Haco


Haco is a Japanese singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist, known for her work with After Dinner and Hoahio, among others.
Following formal studies in acoustics, electronic music and recording technology in 1980, Haco came to international attention fronting the group After Dinner, helped by their association with the "Rock in Opposition"-related label Recommended Records. Haco would later appear in Step Across the Border, a 1990 documentary film on Henry Cow's Fred Frith, as well as contributing music to the soundtrack.
Haco released her first solo album in 1995, and embarked on her first solo European tour a year later. More recently, Haco has worked with the groups Happiness Proof, Hoahio and Ash in the Rainbow, and has recorded or performed with countless other artists, such as David Toop, Otomo Yoshihide, Nobukazu Takemura, Pierre Bastien, Anthony Moore and Carl Stone.
In addition to her more conventional album releases Haco has also worked in the fields of sound art; curating exhibitions and installations and establishing the sound art project View Masters, later beginning the production and curation of a four-year series of View Masters lectures, concerts and workshops in 2002.
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Discography (albums as leader or co-leader)

  • 1995 HACO
  • 1999 Happiness Proof
  • 2004 Stereo Bugscope 00
  • 2007 Riska
  • 2015 Secret Garden
  • 2017 Qoosui
  • 2021 Novo Naturo
  • 2024 HACO
  • 2024 Another Souvenir: Solo Live in 2002
After Dinner
  • 1984 After Dinner
  • 1988 Souvenir Cassette
  • 1989 Paradise of Replica
  • 2019 The Souvenir Cassette and Further Live Adventures
  • 2021 After Dinner: 1982-85
  • 2022 Paradise of Replica
Hoahio
  • 1997 Happy Mail
  • 2000 Ohayo! Hoahio!
  • 2003 Peek-Ara-Boo
Kam-pas-nel-la
  • 1998 Kam-pas-nel-la
Ash in the Rainbow
  • 2003 Ash in the Rainbow
Yesterday's Heroes
  • 2004 1979
Synapse
  • 2005 Raw
Diane Labrosse, Martin Tetreault, and Haco
  • 2005 Lunch in Nishinomiya
Haco, Takako Minekawa, Dustin Wong, and Tarnovski
  • 2019 ''Kannazuki''

Vocal contributions