PROFILE

Hikari Sakashita(坂下 光)は神奈川県横浜市出身のドラマー、DJ、音楽家。
小学生の頃、深夜に爆音で音楽を聴く父親の影響を受け、ドラムを始める。自身で始動させたバンドBOMBORI、Granuleでの活動後、カネコアヤノのサポートドラマーやnever young beachの安部勇磨のレコーディングドラマーを担当。即興性と実験性を取り入れたライブ、制作にも取り組み、Kouhei Fukuzumi、Pueru Kimらと制作した『Immersion I & Ⅱ』、『Conversation』、自身名義の『Sounds in Casual Days 1』、『Sounds in Casual Days 2』を発表。
ソロやバンドにおけるドラム演奏に加え、アコースティック楽器、電子音、フィールドレコーディングを融合した作品制作など、ジャンルを横断した表現を展開している。ドラマーとして、ソロアーティストやバンドなどのサポートやヘルプ、コラボレーションも行う。DJの際は、さまざまな場面で出会ってきた楽曲達をその場の雰囲気に寄り添いながら自由に選曲する。ヒップホップクルーBCS(BLACK COTTON SWAB)の一員でもある。
現在は地元横浜市内を拠点に個人で活動しながら、新たなバンドの制作を進めている。
Hikari Sakashita is a drummer, DJ, and musician from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Inspired by his father, who listened to music at full volume late at night, he began playing drums in elementary school. After playing in bands he founded, BOMBORI and Granule, he went on to work as a support drummer for Ayano Kaneko and as a recording drummer for Yuma Abe of never young beach. He has also pursued live performances and recordings that embrace improvisation and experimentation, releasing Immersion I & II and Conversation, created with Kouhei Fukuzumi, Pueru Kim, and others, as well as Sounds in Casual Days 1 and Sounds in Casual Days 2 under his own name.
Alongside drumming in solo and band settings, his work crosses genres, combining acoustic instruments, electronic sounds, and field recordings. As a drummer, he also supports, fills in for, and collaborates with solo artists and bands. When DJing, he freely selects music he has encountered in different settings, responding to the atmosphere of the moment. He is also a member of the hip-hop crew BCS (BLACK COTTON SWAB).
He is currently based in his hometown of Yokohama, working independently while developing a new band.