PROFILE
   
西村尚美によるソロ・ユニット。浸透するように透明できらびやかな音色とメロディー、そこに拮抗する振り幅の広いリズム隊を操り、
エレクトロニック・ミュージックの範疇ではありつつも、その中のどのジャンルにも収まる意思を見せないカラフルでエモーショナルな
世界観の楽曲を産み出す。それらの素材をリアルタイムにエディット&ダブ・ミックスするスタイルでのライブと、自身の音楽観を
派生/拡大解釈した様々なソースを大胆に紡ぐDJプレイには定評があり、いわゆるクラブ、ライブハウスの現場だけに留まらず、
メディア・アート系イベントから野外パーティーまで、昼夜を問わず様々な場面で様々なタイプのクラウドを唸らせている。

また、2004年以降はアンビエント・ミュージックに特化したプロジェクト”PORTRAL”(ポートラル)としても
12inchやアルバムなどを発表し、並行してライブ活動も行っている。

最近では、東京・お台場にある日本科学未来館のプラネタリウムのコンテンツ『BIRTHDAY』の音楽制作や、NPOであるLAの
ネットラジオ局・ dublabの募金キャンペーンへの楽曲提供、Opiateが主宰するデンマークのレーベルHobby Industriesからの
ASLOPE "A Helping Hand"のリミックス提供、海外でも評価の高い日本人アーティスト9dwへ提供したリミックス楽曲が
2012年度の電通の新卒採用HP「DENTSU RECRUIT 2012」のBGMに採用...などのトピックに加え、エンジニアとして親交の深い
他アーティストのトラックダウンからマスタリングまでの作業も数多くこなすなど、多彩に活動。自身のプライベート・レーベル
Plain Musicも2007年から運営しており、自身の12インチやTシャツなどラインナップを増やしている。


A solo project by Masumi Nishimura. In which he creates an original kind of electronic music using his signature shimmering
tones and melodies along with a wide spectrum of rhythms that is uncategorisable to conventional genres. In his performance,
he plays his own materials by editing and applying dub mix on the fly, or DJs with broad selection of records that reflects his
diverse musical tastes, not only in clubs and live venues, but also in multimedia/ art events, as well as at open air parties
catering many types of audiences day and night.

Since 2004, he has also been active as "PORTRAL," which is an ambient project. He has released 12inches and albums,
and has played many live sets under that moniker.

Some of the recent works include the production of music for a planetarium in Tokyo called Miraikan, contributing a track
to a charity project of a Los Angeles based radio station Dublab, a remix of ASLOPE's "A Helping Hand" on Opiate's Danish label
Hobby Industries, and a remix of highly acclaimed Japanese band 9dw, while also working as mixing or mastering engineer
for other fellow artists, and running his own label Plain Music releasing 12inches and T-shirts.



SOLO WORKS
   
[CD ALBUM]
 
Elegant Confections [Music Mine/Plain Music/2011]
Forms [SOUP-DISK/2007]
Material [SOUP-DISK/2004]
No name,No place. [P-VINE/2002]
・10Track Sampler [ONEOWNER/2001]
 
[ANALOG]
 
・End of the Beginning e.p. [12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2011]
・Differentia e.p. [12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2010]
・Concentrates e.p. [12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2009]
・Elegant confections e.p. [12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2007]
・Forms e.p. [12"/SOUP-DISK/2007]
Material Sampler:2 [12"/SOUP-DISK/2005]
Material Sampler [12"/SOUP-DISK/2004]
・Music/Ladium e.p. [12"/Promotional vinyl only/ONEOWNER_P-VINE/2002]
・Cardamine/Cleared e.p. [12"/ONEOWNER/2001]
 
[OTHER WORKS]
 
