Kishi Bashi

Name: Kishi Bashi
Start: 2024-10-18T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-18T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Outset

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Outset | Chicago, IL

Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. Born in Seattle, Washington, Ishibashi grew up in Norfolk, Virginia where his parents, both professors, taught at Old Dominion University. As a 1994 graduate of Matthew Fontaine Maury High School, he went on to study film scoring at Berklee College of Music before becoming a renowned violinist. Kishi Bashi is also the singer and founding member of the New York electronic rock outfit, Jupiter One. In 2011, he started to record and perform as a solo artist, looping live performances on guitar, violin and voice into songs. He has since released a few full length albums, and has become renowned for his live performances, and his use of vocals and beatboxing through a looping platform, creating complex and dancy pop songs