marron aka dubmarronics
(marron - Yasuhiko Tanaka)
Born in Yasu, Shiga in 1969, he hasn't stop playing guitar since he picked up his first guitar when he was 12. Through his musically-liberated unique filters, he gives birth to various genres of music. Smiling from ear-to-ear, he believes there lay something beyond laughter.
Under the solo label of "marron aka dubmarronics", he gained the respect of musicians around the world as the founder of guitar electronica for his unique ambient technique.
With the duo "dubdub on-seng" with Manabu Sakata, the potential of a Drum'n'guitar duo was unleashed with the smash-hit 12-inch single "Calypso On-Seng" released by Japonica Label. "Based On Kyoto" he believes in "Think global, act local" and leads the movement with DJ Daichi mainly in the house music scene. He pushes the frontier of ambient music and gives it a new definition with his works by "dubmarronics". His other activities include Progressive Jam Trio - "Pramai Zero" with Yuji Katsui and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Kyoto Sightseeing Guide and Rock Jam Unit "Guitar Hero Kanko Kyokai's" with SHIMIZ from SOFT, "HERBS" with 528Hz ACOON HIBINO, "George to Marron no Ambi na yoru" with Joji Sawada, support of "Sayoko" (Sayoko Otonara, ex.ZELDA), etc.
He has also collaborated with many international artists, including "Fernando Kabusacki" from Argentina, "Bill Horist" from Seattle, and British filmmaker "Max Hattler", and has worked as the music director for Seattle's Butoh team “P.A.N.", which won the Chuncheon He won the dokkebi awards at the International Mime Festival. As the music director for the performance group “holon", he won the Special Jury Prize at the ACC Sound Performance Dojo. In addition, he has performed at Portland's 5 Centers for the Arts, Seattle's Moore Theatre and has provided music for the All One Project Foundation, a non-profit foundation that supports mindfullness activities. In recent years, they have been touring in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and other Asian countries.
In 2022, after a long time, "Datetenryu" resumed its activities.
In the same year, he provided music for the website of Kyoto University's Visual Documentary Project (VDP).
https://vdp.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
In October 2023, he composed and produced a 7-inch record "Ikin-ya-bushi" for a Miyazaki singer "HOU".
In 2024, YoshimiO, Marron, YO2RO, UCON, and IEGUTI formed the band "Newday".
In March 2025, he appeared as a guest at the 40th anniversary performance of "Kodo"'s honorary members Yoshikazu Fujimoto and Yoko Fujimoto.
In May 2025, "live at viva la musica!" will be released on cassette and digital distribution as "marron mine guitar due" from FABIENN label.
marron aka dubmarronics
Live schedule
marron aka dubmarronics, Marron-IEGUTI-Ambient duo, marron trio, Based On Kyoto, dubdub on–seng, FFT, DEAD MARRONICS, Guitar Hero Kanko Kyokai's, Plamai Zero, E-marronics, HERBS, Jyoji to Marron no ambi na yoru, kelwa, abenomutsumaro, AQUABOMB, Date-Tenryu, etc
| 2004 | First album "Melts Slowly" released under the name "dubmarronics". |
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| 2005 | Released "The Ten Oxherding Pictures" by a guitar quartet with "Fernando Kabusacki" of the Argentine electronica, "Kei" of ex."Hana Densha", and "Yoshitake Expe" of neutron. The first album "spring" released under the name "dub dub on-seng" with Manabu Sakata. |
| 2006 | He was awarded the dokkebi awards at the Chuncheon International Mim Festival as music director of Seattle's Butoh Team P.A.N. As a music group at the performance group holon, he won the Jury Special Award at the ACC Sound Performance Dojo. The album "sleep hummer" with Seattle's Bill Horist released on Public Eyesore (us). |
| 2007 | The 12inch "Flower" (with James Pants remix) was released under the name of the unit "Based On Kyoto" with DJ "Daichi", and "GILLES PETERSON" liked it at first listen and played it on the BBC's popular radio program "WORLDWIDE". |
| 2008 | Released 12inch "calypso on-seng" under the name of "dub dub on-seng". |
| 2009 | Released first album "Based on Kyoto" under the name "Based On Kyoto". Released 12inch "Flower", "I want you" and "Sunrise EP" from the same album. |
| 2010 | dub dub on-seng's second album "TOROPICAL GARAGE" is released. Released 7inch "surf on-seng" from the same album. |
| 2011 | Recloose and Frank booker "hit it and quit it" (nz) includes dub dub on-seng "trip trop". |
| 2012 | Released solo album "voicing for example 3 - based on lave" under the name of marron aka dubmarronics. |
| 2013 | 7inch "CHAOTIC VICTORY" was released under the name of "Guitar Hero Kanko Kyokai's", a unit with SHIMIZ of SOFT. |
| 2014 | "Based On Kyoto" second album "NEW BORN FROM MY ROOTS" is released from "SOFTRIBE". |
| 2015 | Released "SOMATERIAL" from SOFTRIBE as a unit "DEAD MARRONICS" with "LIVING DEAD". |
| 2017 | Released solo album "voicing for example 4 - simple pleasure -" with marron aka dubmarronics on 5bit Records. Live album "Live in Helluva Lounge" with E-Da Kazuhisa from SOFTRIBE. |
| 2020 | marron aka dubmarronics released solo album "voicing for example 5 -music for hot spring-" from 5bit Records. [2018work] |
| 2020 | marron trio first album “take it, pack it." from 5bit Records. |
| 2020 | Unit with Taaki from AQATUKI, FFT first album "honahona" from 5bit Records. |
| 2021 | Unit with IEGUTI from PARA and EP-4 [fn.ψ], Marron-IEGUTI-Ambient duo first album "NEW DAY" from 5bit Records. Releases on 7inch Vinyl/CD album/Digital. |
| 2023 | Released solo album "voicing for example 6 - requiem -" with marron aka dubmarronics on 5bit Records. Releases on Digital (bandcamp). |
| 2023 | Composed and produced Miyazaki singer HOU's 7-inch record, "Ikin-ya-bushi". |
| 2024 | YoshimiO, Marron, YO2RO, UCON, and IEGUTI formed the band "Newday". |
| 2025 | He appeared as a guest at the 40th anniversary performance of "Kodo"'s honorary members Yoshikazu Fujimoto and Yoko Fujimoto. |
| 2025 | "live at viva la musica!" will be released on cassette and digital distribution as "marron mine guitar due" from FABIENN label. |