Aco is a female Japanese singer. She made her debut in 1995 with the pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 single Fuan nano (不安なの). She is a part of Sony Music Japan. She explores different musical styles, with the albums absolute ego and material displaying Electronica influences. absolute ego was produced by ex-Denki Groove

Denki Groove

is a Japanese technopop group influenced by YMO and Kraftwerk, founded in 1989. It is a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records sublabel. Current members are Fumitoshi Ishino and Masanori Taki...

 keyboardist, Yoshinori Sunahara

Yoshinori Sunahara

Yoshinori Sunahara is a Japanese DJ and club programmer, particularly prominent in the Shibuya-kei and chillout scene. He was born in Sapporo, Japan, on September 13, 1969. His style consists of a mixture of funk, bossa nova, Shibuya-kei, and 70s music...

 and the other side of absolute ego album contains remixes by Tricky

Tricky

Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...

, DJ Krush

DJ Krush

, better known as DJ Krush, is a producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature and extensive use of jazz and soul samples.-Biography:...

, and Silent Poets

Silent Poets

The Silent Poets is a Japanese electronic duo . They have released six original albums and over than seven remix albums/EPs until now...

, among others.

In 2003, after a 2-year hiatus, she enlisted the help of the avant-garde audio-visual performance group portable[k]ommunity for her quieter, more delicate album, Irony. Irony has been called "one of the most beautiful albums to come out of Japan in 2003" with the music compared to an "airy lullaby".

Studio albums

• 1996: Kittenish Love
• 1997: Nude
  Nude (Aco album)
  Nude is the second studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, released on 21 April 1997.All music and lyrics by Aco.-Track listing:# # # # # # # # # # #...
  
  
• 1998: Lady Soul
  Lady Soul (Aco album)
  Lady Soul is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, released on 19 September 1998.Track 8 is a cover of the song "Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton.-Track listing:# # # # # # # # # #...
  
  
• 1999: Absolute Ego
  Absolute Ego
  Absolute Ego is Japanese singer-songwriter ACO's fourth studio album, released on December 15, 1999.Absolute Ego incorporates ACO's signature soul sound with the leanings of the more experimental, electronic style she adopts for her next two studio albums....
  
  
• 2001: Material
• 2003: Irony
  Irony (album)
  Irony is an album by ACO, released in 2003.-Track listing:# "00000" – 1:19# "赤い刺繍" – 3:48# "lang" – 4:47# "hans" – 4:01# "町" – 4:02# "裏庭" – 5:30# "巣箱" – 2:32# "irony" – 3:17# "空白の種" – 5:08# Kitchen" – 2:13...
  
  
• 2006: Mask
  Mask (Aco album)
  Mask is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, released on 22 February 2006. It is a mini-album consisting of six songs and with a total playing time of 25 minutes....
  
  
• 2010: Devil's Hands
  Devil's Hands (Aco album)
  Devil's Hands is an album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, released on 6 October 2010. It was Aco's eighth studio album. - Track listing :# # # # # # # #...
  
  

Compilation albums

• 2000: The Other Side of Absolute Ego
  The Other Side of Absolute Ego
  The Other Side of Absolute Ego, also stylized as "the other side of absolute ego" is a remix album of selected songs from ACO's fourth studio album Absolute Ego.- Track listing :# # # # # # # - References :#...
  
  
• 2007: Aco Best: Girl's Diary
  Aco Best: Girl's Diary
  Aco Best: Girl's Diary is a compilation album by Japanese singer-songwriter Aco, containing released singles from all her seven albums. It was released on 19 December 2007. It consists of two discs.-Disc 1:# # # # # # # # # # # # # -Disc 2:...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• ACO on Twitter
• ACO on Facebook
• Official blog (Old)
• Official website (Old)
• Discography (Old)