東京在住のアメリカ人アーティスト、Conoley Ospovat。パフォーマー/プロデューサーとしてtechno、progressive house、electronica、synthpopといったエレクトロ
ニックミュージックから即興ジャムバンドまで多様なジャンルを横断し、ダンスミュージックを追究してきたそのサウンドは、流行に左右されない独自の世界観を創り上げている。シンセサイザー、パソコン、midiコントローラー、エフェクターをリアルタイムで操作し、自らヴォーカルまでも務めるライブでは刺激的で叙情的なセットで聞くものを魅了している。これまでにフジロックフェスティバルへの出演や、米国ツアー敢行など、精力的に活動を展開している。
For Tokyo-based American-born live performer and producer Conoley Ospovat dance music is something that is deeply personal ? a means of expressing and sharing the most heartfelt of emotions. Not content to follow trends or
pigeonhole himself, Ospovat draws on a diverse range of influences such as techno, progressive house, electronica, synthpop and improvisational jam bands to make energetic dance music that is rich in feeling. A desire to create an
experience that is both dynamic and engaging infuses his live performances, which see him playing and controlling synthesizers, a laptop, and a midi-controller in real time, as well as running his own live vocals through guitar effects pedals and playing guitar. His music has been called reminiscent of Henrik Schwarz.
Ospovat has played live extensively since 2003 across America and Japan, including the 2004 Fuji Rock Festival and a 2007 U.S. tour. He is a resident at the popular and long-running Real Grooves club events in Tokyo, where he has
opened for the Wighnomy Brothers, John Tejada, Guillaume and the Coutu Dumonts, Extrawelt, and Los Hermanos. He has shared bills with Pier Bucci, Robag Wruhme, Gerald Mitchell, and Marc Schneider.
2009 saw releases on KSR House and DHP (Deep House Project), and on his label Continental Drift Records, launched with Craig Oldring (c_olvrin) in October 2009. His ‘He’s Not a Machine’ (EP) was released on Continental Drift in
September 2010. He has performed recently at Unit, Aoi Heya, and Eleven (formerly Space Lab Yellow) in Tokyo.