Updatest Release: 2026.02.01.
The premature masterpiece, “Gadget-Quasisymphonic Movements and Noise Montages” will be digitally released on February 1, 2026. This album features music originally composed as the soundtrack for Haruhiko Shono's adventure game Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (or Gadget: Past as Future) (1993) and the CG movie Gadget Trips/Mindscapes (1995). Kouji Ueno's analogies drawn from empirical rules, intuitive inspiration, and musical conception carry the listener to the threshold of electronic music.
2026.02.01.『Resonances of GADGET～疑似交響的断片およびノイズ・モンタージュ』配信
”庄野晴彦によるアドヴェンチャー・ゲーム「ガジェット」Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (or Gadget: Past as Future)（1993）とCGムーヴィーGadget Trips/Mindscapes(1995)のサウンドトラックとして制作された音楽によるアルバム(1995)。
上野耕路の経験則からの類推、直感的着想、音楽的構想、が聴く者をエレクトロニック・ミュージックの臨界へと連れ去る。”
Koji Ueno is an active Japanese composer.
In the 1980s, he was a core member of the Japanese New Wave cult band Guernica. Since then, he has released numerous film scores (filmography) and solo works (discography).
Koji Ueno is a rare artist who combines a classical music foundation with unique tastes and talents spanning jazz, ambient music, electronica, and synthpop, etc...
On September 24, 2025, he released his latest original soundtrack, Six Faces, which is themed around the traditional Japanese art of Kyogen. On October 29, 2025 has started his own label and release work from his new project, "Intonarumori" that based on unique avant pop no one has ever listened to. See more info https://kojiueno.org/bio_en/
2025年9月24日、日本の伝統芸能・狂言をテーマにした最新オリジナルサウンドトラック『Six Faces』をリリース。同年10月29日には自身のレーベルをスタート。その第一弾作品として今まで聴いたことのない独自なアヴァン・テクノポップを基調とする新プロジェクト「イントナルモーリ」の作品をリリース。
Intonarumori, a noise instrument invented in 1913 by the Italian Futurist artist Luigi Russolo (1885-1947), is a prime example of this artistic innovation. The year 1913 indicates that the instrument was not electric. The notion of conceptualizing noise as a musical material predated the subsequent evolution of musique concrète. The core of its music consists of composer/arranger Koji Ueno and lyricist Chikara Yajima, who is responsible for the English lyrics. Miyuki Kido (ex eureka!) in a way of the cinematic protagonist saying, handles vocals, mixing, some arrangements, analog synths, and English lyric writing. The project's fundamental principles, which served as its foundation, include the treatment of noise as musical material, the incorporation of the human voice, the embrace of electronic components despite the project's name, and the attainment of a balance between melody and structural integrity. The project's fundamental principles, which served as its foundation, include the treatment of noise as musical material, the incorporation of the human voice, the embrace of electronic components despite the project's name, and the attainment of a balance between melody and structural integrity. "Pastrale Urbaine" is the first release from Intonarumori and has been available for digital deliver on October 29, 2025.
Intonarumoriは、イタリア未来派のアーティストLuigi Russolo(1885-1947)が1913年に発明した騒音楽器だ。1913年ということは電気楽器ではないということだ。騒音も音楽素材として捉えるという考え方は、のちのミュージック・コンクレートに先立つものだった。
僕自身も子供のころから騒音も音楽の一つだと、ごく自然に思っていた。
実はこの名前、ゲルニカの当初のバンド名だった。それが44年を経て実在化する。
実在化にあたり、このプロジェクトの基本方針は、騒音も音楽素材とすることは言うまでもなく、ヒューマンボイスの追求、プロジェクト名とは逆にエレクトロニックであること、メロディと構築性の両立と見直し、などであろう。
音楽は作編曲：上野耕路、作詞（英詞）：谷嶋ちから、が中心となるが、映画的に言うところの主役となるのは、歌、ミキシング、一部編曲、アナログシンセ、作詞（英詞）の城戸美有紀である。
https://kojiueno.org/intonarumori1001/
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