Chihei Hatakeyama is a member of the computer-oriented electro-acoustic trio Opitope, which is active around Tokyo. Opitope organizes a performance series called "Radical Mute Geek" in Tokyo and has played at the series with Keiichi Sugimoto (aka Four Colour), Testuro Yasunaga (Cubic Music), Christophe Charles and others. Hatakeyama is also a member of the improvising group Copa del Papa. Minima Moralia is the debut album on Kranky, due for release in February 2006.
Minima Moralia is a product of the careful placement of sound afforded by computer programming combined with the timbres of live performance.

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