Dream Dolphin
Japanese new-age solo music project
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Dream Dolphin (stylized in all caps) is a solo music project of Japanese model and ambient music and acid trance musician Noriko Kodera (小寺法子), who is also known as Noriko Okamoto (岡本法子). She was born on June 27, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3][4]
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Dream Dolphin (Noriko) in 1997 | |
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| Also known as | DD, Noriko, Non, Non-U, Angel-N |
| Born | June 27, 1979 Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 1995–Present |
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Spouse | Tomoya Kodera[1] |
| Members | Noriko |
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| Website | www |
Dream Dolphin's career began in 1995, before going on hiatus in 2003. She was a prolific artist during her career, releasing over 20 albums during that time, beginning with her debut album Love Eating Alien in 1996. She released her latest album Modern Blue Ambient in 2003. She worked with Japanese ambient musician Yoshiaki Ochi during his live performances.[5][6]
She came to renewed attention in the 2020s, with the release of the 2021 compilation Heisei no Oto on Dutch label Music from Memory.[7][8] Music from Memory later released a compilation of Dream Dolphin's music on Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works in 2023.[9][10]
In August 2024, she performed live in Tokyo, Japan, where her latest single "The Roads" was performed for the first time.[11] She then released the official single CD of "The Roads" during her Shanghai tour on October 31, 2024, and her Tokyo tour on March 1, 2025.[12][13]
Discography
Studio albums
- Love Eating Alien (1996)
- Cosmic Blue (1996)
- Atmospheric Healing (1996)
- 2001 / D.D. Since 1969 (1997)
- Photosynthesis 光合成 (1997) (with Yukinori Fukushima)
- Visions / Rebirth / Underwater 地球最後のはかなくて美しい夢 (1997)
- The Seventh Dream (1997)
- Angelic Conversation II 月の癒し、海の魔法 (1998)
- A Great Mother and a Shadow (1998)
- The Sun Always Shines… (1998)
- The Days with the Earth 遠い海の記憶 (1998)
- Aeon～孤独の虹、もう一つの月～ (1999)
- Angel13: From the Hyper Speed Forest 聖なる森へ～天河の詩～ (1999)
- Ultra: Space Age Psychedelic Trance Music (2000)
- Forest Songs (2000)
- Earth Music Cafe～A Place of Ambient Healing (2002) (with Yoshiaki Ochi)
- Modern Blue Ambient (2003)
Compilation albums
- Crystal Moon (1997)
- 12DolphinsLeavethePlanet (1999)
- Cloudy Sky, Rain and the Rainbow 空に虹かけて (1999)
- Frontiers 風と宇宙の夢 (2000)
- Healing Tracks～Dolphin Thinking Music～ (2001)
- Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003) (2023)
Singles & EPs
- Dolphins Talk to You (1995)
- Dolphins Talk to You (1996)
- Folk-Roots of Tokyo 東京の民族音楽 (1996)
- One Love, One Truth (1996)
- Donald Mania (1996)
- Sun (1996)
- Happy★Doo★LuLu★Dee! (1996)
- Dive to the Future (1998)
- The Roads (2024)