​YUSUKE YABUI  薮・井・佑・介 

 

Born in Okayama City. He started playing the electronic organ (Electone) at the age of 4 and won the Grand Prix at the "YAMAHA Junior Electone Concours National Competition 2004" during his high school years.

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He is one of the few performers and composers in the world who can skillfully play the world's first 5D touch keyboard, the Seaboard (developed by the British company ROLI), which astonished the world when featured in the 2016 music film "La La Land," where the main character played it. In the summer and autumn of 2018, he performed demonstration concerts as the first Japanese 5D touch keyboard player at promotional events organized by ROLI in Japan.

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His performance style is unparalleled worldwide, as he plays over eight cutting-edge electronic instruments, including the 5D touch keyboard, an AR (Augmented Reality) instrument that produces sounds in mid-air, music gadgets, and the electone, using both hands, feet, knees, and his whole body. His performances of grand and dramatic orchestral sounds all by himself are awe-inspiring.

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Furthermore, he creates his unique "Wa (Japanese)" spirit music by blending the sounds and rhythms of "Wa" with various genres of music from classical, jazz, rock, pop, anime songs, folk music, to world music. The traditional Japanese instrument sounds, such as shakuhachi, sho, and drums, add delicacy and ethereal elements to YUSUKE YABUI's musical world.

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In 2018, he achieved a joint 6th place in the piano division of the "Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory Competition 2018," where young musicians from 182 countries competed. The awarded piece was an arrangement of a Michael Jackson's classic with a "Wa" flavor.

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He is a Samurai Artist who pioneers the world of next-generation cutting-edge electronic instruments with a Japanese spirit.