Yuko Araki [War Machine Online Noise Festival 2020]

Multi-instrumentalist/composer based in Tokyo, Yuko Araki started playing piano when she was a small child and in her teenage years was inspired by hardcore and metal music, but she soon became really eclectic and took on a diverse range of projects, including drummer of the oriental/tribal dream psych band Kuunatic and founding members of the Neoclassical noise duo Concierto de la Familia and her solo project: harsh noise drones layered by analog synthesizers, cymbals, and samples of Japanese traditional instruments creating abstract rhythms and dissonant harmonies that sound like a noise orchestra. In early 2019 she released her first EP “I” for the Indonesian label Gerpfast Kolektif and performed at Cherry Music and Sakura Festival in Denmark, Jogja Noise Bombing Festival in Yogyakarta in Indonesia, DAO XUAN International festival in Vietnam, and toured Europe for the first time. After signing with Italian brand new boutique tape label Commando Vanessa, Araki announced the release of her debut album