Yoichiro Ito a.k.a. akakage is

Since my days as an art student, I have continued to release music predominantly based on sampling. However, in pursuit of creating works that detach from the mundane and the dexterous aspects of myself, I have begun to delve into painting as well. The sense of color and compositional elements I have cultivated over the years through music and my environment always resides within me. My goal in expression is not simply to paint skillfully, but to transcend the images formed in my mind. In the process of painting, I repeatedly retry and layer errors to explore new "images." Lately, I have also been challenging myself to naturally fuse music and painting. The works born from sampling the images accumulated in my mind, much like in music, and reconstructing them are something only I can create. Moreover, I believe the long coexistence and fusion with music generate value as contemporary art.

Artwork

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2025.4.17
  • Exhibition

グルーヴ展「レコジャケ展 巡回a(abridge)toB(BnA_WALL)」に 参加します!

GW中 5/4から開催されます「レコジャケ展 巡回a(abridge)toB(BnA_WALL)」に参加します!初日の5/1はDJもしますので遊びに来てください!BnA_WALL: https://bnawall.com/ 以下、詳細になります!2025 5/4(sun)~5/17(sat)レコジャケ展 巡回a(abridge)toB(BnA_WALL)@bna_wall中央区日本橋大伝馬町1−1絵描き•グラフィックデザイナー•バンドボーカル•DJ•イラストレーター•スケーター様々な分野で想像力を発揮されている方々に声をかけ各々好きな音楽を1曲選び、その曲をイメージしたレコードジャケットを制作展示する、グループ展ならぬ“グルーヴ展”10数年前に青山C.O.D、麹町画廊にて企画し、今年2月三軒茶屋a-bridgeを経て日本橋にあるアートホテルBnAにて展示いたします。個人的にはこの企画は、去年お亡くなりになった矢部直さんと繋がるきっかけにもなった思い入れのあるものです。作家さんやその周りにいる人達がグルーヴして更なる渦になることを願っております。 [Reception Party ]5/4(sun)15:00~22:00 entrance freeDjsakakageIORI WAKASAGackyMasayuki ‘KOMI ‘Kominato& more… 【参加作家 順不同】SUI THE TOKYO @sui_the_tokyo@suithetokyoGENTA INOUE @gentainoueNAGA@naga0708いもと さちえ @imoto_sachie_illust松本 アタル@europeansexy428graffi @428graffi_worksHAGIWARA YU@you_hagiwara岩本真由子makoto ohgaki @makoto_ohgakiNAKANO KAZUMA @atelier_kazumaGUNSHIP@gunship_jpSHINOZAKI HILOSHI @shino_0013@shinozakihiloshiYOHEI ENDO @manikafactoryYOICHIRO ITO @akakage_tokyoBG@bg.printworksSilly Billy@sillybilly_yyKIIMAN@kiiman新谷隼人@neeya_hayato彫三和@horimiwa_jpShinya Ogiwara @shin._illustration

Music

DJ and producer. He has been consistently releasing his own albums under various names such as AKAKAGE and Natural Essence.
As a producer, he is able to handle a wide range of musical styles from world music to J-Pop, and expresses an original world with his DJ-like skills and stylish sensibility.

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  • BLANK
  • JULY TREE
  • kit gallery
  • kongtong
  • れもんらいふ
  • ROMANTICKERS
  • TOKYOWISE
  • Unchantable records
  • Upper Crust
  • MEDIACRAFT
  • Antenna Graphic Base
  • FILE RECORDS inc.