Chie Mukai (向井 千恵, Mukai Chie, born February 17, 1953) is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group
Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the
East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of
Takehisa Kosugi at the
Bigakko art school in Tokyo. Her primary instrument is the bowed Chinese
er-hu, although she is also a vocalist, and plays piano and percussion.
Every year she organizes the
Perspective Emotionmixed media arts festival in Tokyo. She has been frequently collaborating with
Kenya Kawaguchi,
Masayoshi Urabe,
Seiichi Yamamoto since 2010.
Discography
Solo
Kokyu Improvisation (胡弓インプロヴィゼイション) CD (PSF, 1990) CD
Three pieces, solo improvisations LP (Siwa, 2000; CD, 2007)
Crossing CDR (there, 2004)
V.A., Somethings #1 CD (Last Visible Dog, 2007)
Ché-SHIZU
Yakusoku wa dekinai (約束はできない) LP (zero records, 1984; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001)
V.A., Aura Music LP (zero records, 1984)
V.A., Welcome to Dreamland LP/CD (celluloid, 1985)
Nazareth (ナザレ) CD (PSF, 1993)
A Journey CD (PSF, 1994)
Live 1996 Suisho CD (PSF, 1997)
Glimmering Star (瞬きの星) LP (Aleutian Retto, 1999; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001)
Chie Mukai (向井 千恵, Mukai Chie, born February 17, 1953) is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group
Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the
East Bionic Symphonia group, a graduation project for students of
Takehisa Kosugi at the
Bigakko art school in Tokyo. Her primary instrument is the bowed Chinese
er-hu, although she is also a vocalist, and plays piano and percussion.
Every year she organizes the
Perspective Emotionmixed media arts festival in Tokyo. She has been frequently collaborating with
Kenya Kawaguchi,
Masayoshi Urabe,
Seiichi Yamamoto since 2010.
Discography
Solo
Kokyu Improvisation (胡弓インプロヴィゼイション) CD (PSF, 1990) CD
Three pieces, solo improvisations LP (Siwa, 2000; CD, 2007)
Crossing CDR (there, 2004)
V.A., Somethings #1 CD (Last Visible Dog, 2007)
Ché-SHIZU
Yakusoku wa dekinai (約束はできない) LP (zero records, 1984; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001)
V.A., Aura Music LP (zero records, 1984)
V.A., Welcome to Dreamland LP/CD (celluloid, 1985)
Nazareth (ナザレ) CD (PSF, 1993)
A Journey CD (PSF, 1994)
Live 1996 Suisho CD (PSF, 1997)
Glimmering Star (瞬きの星) LP (Aleutian Retto, 1999; CD reissue on Alchemy Records, 2001)