Biography

Koichi Shimizu, born 1972, is a musician, sound designer, producer based in Japan. Active since the late 90s, Shimizu has worked in the field of electronic music and sound design for film, performance and sound installations. After more than 10 years into his career, he released his first full length album “Otolary” in 2015. Following which, he performed in numerous cities around Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea, and in 2016, he went on his first European tour with Belin-based artist Inner8, one half of Techno duo Dadub. Shimizu’s track Zloc4cv was included in the compilation album by Korean underground collective Constant Value, and he subsequently released “Wholetone EP” on Berlin label HOLOTONE in 2017. As a sound designer/engineer for film, he works regularly with Thai film director Apichatpong Weearsethakul, a collaboration that started from 2007. Apart from being the sound designer for a number of his films, Shimizu also worked on Apichatpong’s first widely toured theatre work “Fever Room” and produced the compilation album “METAPHORS / Selected Soundworks from the Cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul” released on Headz (Japan), Sub Rosa (EU) and Kick The Machine (Thailand). After living in Bangkok for nearly twenty years, Shimizu relocated himself back to Japan in 2020 where he spends his time working between Tokyo and Yamanashi.