Cuushe

Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi, better known by her stage name Cuushe,[3] is a Japanese singer-songwriter,[4] multi-instrumentalist,[5] and record producer[6] from Kyoto.[7] She is based in Tokyo.[8] She is one half of the duo Neon Cloud along with Geskia.[9] Her music has been released on Flau and Cascine.[10]

Cuushe
Birth nameMayuko Hitotsuyanagi
OriginKyoto, Japan
GenresDream pop[1][2]
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • record producer
Years active2010–present
Labels
Websitewww.cuushe.net

Biography

Growing up in Kyoto, Cuushe spent time in Osaka before moving to Tokyo.[11] She also spent extended periods of time in London and Berlin.[11] She started making music in 2008.[11]

Her debut studio album, Red Rocket Telepathy, was released in 2009.[11] In 2012, she released an EP, Girl You Know That I Am Here but the Dream.[12] Her second studio album, Butterfly Case, was released in 2013.[13] Patrick St. Michel of Pitchfork called it "a captivating collection of dream pop."[14] In 2015, she released an EP, Night Lines.[15] "We Can't Stop", a song from the EP, was used in the American dark comedy television series Search Party.[11]

In 2017, she became a victim of stalking and online sexual harassment by the glitch musician Ametsub,[16] who broke into her house and stole her unreleased recordings, musical equipment, and personal items such as clothes and photographs.[16]

Style and influences

In a 2012 interview with Dazed, Cuushe cited "musician friends, movies, [and] sadness" as her top 3 musical inspirations.[17]

Colin Joyce of Pitchfork wrote, "The wispy-voiced Tokyo songwriter is nominally a dream-pop act, indulgent in the stirring static and hushed whispers that have become requisite for the genre."[18]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Red Rocket Telepathy (2009)
  • Butterfly Case (2013)
  • Waken (2020)

EPs
  • Knit (2011) (with Geskia, as Neon Cloud)
  • Girl You Know That I Am Here but the Dream (2012)
  • Scar (2014) (with Geskia, as Neon Cloud)
  • Night Lines (2015)

Singles
  • "Light" (2020) (with Evan Dorrian, as FEM)

Guest appearances

References
  1. Ryce, Andrew (24 August 2018). "Japanese artist Cuushe details stalking and abuse by Ametsub". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. Pickard, Joshua (18 September 2013). "Track Premiere: Cuushe – "Hanabi"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  3. Lester, Paul (3 October 2012). "Cuushe (No 1,364)". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. Studarus, Laura (14 April 2015). "Premiere: Cuushe – "Shadow (Nite Jewel Remix)"". Under the Radar. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. Cliff, Aimee (31 March 2015). "Cuushe's new EP is a long, lonely night in Tokyo". Dazed. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. Townsend, Mike (8 April 2015). "Cuushe - Night Lines EP". The 405. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. Ebbesen, Mika Hayashi (17 July 2013). "Exclusive: Cuushe's Kyoto Dream-pop". Dazed. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  8. Cullinan, Lexy. "Cuushe, "Tie"". Impose. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  9. Thomas, Russell (18 March 2014). "Geskia, Cuushe team up on impressive Neon Cloud side project". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  10. Hadfield, James (12 April 2015). "Cuushe dreams of perfect pop on 'Night Lines'". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  11. Aileen, Kat; MacWilliam, Keenan (17 November 2016). "Inside Japanese Artist Cuushe's Dreamy Musical World". Vice. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  12. Boddy, Tim (3 April 2013). "Cuushe - 'I Love You' (Listen)". The 405. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  13. Martins, Chris (17 September 2013). "Cuushe's 'I Miss You' Is a Shoegazing R&B Dream". Spin. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  14. Michel, Patrick St. (2 October 2013). "Cuushe: Butterfly Case". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  15. Cooper, Duncan (7 April 2015). "FADER Mix: Cuushe". The Fader. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  16. Saunders, Rebecca (19 June 2020). "FEM emerges from the darkness with a newfound light". The Japan Times. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  17. Myers, Owen (15 August 2012). "Cuushe Video Premiere". Dazed. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  18. Joyce, Colin (9 April 2015). "Cuushe "Tie"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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