Violent Onsen Geisha
Masaya Nakahara's Tokyo noise project, active from 1988 alongside his work as a writer and, later, actor.
Masaya Nakahara (b. 1970, Tokyo) has recorded as Violent Onsen Geisha since 1988, releasing through Boid and Daisyworld — Excrete Music (1991), Otis (1993), Que Sera, Sera (1995), The Midnight Gambler (1996) — before largely moving to a second alias, Hair Stylistics, from the late 1990s on. Outside music Nakahara is a prolific novelist and film critic, and co-starred in Shinji Aoyama’s 2005 film My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? alongside Tadanobu Asano. His remix and collaborative credits sit closer to Japan’s indie and experimental-pop circles than the Osaka noise scene — including the 1997 session Reprovisers alongside Jim O’Rourke and Microstoria, plus work with Cornelius — and no documented collaboration or release ties him to Merzbow, C.C.C.C., or the other Japanoise artists in this catalog.
Works in the Library
Violent Onsen Geisha ALBUM 1989
Violent Onsen Geisha's 1989 cassette, noise built from techno, pop samples, hip hop, and family recordings.
Violent Onsen Geisha ALBUM 1993
Violent Onsen Geisha's 1993 cassette, harsh noise cut with samples of children's songs and family arguments.
