Biography
Chouchou is a Japanese music duo consisting of vocalist juliet Heberle and composer arabesque Choche, which is formed in a virtual world where there's no national borders or boundaries.
Chouchou-シュシュ-は、ボーカルjuliet Heberleとコンポーザーarabesque Chocheの二人によってバーチャルワールドという国境のない果ての地で結成された音楽ユニット。
arabesque Chochecomposer / pianist
Arabesque was born to Czech father and Japanese mother. He started piano at the age of three and received a classical music education. After he graduated at the top of his class from a graduate school of music in Japan, he went to Austria to devoted himself to the study of piano. Up until now, he has won a number of awards in classical piano, held solo piano recitals and also performed in chamber and full orchestra concerts. He started composing music when he was in high school, and after going through many experiences in music, he found his new style of expressing himself and started Chouchou. He is in charge of the composing, arranging, mixing and mastering process, and he produces video works of Chouchou including music videos. Apart from that, he is a member of folktronica group “Orcaorca” with a guitarist maya Kawadias, Lo-fi Hip Hop project "no go", and composing music under the name of "Arabesque Choche" as a composer.
アラベスク・ショシェ。Chouchouのコンポーザー。チェコ人の父と日本人の母を持つ。3歳からピアノを始め、クラシック音楽の教育を受ける。国内音楽大学院を主席で卒業後、オーストリアに渡り研鑽を積む。これまでに数々の賞を受賞し、ソロリサイタル、室内楽やオーケストラとの共演も行っている。また高校時代より作曲を始め、様々な音楽活動を経て、自らの新しい表現のスタイルとしてChouchouの活動を開始。作曲からアレンジ、ミキシング、マスタリングまで、Chouchouの音作りの全てを担当。また自らChouchouのPV等、映像制作も行う。その他に、ギタリストmaya Kawadiasとのフォークトロニカグループ「Orcaorca」でも活動し、「no go」名義ではLo-fi Hip Hopのサウンドを手がけ、「Arabesque Choche」名義ではソロの作曲家として作品をリリースしている。
juliet Heberlevocalist / art director
Juliet was born in Japan and brought up in Tokyo. She went to the U.S. in her teens by herself and graduated from one of the world's best art universities in the field of fashion, art and design in New York with a BFA in fashion design. While she was gaining experience working in the New York fashion industry after her graduation, her talent as a singer was also discovered by arabesque Choche. And together they started Chouchou to search for new possibilities of the collaboration of music and art. She is also directing the visual concept of the band, including album artwork, website design, and presentation in virtual environments such as stage design and sim design.
ジュリエット・ヘベール。Chouchouのボーカル。日本に生まれ、東京で育つ。10代で単身渡米、ニューヨークにてファッション・アート・デザインの分野では世界屈指の名門美術大学でファッションデザインを専攻しBFAを取得。卒業後はNYファッション業界に身を置き経験を積む中、arabesqueによりボーカルとしての才能を見出され、音楽とアートが融合する新しい可能性を求めてChouchouを始動。楽曲のアートワークやサイトイメージ、仮想空間内に於けるプレゼンテーション（ライブステージやSIMのプロデュース）等、Chouchouのビジュアル面のディレクションも手がける。
