Mamoru kobayakawa
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Mamoru Kobayakawa (1972-)
New York City == Mamoru Kobayakawa New York City/Montreal
Singer/Composer/Guitarist, Photographer, Artist.
M.Kobayakawa was born in Gainesville, Georgia to Linda Parker, a Canadian, and George Kobayakawa, a Japanese Canadian. He has two sisters; the eldest Yumiko and the younger Marii.
Mamoru is a passionate and versatile stage performer. He has performed with Yuval Gabay/ Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Marc Ribot(John Zorn, Tom Waits),DJ Logic, The Boredoms (Jpn), Michael Stipe, Sean Lennon, Cibo Matto, Didi Gutman, TV on the radio, Bjork, Chan Marshall (CatPower),and numerous other American and English performers around the New York city music scene. He is known for his oft whimsical and melodic vocal improvisations and his layered compositions and songs going from folk to punk in style. With a vocal range of 4 octaves (low B to high C) he is able to hold sessions much as an instrument would with both his power and consistency of tessitura. Often delving into the love he has for improvised spoken word. He once said that he prefers simple guitar/voice performances much like Bob Dylan and Kelly Joe Phelps.
Mamoru Kobayakawa also practices photography. His teachers were fashion and photo documentarists such as Tim Petersen, Terry Richardson, Michael Behrendt, and Andrew Moore at Princeton University. He states that his photography is only a visual rendition of his musical roots. His works have been exhibited in various group shows across the US.
Mamoru holds a Master's of Music from McGill University in Montreal and has studied music composition with the likes of Ennio Morricone, Alan Crossman and Wolfgang Bottenberg.
