Asahito Nanjo

Who is Asahito Nanjo?

Asahito Nanjo is a Japanese underground musician, best known for his psychedelic rock groups High Rise, Mainliner and Musica Transonic, and the ethnic improvisation unit Toho Sara. He has been active on the Tokyo underground scene since the late seventies.

Part of his sonic aesthetic is to record, mix, and master using extreme levels of distortion, dynamic range compression, and clipping making the sound of the instruments unrecognizable. The results can be said to contain elements of noise music.

Below are the main groups with which he has been involved from 1979 to the present:

⁕Red Alert

⁕Red

⁕Conformist

⁕Deaf and Dumb House

⁕Virus Freak

⁕Tako

⁕I’m useless

⁕Telepatys going bad of Rotness

⁕Kosokuya

⁕Sweet Inspirations

⁕Psychedelic Speed Freaks

⁕High Rise