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BIOGRAPHY

dip in the pool was formed in 1983 by Tatsuji Kimura and Miyako Koda. They soon earned a reputation in the subculture scene because of their unique sense of music and fashion, and in 1985, they debuted in England on the Rough Trade label, in other European countries on Virgin Records, and on Alfa Moon Records in Japan. 
Since then, they have been true to their own style, which is an exquisite combination of sensitive and minimalist tracks by Tatsuji Kimura and of pure floating voice of Miyako Koda. In 1988, their single “Miracle Play on a Christmas Day,” which was commissioned by Marui Department Store for a television commercial, rose in the charts. 
In 1991, WEA Hong-Kong began promoting them with great success in Asia. They released four albums on Moon Records, three on Epic Sony Records, and one from East Works Entertainment. In recording these albums, they worked with many brilliant musicians, including Masahide Sakuma, Yasuaki Shimizu, Haruo Kubota, Satoshi Tomiie, Tony Levin, Mino Cinelu, Morgan Fisher, and Peter Scherer. 
In 1998, E.W.E. released Miyako Koda’s solo album Jupiter with tracks composed and produced by Haruomi Hosono, Yasuaki Shimizu, Towa Tei, Gonzaleth Mikami, and Peter Scherer. 
At the same time, Miyako Koda made her screen debut in Fancy Dance directed by Suoh Masayuki. In 1999, she played a heroine in Tezka Makoto’s Hakuchi and attended the Venice Film Festival. Meanwhile, Tatsuji Kimura has been working as a composer, as an arranger, and as a producer for various new artists. His work may also be found in movies and commercials. 
In 2011, dip in the pool released the album brown eyes on bellwood records. Friends produced three music videos for this album.
In 2013, Tatsuji Kimura released an album named Portmanteau with Morgan Fisher and Toshiyuki Yasuda. Miyako Koda was featured as a main vocalist for their first album.
In 2015, they released the album HIGHWIRE WALKER on Bellwood records and did a tour from March through April.
In 2016  “On Retinae “(originally in 1989) 12 inch ver. was reissued from the label ‘Music from memory’ in Amsterdam, which has a worldwide reputation as a good maniac music hunter from the past. “On Retinae “ was welcomed again to the world of today.
 In 2017 ‘Valve ’ was released from RVNG NY, co-created  with an ambient duo ‘Visible Cloaks’ in Portland. And they performed together “BALEARIC PARK - RVNG.INTL. JAPAN SHOWCASE” at Shibuya WWW Tokyo, on Nov.