Originally released in 2003 on the Apestaartje label, "Beautiful" is aptly named. As the clicks-and-cuts scene started to humanize, Minamo were at the forefront combining acoustics into the DSP-driven techniques of the time. 12k is happy to make "Beautiful" available again along with a new track, "Hum," that wasn't available on the original release.
Formed in 1999 by Keiichi Sugimoto and Tetsuro Yasunaga. Minamo has released original albums on a number of labels including 12K and Room40.
In addition to Their activities as Minamo, Sugimoto works as a solo artist as FourColor, FilFla, and Vegpher, and creates music for theaters and commercials. Yasunaga participates in various planning and production projects as "Yasunaga Tetsuro Jimushitsu”.