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Yusuke Ushijima is a Japanese artist handling lyrics, composition, a vocalist and various musical instrument performances by himself. He was interested in music from the teenage beginning and has begun to make music. Acoustic guitar is his main performance musical instrument. He plays a piano, a base, a synthesizer besides a guitar, too. Sometimes he who loves sound very much makes music by using of various tools such as a ball of a plastic pipe and kitchen freely. He is affected by many musicians such as Beatles, Syd Barrett, Bob Dylan, Tamio Okuda(????), Keiichi Suzuki(????) until now. He is affected by Monty-Python and Japanese traditional comic storytellers such as Bunraku Katsura(???), Shinsyo Kokontei(??????)and Danshi Tatekawa(????) besides the field of music. Furthermore, he is strongly interested in literature. By the way, the novelists whom he loves and respects are Samuel Beckett, Bret Easton Ellis and Donald Barthelme. Because of these, the 'ironical', 'cynical', 'ambivalent' or 'comical ' elements are mixed in his songs. On one occasion, sound betrays lyrics or lyrics betray a sound, and on another occasion, sound and lyrics bring synergy. His unique music world is built in this way.