MIRAI (Translation: "FUTURE BOY")
Originally from space, MIRAI ('Future Boy') is the founder of the neo-futurist network INTELLIGENTSIA - its prime directive to bring together artists on the vanguard, with an amalgamation of innovative philosophy & positive future. Mirai spent his teens designing video games in the U.K, released over 10 titles from age 14 onwards, & then moved onto music, video & fashion during the growth of the rave culture, where he began to group in numerous members into his unit. Their first gig was in Camden Palace, London in 91, and have done over 50 live events since, including the Interactive Live Show with Susumu Hirasawa (P-Model), The Future of Music (Denmark), & festivals Alfa Centauri / E-LIVE (Netherlands) & Emotions (Belgium). From '95 he relocated to Tokyo, writing soundtracks for Japanese video games, club mixes, & national TV & radio, with music pressed to over 250,000 units.
Mirai has been a video game character & model, co-hosted a one year Electronic Music radio show, written for 'Keyboard', has done various media spots and thru 2 decades of Intelligentsia has teamed up with a motley bag of musicians and artists, always pushing against the status quo. In Japan he had a political party named after him, was the first person to perform a techno live using a mobile phone, & was voted top Tomb Raider level designer. Mirai's portfolio features the global project WorldWideKind, new music devices such as the Body-Drum & the Gypsy-Midi Exo-skeleton, digital content for celebrities Uri Geller, Morley Robertson (J-Wave Radio), Kenso Kato & for companies ASCII/Enterbrain, Enix, Arkaos VJ, BeMobile Germany, & Yamaha Music corp. With the founding of EARTH ACADEMY RECORDS [E.A.R.] in London, watch this space for a slew of new projects via the ongoing galactic coalition!
No alcohol. No meat. Requires mental stimulation.
Do NOT store in a dark cupboard." (on Mirai)
Andy Secchi (Cambridge)
"MIRAI is an astral being from outer space. He came to this planet in order to better balance out the four winds. He and Michael Jackson are two diametrical opposite forces for change. His instruments are the computer, MIDI gear, a special body suit that he designed by himself, vocoder, and his very presence. Mirai is very much against the constraining forces of monopoly in Earth's economic system. He opposes the infringement upon personal freedom to reproduce musical material and software tools for creation, and endorses the use of commercial software that has been liberated from commerce. Mirai has been contacted by people riding UFO's in their Mystery Circle Parking Lots. He forgot to return the keys to one of their vehicles."
Morley Robertson (J-Wave Radio, Japan)
Morley Robertson (J-Wave Radio, Japan)
While living in Japan, Mirai teamed up and collaborated with multimedia social pioneer Morley Robertson, who invited him on national TV & Radio. Together they produced various improvised, anarchic, and abstract works, and electronic live shows. Morley has our greatest respect being perhaps the only half Japanese/American promoting frontier ideas (electronic musically & politically) in the national media in Japan.
See his YouTube channel here: TIBETRONICA
View his official website here: I-MORLEY
See his YouTube channel here: TIBETRONICA
View his official website here: I-MORLEY
The performance included the custom made Body-Drum and the specially written piece Interstella from the album Civilizations.
Susumu also featured on the World Wide Kind global music project produced by the Intelligentsia Network.
With a deep interest in Space, UFOs and the Paranormal since childhood, Mirai was later was called by Uri Geller to be his webmaster & content manager, which provided enlightening (& controversial) insights into the unknown and especially peoples mis-perceptions in the media.
Interviews
RocketBaby, U.S.A. Epping Guardian News, U.K. MusicMart magazine, U.K. PEN magazine, Japan (Japanese) Keyboard Magazine (Japanese) Cyberia Magazine (Japanese) Keyboard Magazine (English) Cyberia Magazine (English) TIM Magazine, Japan (by Steve Deg) Alfa Centauri, Netherlands Spiritech, U.S.A. Jacob Enk, U.S.A. ASCII magazine, Japan (Japanese)
For the Nihon TV program "PC DONBURI", Mirai produced the track TEKNO DONBURI using samples made by the shows host Kenso Kato.
A year previous Mirai was the weekly English guest for Nippon Hoso Radio's AKIHABARA DENKI-KAN hosted by Kenso Kato & Chiba Reiko (who went on to do a national multimedia TV program with Morley Robertson - See above).
A year previous Mirai was the weekly English guest for Nippon Hoso Radio's AKIHABARA DENKI-KAN hosted by Kenso Kato & Chiba Reiko (who went on to do a national multimedia TV program with Morley Robertson - See above).
At ASCII / Enterbrain Tokyo, HQ for Digital Famitsu Japanese game magazine, Mirai & Ion, created the Soundtracks & FX for various PC & Playstation video games, CD-Roms, music software and electronic toys: E.G. RPG Maker, Groove Master, Devil Summoner, Shooting Tsukuuru 95 & Buta-Neko. Mirai was also a video game character in the playstation fighter maker Kakutou Tsukuuru.
Over the years Intelligentsia have used various unique gadgets and custom designed electronic performance devices, starting with the self-made 'Light-Drums' (made by Johan Axelman in Sweden) then moving onto the more expressionist Body-Drum and Gypsy Midi Exo-Skeleton music controller. The Body-Drum was designed by Mirai, with the fashion label 'Massaging Capsule', Tokyo (Mio Shibuya) making the physical suit, and electronics by Ion Machine. Intelligentsia have also used various 'Theremins' and performed with Ms.Hypnotique (U.K's no.1 female Theremin player). Mirai is one of the very musicians to use the Gypsy controller for music (as used by NASA & seen on the UK Dragon's Den TV show), which proved to be a big hit in Denmark during the "Future of Music" festival. Photos from the music studio.
