K2

1. 草深公秀 (Kusafuka Kimihide)
K2 is Japanese noise musician Kimihide Kusafuka who was active since the early 80s and produced a number of tapes and CDs, particularly for his own Kinky Musik Institute label. . K2 has been making numerous noise works. Phase 1 of K2(1983-1986) experiments by several styles of noise works. Phase 2 of K2 (1994-2002): metal junk cut-up noise works and several live performances. Phase 3 of K2 (2005-now). Mixer feedback noises and after it, electro-core by only modular synth work. K2's work typically consists of crashing, creaking, and scraping sounds made with pieces of junk metal, usually edited in a jarring, unpredictable style, and often accompanied by the sounds of various electronics.
Kimihide Kusafuka came onto the scene in 1981, not long after its founding, intent on exploring the endless possibilities of noise. Working under the moniker K2, he rapidly became one of the most notorious and seminal Japanese artists working in the idiom, widely known in the community as the 'king of metal junk', creating work that built vast assemblages of crashing, creaking, and scraping sounds from pieces of junk metal, MTR, Monotron, and other analogue electronics, combined with elements of concrete music, and voice. Fascinatingly, Kusafuka has lived a kind of double life, working by day as a surgical pathologist and researcher, infusing the act of making noise with his natural disposition toward science, and creating a kind of alchemy through his noise.
2. Eurodance project, founded by producer Klaus Munzert (Silicon dream) from München (Munich), Federal Republic of Germany. The group combined the typical eurodance sound of the early 1990s with traditional bavarian folklore, raggamuffin vocals and vintage German film samples.