Foodman

Takahide Higuchi a.k.a Foodman, creates music that defies categorisations –and is one of the few artists that actually fit this overused description. Thereare traces of almost every electronic music genre, from juke, footwork,ambient, house, techno, to noise, but those elements are dissected andmorphed together then driven to extreme without giving you a second to comeup with a definitive genre. The noisy technicolour of these borderline versatileor schizophrenic collages is borne out of his experiments (or accidents) andhas titillated, confused, and enchanted music obsessives far and wide.After releasing his debut album from NY/OH experimental label Orange Milk, hismusic has been released from international labels including Diplo's Mad Decentand its offshoot Good Enuff. His ever-evolving and mutating musical vocabularydraws from every kind of music he stumbles across, from Chicago footwork toOkinawan folk music of his roots, ambient to J-pop, Talvin Singh's Indianclassical music/drum 'n' bass fusion to classic video game soundtracks, thentwists them all with his playful psychedelia.

This extends to his remixes and DJ mixes, including his monthly residency atNTS radio mix, which was picked up on Pitchfork's 10 Best DJ Mixes of March2017 list. Since playing his first show outside of Japan in mid 2016, he hasappeared on Boiler Room, Low End Theory, and Unsound just to name a few, aswell as headline shows across the US and Europe.

In July 2021, the album Yasuragi Land was released on Hyperdub.The album was voted best of the year by various national and internationalmedia, including Pitchfork's The Best Electronic Music of 2021.The new EP "Uchigawa Tankentai" was released from Hyperdub in November2023