ASA-CHANG & Junrei "JUNRAY DANCE CHANG" series

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

precog Co., Ltd.

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY26 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]

ASA-CHANG & Junrei "New Blue Theater" KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2012 Participating Work Photography: Abe Ayako

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Business Overview

ASA-CHANG & Junray's music is sometimes heavy, distorted, and beautiful, and sometimes light, carefree, and incredibly cheerful. Its duality echoes the contemporary Japanese society of today, where people continue to hedonistically consume the benefits of an advanced capitalist society while simultaneously feeling anxious about its future stagnation and distortions. Its appeal embodies both popular appeal and a sharp critical eye toward its contemporary era, making it "true pop music." Furthermore, under consistent direction, ASA-CHANG & Junray perform live performances as "theatrical art," blending sound, performers, lighting, video, and dance. Despite their backgrounds as musicians, ASA-CHANG & Junray have maintained a critical stance and distanced themselves from the established music scene. Over three sessions, they collaborate with dancers, butoh artists, and filmmakers active in their respective fields to create and present music, further deepening their work and exploring new relationships between body and music, and video and music.

implementation period

September 23, 2014 (Tue. Holiday) Saturday, December 6, 2014 March 2015 (tentative)

Place of implementation

CAY (Minato-ku, Tokyo)

*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.

Profile

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ASA-CHANG started as a solo unit in 1997. He produces music that is tribal and abstract, full of his own unique vibrations.
Her collaboration with contemporary dancers in a music video attracted worldwide attention, and in 2009 she held the music and dance performance "Aoiro Theatre" at Setagaya Public Theatre.
In 2012, they welcomed Yoshihiro Ushiroseki and An Suhara as live performers and announced "New Aoiro Theater" at "KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2012."