Yuichiro Fujimoto is a Japanese who is interested in the space and domestic objects sounds, textures, and its minimal expression with delicate and almost childish melodies. He's first album ‘Komorebi’ was released on Norway's STSS imprint but caught the attention by Smalltown Supersound's designer and artist Kim Hiorthoy. His second and debut album on Audio Dregs titled "Kinoe" is comprised by subtle and delicate sounds, although this isn't obvious in the proposal of this young Japanese artist, but the listener must pay attention to the details and micro sounds.
Fujimoto's music lays in the electronic Japanese music in the likes of Sketch Show, Fonica or Ogurusu Norihide. More info. at www.audiodregs.com and at the artist's web site www.yuichirofujimoto.com 

Every subtle sounds taken from instruments, objects, field recordings are differents parts that you put them together. What common element join them?
"First of all, I just like listening many kinds of sounds recorded and unrecorded. And I like accidental things too. For example, I'm walking street, I can hear bird sings, cars, girls talking, some music... Those sounds mix is changing and changing with my walking. Sometimes I meet [I think it is 'meet'] special good sounds for me. I smile and listen well. I hope I make music with that feeling. It's not so difficult, it's fun."
On 'Morning dance' there is a TV on making some noise. What roll plays sound space in your music?
"It's not so special roll plays. When I recorded room sounds [with tablewares], I turned on TV, so that's play a cartoon. That's all connected I think."
Really peculiar is the sound of a pencil scratching over a piece of paper on 'Without mabutaki' like as someone is drawing. Could you please tell us about this track and what does it means mabutaki?
"The sounds of pencils by my mother. She is writing the picture letters to her Mother [my Grandmother] everyday. That's really everyday! the daily mailings is continued for about 10 years. So she is drawing some pictures everyday, I like its. I recorded it by her, sounds is coloring. Mabataki is japanese means wink."
Do you have other activities that complement your work as a musician?
"I think I'm not as a musician. I can not play the instruments well. But I like taking pictures and drawings. Music is not only one thing for me. And of course that ‘just listening’ is important for me."
It seems that traditional Japanese folk is an important influence in your music?
"Sometimes I received like this question. But I 'm not so much influenced from Japanese traditional folk music. I like Japanese 'MA [space]' and 'HIBIKI [echos]'. It's important. But that's from not only from music, from pictures, lifestyles and others. If you feel the relation with Japanese traditional and my music, I think It's ok."
Text Guillermo Escudero
May 2005

Interview from Fake magazine (The Netherlands)
http://www.yuichirofujimoto.com/news/040902_2.html

How old are you? where were you born? where do you live now? what kind of town is it where you live? How is it for you to live with your family? (father,mother and sister)
I’m 22years old. I was born in Japan,and I’m also living in Japan now. The town where I live is by the sea. Urayasu (my town) is a reclaimed land. So here was in the sea in old times. I’m living with my family, father, mother and an old sister.
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