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Jun MIYAKE Artist, Composer, Song writer (Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piano, Pianica, Programming) "Like reading Thomas Pynchon with your ears… Beside this, John Cage's emancipation of noise sounds like a polite little art-school exercise in smugness." Slakk Magazine a very influential musician / trumpeter in and around Tokyo music scene * Had released twelve album as an eccentric artist * appeared as a guest soloist and served as a producer for numerous artists. * Collaboration with contemporary dances and theater pieces with Pina Bausch, Robert wilson,Philippe Decoufle, etc * Co-produced album with people like Hal Willner, Vinicius Cantuaria and Arto Lindsay "About three years ago, I received a tape of Jun Miyake's Music through a mutual friend. The tape knoked me out. In less than an hour, I heard almost every type of music on the earth pass by, in a consistent way, by an artist who was obviously in control of the proceedings. Jun has an incredible understanding and command of all musical languages, unlike anyone I have ever encountered, and in my musical travels, that is quite a feat. There is also a lunacy present, which never got in the way of the overall vision. I wanted to work with this guy ! The album takes the listener on a very unique journey always guided by Jun's unique yet familiar arrangements and his playing which shows up at the perfect moment.This is a magical audio movie that strongly holds together as one piece, while taking one through a surreal history of music. In my own work, I have taken the strong catalogues of Thelonius Monk, Nino Rota, Kurt Weil, Walt Disney and others, using artists including Tom Waits, Sun Ra, and Gil Evans, Keith Richards and Leonard Cohen, interpreting the music in my life long pursuit in finding where these personalities meet. In Miyake, we find all of this in one person really. His music is sophisticated but not hi-brow a sense of humor." Hal Willner 1993, about the album "Enthorpathy" 〈Profile〉 Born January 7, 1958. Jun Miyake was discovered by jazz trumpet player Terumasa Hino. He started his career as a jazz musician after graduation from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. As an artist, he cast light on the blind spots of the times and in addition to his chiselled performance stood out as a composer. He has been commissioned on numerous occasions to compose and produce music for TV commercials, film, animation, documentary and contemporary dance. Some of his more than 3,000 productions for TV advertising won prizes at events like the Cannes International Advertising Festival and the London Effects & Animation Festival, to name just a few. He has been acclaimed worldwide for his characteristically hybrid sound and was invited to contribute to the productions of Pina Bausch, Wim Wenders, Robert Wilson, Philippe Decoufle, Oliver Stone, Jean Paul Goude, Katsuhiro Otomo and many more. Throughout his genre-straddling career, he has collaborated with musicians like Hal Willner, Arto Lindsay, David Byrne, Grace Jones, Arthur H. and Vinicius Cantuaria, amongst others. He moved his base to Paris in autumn, 2005. His work is highly creative and carries subtle energy. He won the distinction of Best Album of the Year 2008 in French and German music magazines and the Grand Prix of the German Record Critics Award 2008 for his latest album “Stolen from Strangers”. He was also selected “Man of 2009” by the great and internationally established French department. 〈Discography〉 NB: His last albums ("Innocent Bossa", "Mondo Erotica !" and "Glam Exotica !" are now available in Europe through Tropical Music and distributed in France by Night and Day). 2007 "Stolen from strangers" (drape/VideoArts music inc.) 2006 "KIBA-vol.2 sound track" (Sony Records) 2006 "KIBA-vol.1 sound track" (Sony Records) 2004 "Mask de 41 sound track" (Little More Records) 2000 "Innocent Bossa in the Mirror" Co-produced with Arto Lindsay (BEAM EXOTICA/tropical records/night&day) 2000 "Mondo Erotica !" (BEAMS EXOTICA/tropical records/night&day) 1999 "Glam Exotica !" (BEAMS EXOTICA/tropical records/night&day) 1998 "PuPu The Soundtrack" (Little More Records) 1998 "angels rondo" (Terapika Records) 1997 "Latinism Reversible" (Tokuma Communications) 1996 "Live at CAY '95 / Tokonatsu no Urei" (Saidera Records) 1996 "CM Tracks Vol. 1" (SLC Records) 1996 "CM Tracks Vol. 2" (SLC Records) 1993 "Entropathy" Co-produced with Hal Willner (Sony Records) 1988 "Tokoshie no Tenohira / Love you Tokyo" (Switch Records) 1984 "Especially Sexy" (TDK Records) 1983 "JUNE NIGHT LOVE" (TDK Records) 〈Featuring film credit in〉 * "Memories / Stink Bomb" by Katsuhiro Ohtomo * "Itoshi no Half Moon" by Youjiro Takita * "The Story of PuPu" by Kensaku Watanabe * "Any given Sunday" by Oliver Stone (did not appeared on final cut) * "Mask de 41" by Taishi Muramoto * "KIBA" by Hiroyuki Kozina * "Zenmai Zamurai" by M&K * "Coffe with Pina Bausch" by Lee Yanor * "L’Ombre et la Main" by Laurence Garret * "Mourir d'Aimer" by Josee Dayan 2009 〈Dance and Theaters〉 * Robert Wilson "The White Town" (Copenhagen 2002) * Philippe Decoufle "Iris Workshop" (Yokohama 2002) * Philippe Decoufle "Solo Performance" (Paris 2005) * Pina Bausch "Rough Cut" (Wuppertal 2005) * Katrine Wiedeman "The Mermaid" (Copenhagen 2005) * Philippe Decoufle at Teatre Mogador (Paris 2005) * Pina Bausch "Vollmond" (Wuppertal 2006) * Philippe Decoufle Solo" (Paris+Thai 2006) * Philippe Decoufle Solo" (Tokyo+New York 2007) * Pina Bausch "Bamboo Blues" (Wuppertal 2007) * Pina Bausch "Sweet Mambo" (Wuppertal 2008) * Shuji Terayama's "The Miraculous Mandarin" directed by Akira Shirai (Tokyo 2009) 〈Recent Events〉 * Appears as soloist in Montreux Jazz Festival with Seigen Ono Ensemble (1993) * Improvised session performance with Beijing Opera dancers in Beijing. 2002 From 1988 to 2004, performed with his own band at clubs and halls in Tokyo, Boston, New-York, Paris. * Music Director for Robert Wilson’s theater play "The White Town" at Bellevue * Theater of Copenhagen. 2002 * Performed with his own group at Berlin Jazz Festival in November 2003. * Arranging and Cinducting for Grace Jones, Gavin Friday and Beth Gibbons for a concert "Stay Awake" Songs of vintage Disney Films / produced by Hal Willner (2007 London) * Arranging and Cinducting for David Byrne, Gavin Friday and Jennifer Charles for a concert "Stay Awake" Songs of vintage Disney Films / produced by Hal Willner (2008 NY) 〈TV Commercials〉 Sony, TDK, Maxell, Scotch, Panasonic, JVC, Mitsubishi, NEC, Sanyo, Ford, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, Shiseido, Max Factor, Maybelline, Suntory, Kirin, Asahi, Sapporo, Nikon, Canon, Minolta, Kyocera, Olympus, Coca-Cola, 7up, and many more … 〈Awards〉 * Cannes International Advertising and Film Festival * International Broadcasting Advertising Award * Clio Award * Dentsu Advertising Award * ACC Japan CM Festival * JAM Advertising Music Festival * Massachusetts State of Artist Foundation : Award for Jazz Composition * Multi Media Grand Prix for CG Arts * MAGINA, Prix Pixel * London Effects and Animation Festival * Le Festival du Dessin et du Film d'Animation 〈MySpace〉 http://www.myspace.com/junmiyakehome