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2023/08

Media & Book

MUSIC EcoSystems | BIZ

Spatial Audio Production in a Log House Surrounded by Forest

2023/07

Media & Book

「Lovely Day♡」Fm yokohama 84.7

Remote Live Appearance on “Lovely Day♡” (FM Yokohama 84.7) from Yamanashi Discussed the Yokohama sound logo.

2023/05

Music

MAGONE

Ambient × J-Rock Film Score. Eight tracks including GLAY, officially selected in two international film festival soundtrack categories; created by director Tanabe and the composers.

2023/04

Live & Event

Live at “Haretara Sora ni Mame Maite”

This series, Obscure Land Vol.4, invites artists one by one from the Grammy-nominated compilation Kankyo Ongaku.

2023/03

Media & Book

Yokohama’s Sound Logo Completed

“Yokohama’s sound logo completed — expressing the city’s brand image through sound” (Yokohama Keizai Shimbun)

2023/03

Media & Book

Don’t Sleep Through Life!

NHK Don’t Sleep Through Life! — “Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”

2023/02

Media & Book

Logic Radio #150 α-STATION / FM Kyoto

Appearance on Hideki Matsutake’s Program “Logic Radio #150” (α-STATION / FM Kyoto)

2023/02

Music

Music For A Cosmic Garden

Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti’s collaboration album Music For A Cosmic Garden is a healing work that fuses field-recorded nature soundscapes with meditative ambient music.

2023/01

Media & Book

DTM STATION

Attending a Mysterious 3D Sound Live Performance by Takashi Kokubo at the “Sakura-za” Live House in Kōfu

1996

Message from the Oasis — Tale of Forest and Water

A sonic tale of resonance between forest and water. Kokubo’s gentle sound restores harmony between nature and the heart.

1994

GAIA -BREATHING MIX- (3D-Somesthesia Sound)

The final installment of the Brain Fitness trilogy. GAIA ultra-low-frequency mix. Birds, water, and synthesizers drift through cosmic space. Recorded in Cyberphonic 3D; headphones recommended. Best experienced in the order: GIGA → VALIS → GAIA.

1994

VALIS　(3D-Somesthesia Sound)

The second volume of the “Brain Fitness” trilogy. Fractal-generated soundfields designed to regulate the nervous system. Recorded in Cyberphonic 3D; headphones recommended.

1994

GIGA　(3D-Somesthesia Sound)

The first volume of the “Brain Fitness” trilogy. DNA-helical motifs rendered in ultra-3D spatial audio to refresh the brain. Headphones recommended. Includes the NYC-noise groove track “EVOLUTION IN URBANLIFE.”

1984

Kukai

The music for the film Kūkai was composed by Stomu Yamashita, with Takashi Kokubo participating on synthesizers. The soundtrack is recognized as a unique spiritual sound work that portrays both stillness and inner depth.

1984

Sea & Sky

Stomu Yamashita’s Sea & Sky blends environmental sound and instrumentation to create a dramatic work that evokes a vast and beautiful world.

1982

Tempest

Produced by Stomu Yamashita, Tempest is a dramatic sonic work themed around storms, with Takashi Kokubo supporting the soundscape on synthesizer.

1982

Iroha "Fire"

A 1982 work by Stomu Yamashita and the third volume in his Iroha series—an album where synthesizers and Buddhist cosmology merge into meditative sound.

1982

Iroha "Water"

A meditative sonic spectacle released in 1982, in which percussionist Stomu Yamashita and his collaborators explore the theme of “water.”

2025/

USEN BGV Service

Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service

2024/

In Search of Light

White Stone Gallery Ginza New Building — Clément Denis “In Search of Light” (Environmental Music), Tokyo, Ginza

2024/

ORATIO

“ORATIO ~ Prayer of the West, Prayer of the East” (Theater Music), Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo

2023/

Film “Magone” — Yasuhiko Tsuchida, “Crossroads of Fate”

Research and film music composition for Yasuhiko Tsuchida’s film “Crossroads of Fate” (Magone).

2023/

Yokohama City “Sound Logo”

Production and implementation of the Yokohama City sound logo.

2022

Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures

Min-On performance “Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures” — Opening Music (Video Music), Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo

2021/

Live Mahjong!

Online mahjong game “Live Mahjong!” (Game Music)

2020/11

Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”

Takashi Kokubo in charge of music for the stage production Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”.

2020

JRA Ticket Vending Machines

Produced the audio signage tones for JRA’s automated ticket vending machines.

2025/11

1st ION Forest Retreat

The 1st ION Forest Retreat was held on November 11–12, 2025.

2025/05

GAIAPHILIA — Additional Release Live Performance Announced

An additional live performance celebrating the release of GAIAPHILIA, the collaborative album by Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo

2025/04

"GaiaphiIia” release party

“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party

2025/01

The Manchinsaketen Live

“Tree of Life” — Takashi Kokubo & Naoki Tate Live at Manchin Saketen

2024/08

2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival

2024/06

Yorubon

Performed at the live event “Yorubon” at Gallery “Gasbon Metabolism”

2024/06

Van Gogh and Arles

Performing Van Gogh in Arles, Southern France! Takashi Kokubo Concert “Van Gogh and Arles”

2024/02

Micro Ambient Music

In connection with the exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute — Music / Art / Media,” a live festival centered on Micro Ambient Music will be presented.

2024/01

JOMON DIVA Live

Ultra-Ancient Future Music “JOMON DIVA — Rite of Creation”

2026/02

Designing with Sound

Release date: February 12, 2026 A sound environment designer reveals the secrets of sound for the first time.

2025/11

Don’t sleep through life! (Rebroadcast)

NHK "Don’t sleep through life! "(Rebroadcast)“Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”

2023/12

Asahi Shimbun “GLOBE” No. 292

Asahi Shimbun GLOBE No. 292 (newspaper insert) — Contemporary Society Seen Through Sound

2023/12

“Gyu-ee!” — The Master of Healing Sound Who Created Japan’s Mobile Earthquake Early Warning Tone

Asahi Shimbun (Web Edition):“Gyu-ee!” — The Master of Healing Sound Behind Japan’s Mobile Earthquake Early Warning Tone Reflects on the Relationship Between Society and Sound

2023/08