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Chris Yohei Tokunaga
Chris Yohei Tokunaga is a composer and electronic music producer based in Berlin, Germany. He writes lyrics and composes electro-pop or songs accompanied by guitar. Chris Yohei also creates instrumental electronic compositions.Chris also has a musical portrait project where an interview takes place, and based on the conversation, he makes suggestions as to what he could compose. The idea is to take a musical “snapshot" of the subject’s life, reflecting the interest of the person.He often writes songs about the mystery, magic, and the trials of living with visual hallucinations.If you would like to collaborate with him as a musician, visual artist, dancer, videographer, or as an artist of a different form, please do get in touch at the email address listed below.If you are a synch agency or publisher interested in working with Chris, please contact him at [email protected].
Flowers And Flames
Flowers And Flames is Chris’ fourth EP. It’s an EP with several instrumental tracks. The title track and EP cover are dedicated to his late father who passed in 2009. The piece is titled Flowers And Flames because often in Japan, before the body of the deceased is cremated, they are put in a simple wooden coffin filled with flowers.Chris sings on the track “Alucinari”. This title is the origin of the word hallucination which was Latin for “to wander in the mind” .His track “Becoming Weightless” is the first of a series of musical portraits he's made. The idea is to become weightless despite the things that weigh us down.
Purple Sky
Purple Sky is an electro-pop EP. With themes ranging from joy to sorrow and rejection, there is a spectrum of emotions featured in this release.It features various singers and friends of Chris’ such as Ivana Gaffney, Laura Corallini, or Nina Rotner.Chris Yohei and Christine, a poet and his mother, started working together in 2011.After Chris’ father passed away, he encouraged his mom to start working on poetry and she in turn helped him with song lyrics.The lyrics for two songs “Mistrust” and “Space” were written by Christine. They also collaborated on the lyrics for “Distances” and “Simple Things”.One of Chris’ favorite songs on the EP is called “Sweet Dreams” and is a song describing his life with hallucinations.
Stars And Reveries
Stars And Reveries is an EP that was composed shortly after recovering from an acute psychosis and post-psychotic depression in 2017/2018.The songs describe his hopelessness as well as his recovery from the illness.Except for the title track “Stars And Reveries” which features vocals from the singer Jele, all the vocals were recorded by Chris Yohei himself because of how personal the subject matter felt to him.
NIghts For Days
Chris’ first EP. The lyrics were written by Christine.It features jazz influenced electronic pieces, such as the song “Theresa”, which is about two lovers that live on opposite sides of the Oberbaumbrücke in Berlin. It features vocals by Nina Rotner.The track “You and I” is meant to be symbolic of his relationship between physical reality and the hallucinatory.The song “Stay” is about the transient nature of love, and the discouragement it may bring. It features vocals by Laura Corallini.
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