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Japanese singer-songwriter and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eiko Ishibashi (石橋英子, Ishibashi Eiko) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician.[1]
Eiko Ishibashi 石橋英子 | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Mobara, Chiba, Japan |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, producer[1] |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, drums[1] |
Website | Official website |
She has frequently worked with Jim O'Rourke, with O'Rourke producing several of her albums and Ishibashi playing on his album Simple Songs.[2] Together with Tatsuhisa Yamamoto they formed the band Kafka's Ibiki.[1][3][4]
In 2016, she released the album Kouen Kyoudai, a collaboration with the Japanese noise musician Masami Akita (better known as Merzbow).[5][6] She composed the music for the 2019 anime Blade of the Immortal. She has collaborated with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi on two projects: the 2021 film Drive My Car, and the 2023 film Evil Does Not Exist.
She is currently in a relationship with American musician Jim O'Rourke.[7] The two met when Ishibashi played flute on a Burt Bacharach covers album O'Rourke was producing. They live and work closely together, but "keep a professional distance, sending each other data files to work on rather than jamming."[8]
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