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

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]

Biography

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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

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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

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Studio albums

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

EPs

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  • 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

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

Guest appearances

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References

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  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. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b 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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