Ōita Art Museum “Painter Takayama”: Music Production
Release date: February 12, 2026 A sound environment designer reveals the secrets of sound for the first time.
The 1st ION Forest Retreat was held on November 11–12, 2025.
NHK "Don’t sleep through life! "(Rebroadcast)“Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”
An additional live performance celebrating the release of GAIAPHILIA, the collaborative album by Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo
“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party
A collaboration between Yumiko Morioka and Takashi Kokubo. A new masterpiece of Japanese environmental music, rooted in nature and imbued with deep emotion and transcendence.
“Tree of Life” — Takashi Kokubo & Naoki Tate Live at Manchin Saketen
Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service
2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival
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.
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.
Takashi Kokubo combines natural field recordings from 50 countries with cutting-edge visual technology. 5.1ch surround Blu-ray.
Final installment of the Brain-Fitness series. GAIA infrasonic mix. Birds and water with synths drifting through space. Cyberphonic recording, headphones recommended.
Brain-Fitness, 2nd Volume. Fractal soundfields that regulate the nervous system. Cyberphonic recording. Headphones recommended.
Brain-Fitness Trilogy Vol.1. DNA-helix themed 3D sound to activate the brain. Headphones recommended. Includes “EVOLUTION IN URBANLIFE.”
Light In The Attic’s Japan Special Edition Becomes Grammy Nominee: Takashi Kokubo and the Definitive Survey of Japanese Ambient
“Beautiful Night of the Moon” is a poetic soundscape themed on moonlight and silence — a sonic journey that wraps the night and brings gentle healing to the heart.
White Stone Gallery Ginza New Building — Clément Denis “In Search of Light” (Environmental Music), Tokyo, Ginza
“ORATIO ~ Prayer of the West, Prayer of the East” (Theater Music), Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo
Research and film music composition for Yasuhiko Tsuchida’s film “Crossroads of Fate” (Magone).
Production and implementation of the Yokohama City sound logo.
Min-On performance “Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures” — Opening Music (Video Music), Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo
Online mahjong game “Live Mahjong!” (Game Music)
Takashi Kokubo in charge of music for the stage production Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”.
Produced the audio signage tones for JRA’s automated ticket vending machines.
Performed at the live event “Yorubon” at Gallery “Gasbon Metabolism”
Performing Van Gogh in Arles, Southern France! Takashi Kokubo Concert “Van Gogh and Arles”
In connection with the exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute — Music / Art / Media,” a live festival centered on Micro Ambient Music will be presented.
Ultra-Ancient Future Music “JOMON DIVA — Rite of Creation”
Asahi Shimbun GLOBE No. 292 (newspaper insert) — Contemporary Society Seen Through Sound
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
Spatial Audio Production in a Log House Surrounded by Forest
Remote Live Appearance on “Lovely Day♡” (FM Yokohama 84.7) from Yamanashi Discussed the Yokohama sound logo.
“Yokohama’s sound logo completed — expressing the city’s brand image through sound” (Yokohama Keizai Shimbun)
NHK Don’t Sleep Through Life! — “Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”
Appearance on Hideki Matsutake’s Program “Logic Radio #150” (α-STATION / FM Kyoto)
A collection of healing music themed around the cosmos. Takashi Kokubo’s transparent sound transforms an ordinary room into a quiet, luminous “sonic universe.”
A healing work that renders Japan’s archetypal landscapes in sound. Takashi Kokubo’s gentle sonic textures restore a sense of “quiet Japan” to the heart.
“Poetry of the Earth,” Africa edition. Horizons, wildlife breath, flamingo swarms, nocturnal hyenas, and the pulse of the Maasai captured in 3D.
“Poetry of the Earth.” Natural soundscapes from over 40 countries recorded in Cyberphonic 3-D. Featuring the refreshing sonic environments of the Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand.
Poetry like music, music like poetry. Emi Tsutsumi’s gentle spoken word and Takashi Kokubo’s sound quietly awaken the treasures hidden within the heart.
“Poems of the Earth” — Hawaii Edition. Island-by-island character and rich layers of life. Recorded in Cyberphonic 3D — headphones recommended.
“Poems of the Earth” — Tropical Rainforest Edition. Jungle soundscapes alive with rare animals and birds. Cyberphonic 3D recording to experience raw vitality.
Poems of the Earth. Recorded in Cyberphonic 3D. Islands close to heaven—where sky and sea dissolve into healing.
The Poems of the Earth series. Takashi Kokubo’s world-recorded nature sounds in 3D Cyberphonic. A headphone-immersive experience that evokes warmth and nostalgia.
A sonic prayer that binds the stillness of the sea and the silence of the cosmos. Gentle waves and stellar resonance by Takashi Kokubo invite the listener into an eternal quiet.
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.
Produced by Stomu Yamashita, Tempest is a dramatic sonic work themed around storms, with Takashi Kokubo supporting the soundscape on synthesizer.
Miho Okai — “Fairyland ~Healing Orgel~” is a healing ambient work that invites the listener into a gentle “fairyland” through the quiet resonance of the music box. A refined sonic world that brings calm and spaciousness to the heart.
Produced by Takashi Kokubo, Little Cafe Style 1 —Cafe Latte delivers gentle café music that brings relaxation and small moments of happiness into everyday life.
Mineaki Hotta’s Chiang Mai Dreaming blends kalimba tones with natural soundscapes, creating a nostalgic and meditative sonic environment.
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