He was a child of few words and a neutral personality.
First of all, you are from Kyoto. What kind of time did you spend in your childhood?
DAICHI:As a rapper by profession, I often get the impression that I grew up listening to heavy black music, but when I was a child, I used to watch Sailor Moon cartoons and my older brother, who was a Dragon Ball fan, would make fun of me (laughs). . I think I was a child with few words and a neutral personality, though it is still the same now.
. That's surprising. By the way, I heard that your father is Nick Yamamoto, the owner of Metro, a long-established club in Kyoto with a history of nearly 30 years. Did he have a big influence on your music and surrounding culture?
DAICHI:Although my father was a musician, I don't think he had much direct influence on me regarding music. I vaguely remember him taking me to a Halloween event at the "Metro" in costume, and taking me to a reggae bar that he owned. At the time, I didn't think my father was a particularly great person, and I took it for granted. I also lived in Jamaica for about a year when I was 6 years old, and I think that experience had a subconscious influence on my music.
I see. What was it that got you into music?
DAICHI:I don't really remember exactly when I got into music, but I recently realized that my father often recorded so-called family conversations, in which he talked with me and my brother, on a tape recorder. When I listened again to the audio of him speaking and singing the words and songs in those conversations, he was talking and singing very happily. Perhaps it was unconscious at the time, but I now wonder if I was somehow beginning to be interested in music.
. It is interesting that you used a tape recorder to record your work. By the way, in 2012, you went to an art college in London and majored in interactive art. What made you choose a field other than music?
DAICHI:When I was in high school, I was exposed to music as much as anyone else, and I listened to hip-hop and was interested in graffiti along the way, but one day my homeroom teacher recommended that if I liked graffiti, I should watch this movie, a Basquiat documentary called It was Basquiat's documentary film "DOWNTOWN 81. When I saw the film, I was shocked at how cool art could be. Then I started wearing my hair in dreadlocks (laughs). (Laughs.) Then I decided that if I failed at the schools I wanted to go to, I would go to an art-related university abroad. I had such a half-hearted attitude, and as expected, I failed the entrance exam (laughs). But I decided to change my mind and decided to study abroad because I thought it would be a good chance to learn more about art and to improve my English language skills.