・"Lighting" [V.A. "LA JPN LA vol.1"/Onkyovizion/Disques Corde/Digital/2011]
・"NO IF'S NO BUT'S (inner science Remix)" YAGI MASAO [Wax Poetics Japan/CD/2011]
・"Sea Change (inner science Remix)" Dday One[Loop Extensions Deluxe/P-VINE/CD/2011]
・"Alight" [SOUL AID/DIGITAL/2011]
・"Lightness" [V.A. "THERE IS MUSIC"/JETSET/2LP/2011]
・"Two weeks (Inner Science Remix)" Aslope [Hobby Industries/Digital/2010]
・"Birthday Original Sound Track" Music by Inner Science [Music Mine/Official Guide Book & CD/2009]
・"Come To Life (inner science Remix)" Marie Digy [Avex/Digital/2009]
・"Migrant (inner science - Through This Medium Mix)" 9DW [Catune/12inch/2009]
・"Amotion" [V.A"Silent in truth"/PMC/2LP,CD/2009]
・"Bright note" [V.A"SIGNAL PATH"/STYGE + CONTENT/2LP/2007]
・"Underground Broadcasting Sound track" Far East Skate Network [Intro+SE/FESN/CD+12"/2006]
・"Underground Broadcasting" Far East Skate Network [Intro+SE/FESN/DVD/2006]
・"Raw life 2005 -where's your child?-" V.A [ライブ音源収録/CD/bad trip/2006]
・"Uma Esquina Em Shimokitazawa (Inner science remix)" ILL SUONO [アルバム"Remixed"に収録/CD/SOUP-DISK/2005]


COLLABORATE & PRODUCE WORKS
   
[COLLABORATE]
 
・"S/T" DISC SYSTEM meets INNER SCIENCE [collaboration album/PMC/LP/2009]
・Infects [KEMUI+INNER SCIENCE / PLAIN MUSIC /2008]
・"S/T" DISC SYSTEM meets INNER SCIENCE [collaboration album/ROMZ/CD/2007]
・Infects [KEMUI+INNER SCIENCE /12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2008]
・Attributions remix e.p. [Split with AZZURRO /10"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2008]
・Attributions e.p. [Split with AZZURRO /12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2008]
・"One for all2" V.A [Inner Science Feat. M2"CONTRACT"収録/CD+12"/NEWSCHOOL]
 
[PRODUCE]
 
・"足音" "ロマンス" eico [アルバム"メルテッドに収録"/Produce/Flower records /CD/2007]
・"ママ・アフリカ" 真田と随喜2.o[アルバム"Festa e Merda di toro"に収録/gorgonzorge/CD/2007]
・"心変わりマジカル" CANDLE [アルバム"街角ジゴロ"に収録/Produce/MARY JOY/CD/2007]
・"天空のスポイル" UNKNOWNMIX_HEADZ [Beat+Dub mix/HEADZ/CD/2006]
・"Live at Kanadian" Killer Bong,Chi3Chee & Inner Science [CD-R/2006]
・"Transparence" Chamois [Produce+Engineering/CD/ONEOWNER]
・"Metastasis/Right e.p. " Chamois [Produce+Engineering/12"/ONEOWNER]
・"ACTBST" ACTBST [Produce+Engineering/Tape album]
・"2Type" 010 [Produce/12"/NEWSCHOOL]
・"Oar" Chu a.k.a Surviva [Produce+Engineering/CD/ONEOWNER]
・"Mindstate/Graph" Chu a.k.a Surviva [Produce+Engineering/7"/ONEOWNER]


ENGINEER WORKS
   
[RECORDING,MIXING & MASTERING WORKS]
 
