Transform your images
to sync with Ken Ishii's latest music video.
Image Transformer by Ken Ishii is a brand new music application that
changes the way we think about traditional music videos by combining your
personal images with great music into a new music video.
With dedicated music from Ken Ishii and motion graphics from Yu Maruno of
GLMV, Image Transformer allows you share your images as a music video
with the rest of the world, through applications like Twitter, YouTube,
Facebook, and via email.
Users can expect a totally fresh experience each time they use Image
Transformer, as new videos are randomly generated each time new images
are submitted.
Updates
ver1.0
2009.08.28
Features
- Transform your 3 images to sync with latest music video.
- Upload directly to twitter, facebook and YouTube from your iPhone.
- Share your music video via email.
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Artist Profile
Ken Ishii
Ken debuted on a legendary Belgian techno label, R & S Records, in 1993. Then he won No.1 on the UK’s NME magazine’s techno chart which led him to worldwide recognition. In 1995, the highly praised album "Jelly Tones" (R & S / Sony) was released. In the following year, the video clip for the single "Extra" from the "Jelly Tones" album (directed by Koji Morimoto, the animator of the worldwide hit cartoon, "Akira") won MTV Europe's "Dance Video of the Year" award. Since then, Ken has been regarded as one of the Japanese pioneers whose creation is on a world standard.
In 1998, Ken composed and produced the official theme song for the winter Olympics which took place in Nagano, Japan and it was played in more than 70 countries around the world. Then in 2000, Ken was on the cover of "Newsweek" magazine, featured as a symbol of the Japanese new culture. Also in the same year, he composed the theme song and soundtracks for the mega hit Japanese film, "Whiteout", which led him to a nomination for Japanese Academy Awards. Then in 2002, Ken finally set up his own label, 70 Drums, and released an album “Future In Light.”
These days, Ken spends 2/3 of his time in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Oceania DJing and working as a true international artist. In 2004, he was awarded the best techno DJ at "Dance Music Awards" in Ibiza, Spain, proving himself to be one of the world’s most talented DJs in the scene. Last year, he was in charge of the music for Japanese Government's Seto-Nippon Pavilion at World Expo, held in Aichi, Japan. In November, 2006, he released an original album "SUNRISER". He has also been continuously releasing on his side project, FLR, focusing on the dance floor.
Yu Maruno ( a.k.a. Glamoove )
Yu Maruno is known for being a creator behind the dawn of the VJ culture in Japan. Yu's creative work on the project for producing a VJ software "motion dive", and collaborating with an artists such as Mondo Grosso or producing a visual live set for Genki Rokets using a hologram for their visuals, Yu has always been managing to come up with new styles and approaches to his visual works. In 2004, Yu was ranked as the world top 3 VJ of the world by the world renowned music magazine, DJ MAG. Yu's credibility is not only spread in Japan but throughout the world.
On top of his VJ works, Yu has been exploring his abilities to other fields such as architectures, space designing, mobile phones, and games by contributing his outstanding visuals. Yu directed the visuals for Omotesando Hills for its environment, and directed Audio Visual for BMW Group Studio.