Bio
Haruhi Kobayashi is a Chicago-based musician and sound artist. Originally from Tokyo, Haruhi began her career as a Japanese-pop singer-songwriter, releasing solo albums and composing for TV and film. Throughout her formative years in the Japanese pop industry, she became interested in the underlying social and emotional connotations and conditions of her own voice and the inextricable ties between one’s voice and their identity. She started to manipulate her voice into unidentifiable sounds, liberating it from its “human” constraints. Her recent body of work navigates the liminal space between the voice and its identity, and the simplicity and joys of songwriting with themes of tradition, love, fear, and humanity. Her work intersects experimental pop, classical composition and avant-garde songwriting through voice, bass, and electronics. She invites audiences to engage with both familiar and unexpected sonic textures. She is currently the High Concept Labs AIR resident 2024.
Photo:
June 22nd 2023, Constellation, Chicago IL
Chicago Film Archive Media Mixer, partnered with Zachary Hutchinson
Photo by CFA
Upcoming / Recent
Paige Alice Naylor & Haruhi Kobayashi
Cactus Club | Milwaukee, WI
December 8 (Sun) , 2024 | Time TBD
Cactus Club | Milwaukee, WI
December 8 (Sun) , 2024 | Time TBD
HCL Premiere: Allen Moore | Solar Eulogy
High Concept Labs | Chicago, IL
December 12 (Thu) , 2024 | 6:00 PM
https://highconceptlabs.org/events/allen-moore-solar-eulogy
High Concept Labs | Chicago, IL
December 12 (Thu) , 2024 | 6:00 PM
https://highconceptlabs.org/events/allen-moore-solar-eulogy
FOLK by Amanda Maraist
Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress Fall 2024Links Hall | Chicago, IL
December 13 (Fri) , 2024 | 7:00 PM
https://www.linkshall.org/upcoming-events/co-mission-works-in-progress-fall-2024
Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress Fall 2024Links Hall | Chicago, IL
December 13 (Fri) , 2024 | 7:00 PM
https://www.linkshall.org/upcoming-events/co-mission-works-in-progress-fall-2024
CLEAT Series: Sarah Belle Reid / Ryan Gaston, Paige Alice Naylor / Haruhi Kobayashi
Elastiv Arts | Chicago, IL
November 8 (Fri) , 2024 | 8:00 PM
https://elasticarts.org/events/cleat-series-sarah-belle-reid-ryan-gaston-paige-alice-naylor-haruhi-kobayashi
Elastiv Arts | Chicago, IL
November 8 (Fri) , 2024 | 8:00 PM
https://elasticarts.org/events/cleat-series-sarah-belle-reid-ryan-gaston-paige-alice-naylor-haruhi-kobayashi
ELASTRO AV Night 2: Curated by Clark Woods, Taylor Dye, Gordon Fung
Elastic Arts | Chicago, IL
October 13 (Sun), 2024 | 8:00 PM
Ft. Melon Sprout, Brandon McAlinden, Kim Nucci, Haruhi Kobayashi, Juan Flores, Deirdre Fromberg, Jordan Paine, Slugscape
https://elasticarts.org/events/elastro-av-night-2-curated-by-clark-woods-taylor-dye-gordon-fung
Elastic Arts | Chicago, IL
October 13 (Sun), 2024 | 8:00 PM
Ft. Melon Sprout, Brandon McAlinden, Kim Nucci, Haruhi Kobayashi, Juan Flores, Deirdre Fromberg, Jordan Paine, Slugscape
https://elasticarts.org/events/elastro-av-night-2-curated-by-clark-woods-taylor-dye-gordon-fung
Select Works
Elastic Arts | Chicago, IL
October 13 2024
Ft. Melon Sprout, Brandon McAlinden, Kim Nucci, Haruhi Kobayashi, Juan Flores, Deirdre Fromberg, Jordan Paine, Slugscape
Recorded at Elastic Arts
Videography by Kishino Takagishi
Audio Recording and Mixing by Evan Watkins
Elastic Arts | Chicago IL
December 2 2024
Ft. Musicians: Paige Brown, Sharon Udoh, Haruhi Kobayashi
Dancers: Gaby Martinez, Sara Zalek
CUSP | Cleveland, OH
September 7, 2024
Ann Arbor District Library | Ann Arbor, MI
May 25 2024
Ft. Kioto Aoki