chrislo Haas Yuji Takahashi Dieter Moebius |
Website | N/A |
Phew is a Japanese singer and analogue electronics improviser working in the areas of experimental and avant-garde music.
Music career[]
1978–1980[]
She was a founder of punk group Aunt Sally in Osaka.
1980–present[]
Aunt Sally broke up after releasing one LP. Since 1980 she has mostly worked solo with musicians such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, Chrislo Haas, Alexander Hacke, Yuji Takahashi, Seiichi Yamamoto, , Otomo Yoshihide in the group , Dieter Moebius on Phew's Radium Girls project, Jim O'Rourke and Ana da Silva.
Her 'Five Finger Discount' was ranked 32nd in 2010 and 'Voice Hardcore' was 23rd in 2017 as voted by writers in the UK music magazine The Wire top 50 records
Discography[]
Solo[]
- Voice Hardcore (LP) Mesh-Key (19 Jan 2018 in US)
- Voice Hardcore (CD) Bereket (1 Nov 2017 in Japan)
- Light Sleep (LP) Mesh-Key 2017
- A New World (CD) Felicity 2015
- Five Finger Discount (CD) Bereket 2010
- Himitsu no Knife (CD) Alida 1995
- Our Likeness (LP/CD) Mute 1992
- Songs (Maxi-Single) 1991
- View (LP/CD) 1987
- Phew(LP/CD) 1981
- Finale c/w Urahara (Single) 1980
Aunt Sally[]
Most[]
- Most. P-Vine, PCD-25010, 2003
- Most. P-Vine, PCD-5647, 2001
- Most. 2000.11.26. CD-R. 2001
With bands and projects[]
- Island with Ana da Silva (LP) (28 September shouting out loud! 2018)
- Island with Ana da Silva (CD) only (5 September NEWWHERE MUSIC 2018)
- Radium Girls 2011 with (CD) Bereket 2012
- Morio Agata. Norimono Zukan. Bridge BRIDGE-078, 2007
- Morio Agata. Norimono Zukan. Vanity 0005, 1980
- Big Picture. Big Picture. Little More, LMCA-1002, 2001
- Big Picture. Big Picture. CD-R
- Blind Light. The Absence of Time. Alida, ALIDA-001, 1994
- Anton Fier. Dreamspeed/Blind Light 1992–1994. 2-CD set Tzadik, TZ 7609 2003
- Anton Fier. Dreamspeed. Avant, AVAN-009, 1993
- Novo Tono. Live. CD-R. 2001
- Novo Tono. Panorama Paradise. Alida/Creativeman, CMDD-00038, 1996
- Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble. Dreams. Tzadik, TZ 7238, 2002
- Otomo Yoshihide. Otomo Yoshihide Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita. P-Vine, PCD-5804, 1999
- The Unknown Cases, and Phew. Koyasan. Fünfundvierzig, MCD 45122, 2001
- Phew and Seiichi Yamamoto. Shiawase no Sumika. Tokuma Japan Communications, TKCH-71454, 1998
Compilations[]
- Pass No Past. 2-CD set Pass/P-Vine, SSAP-004/5, 2005
- Improvised Music from Japan. 10-CD set. Improvised Music from Japan, IMJ-10CD, 2001
- Mottomo Otomo: Unlimited XIII. Trost, TR076, 2000
- Megabank Presents Tribute to New Wave. Megabank, MB-2.507CD, 1995
- Rebel Incorporated. 2-LP set, Wax, 17WXL-3001/3002; CD, Wax, 32WXD-101
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Japanese female singers
- Musicians from Osaka