・"THE METHOD " V.A. [Mastering /CD/RACOON CITY SLUM/2011]
・"BLACK BIRF BASH" BLACK RAIN a.k.a. KILLER BONG [Mastering /CD/BLACKSMOKER/2011]
・"KILLER DAMO" DAMO SUZUKI & KILLER BONG [Mastering /CD/BLACKSMOKER/2011]
・"MUD DAY EP" EARTH NO MAD [Mastering /12inch/SUMMIT/WE NOD/2011]
・"BLUNT BEATS" MASS-HOLE [Mastering /7inch/LAZY WOMAN MUSIC/2011]
・"タマキハル" SUIKA [Mastering /12inch/FLY N' SPIN/wenod/2011]
・"TIMELESS" S.P.E.Z.O [Mastering /CD/Funk Addiction Rec/2011]
・"Golden Apple Plant" eico [Mastering /CD/Morning Glorly/2011]
・"RIDE MUSIC" V.A. [Mastering /CD/HOLE AND HOLLAND/wenod/2011]
・"PAN PACIFIC PLAYA PRESENTS "OLD FASHION VOL.1" V.A [Mastering /CD&7inch/PPP/2011]
・"FANTASTIC FAREWELL" KAN SANO [Mastering /CD/CIRCULATIONS/2011]
・"MID NIGHT COWBOY" OLIVE OIL [Mastering /CD/OIL WORKS/2010]
・"DISKNOIR" HI-DEF from CIA ZOO [MIX+Mastering /CD/CIA REC/2010]
・"S/T" inglourius basterds [Mastering /CD/PRESIDENTS HEIGHTS/2010]
・"COSMOPOLYPHONIC" V.A [Mastering /CD/LISTEN UP/ART UNION/2010]
・"EP" ILL SLANG BLOW'KER [Mastering /EP/CAVE FUNK & WE NOD/2010]
・"TABISURU OMOIDE EP" YAMAAN, ナノルナモナイ, CHIYORI [Mastering /EP/Temple ATS/2010]
・"Adieu a X" BUN [Mastering /CD+EP /OIL WORKS/2010]
・"GOD COMPLEX " TIOVITA 1[Mastering /12inch /TIOREC /2010]
・"ANTI-HERO" SKUNK HEADS [Mastering /CD / Blacksmoker/2010]
・"Dub the backwoods" DJ Kei [Mastering /CD/ ILL DANCE MUSIC /2010]
・"Pass the backwoods" B.I.G JOE,I.N.I, DJ Kei [Mastering /CD/ ILL DANCE MUSIC /2009]
・"Concentrates e.p." INNER SCIENCE [Mastering /12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2009]
・"Birthday Original Sound Track" Music by Inner Science [Mastering /Music Mine/Official Guide Book & CD/2009]
・"NO ORDINARY JOE mixed by DJ KEN" B.I.G JOE [Mastering /CD/ TRIUMPH /2009]
・"NEW FUNK FORM" LARGE IRON [Mastering /CD/ ILL DANCE MUSIC /2009]
・"I DON'T FORGET MY ROOTS" LARGE IRON [Mastering /CD & 12"/ ILL DANCE MUSIC /2009]
・"TRIPLE SIX" K-bomb [Re-Mastering /CD/ Blacksmoker/2009]
・"LAST MPC " Killer Bong [Re-Mastering /CD/ Blacksmoker/2009]
・"SICK HOUSE 2" Killer Bong [Re-Mastering /CD/ Blacksmoker/2009]
・"Coming soon " Guitar Bong [Re-Mastering /CD/ Blacksmoker/2009]
・"NAKED SEASON " Shinya Takatori [Mastering /CD/ RANK and FILE /2009]
・"LOST TAPES" Killer Bong [Mastering,Editing /CD/ Blacksmoker/2009]
・"Infects" KEMUI+INNER SCIENCE [Recording,Mixing,Mastering /CD&12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2008]
・"Experience the ill dance music 2" Mic Jack Production [Mastering/CD/ILL DANCE MUSIC/2008]
・"Last day Remix/Birth day" Mic Jack Production [Mastering/12"/ILL DANCE MUSIC/2008]
・"I ain't gangsta Remix/Loop Remix/Soul brother Remix" Mic Jack Production [Mastering/12"/ILL DANCE MUSIC/2008]
・"Opiate presents My Name Is Hobby" V.A [Mastering/CD/Hobby indstries, Corde/2008]
・"Elegant Confections e.p." INNER SCIENCE [Engineering+Mastering/12"/ PLAIN MUSIC /2007]
・"Forms" INNER SCIENCE [Engineering+Mastering/CD/Soup-disk/2007]
・"Forms e.p. " INNER SCIENCE [Engineering+Mastering/12"/Soup-disk/2007]
・"Refined" Portral [Engineering+Mastering/CD/Headz/2006]
・"Poetry dub vol.1/Bamboo shoot" Killer Bong [Engineering+Dub mix/CD-R/Blacksmoker/2006]
・"Triple six" K-bomb [Engineering/CD-R/Blacksmoker/2005]
・"No Credit" Baba [Engineering/CD/Blacksmoker/2004]
・"Off & On" Killer Bong [Engineering/CD/Blacksmoker/2003]
・"Milk?" Lord Puff [Engineering/CD/Blacksmoker/2003]


OTHER WORKS
   

・SHIBAURA HOUSE [館内BGM制作/広告製版社/2011]

・サウンド&レコーディングマガジン 2011年5月号 [リミックス特集への楽曲提供/リットーミュージック/2011]

・電通リクルート 2012 [WEBサイトへの楽曲提供 (9dw"Migrant" Inner Science remix)/電通/2010公開]

・立体視プラネタリウム作品「バースデイ 〜宇宙とわたしをつなぐもの〜」 [音楽制作/日本科学未来館 /2009公開]