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Atols
12+ albums
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Formed in 2001, ATOLS is a Japanese electronica, breakbeats, breakcore, and IDM unit consisting of 2 musicians. One of them is a human beat boxer with an established reputation in Japan, a.k.a. better. They fuse warm sound of human voices and acoustic instruments with synthetic sound of digital gadgets to bring a totally new multi colored polyhedron landscape. Their music is all about overwhelming love for inorganic substances; by this love, in turn, they express the admiration to life, humanism, and romance. They are mostly known for their surreal horror project イルカの夢でさようなら / iruka no yumede sayonara. ATOLS / Musical Chronology 1993 (Age 10) Began creating experimental stop-motion animation videos using a video camera and other equipment. 1995 While creating early video art works (a precursor to VJing) based on the concept of visualizing sound, he started to learn electronic music production using cassette recorders and rhythm machines. 1998 With the release of the iMac, he began learning digital painting, CG, and HTML. 2000 Started human beatboxing as a counterpoint to sequenced, programmed music. 2001 Began uploading music under the alias "better" on muzie (BIG UP! FREE). He quickly gained attention for his aggressive electronic sound, primarily rooted in breakcore. 2002 Began performing live at venues like Club Citta in Kawasaki. During this period, he also absorbed a wide variety of musical influences by providing tracks for rock bands on tour and for rappers. 2
