Soramimi Visualizer

Soramimi—“mishearing” in Japanese—is a song written by Gene Shinozaki of the beatboxing duo SPIDERHORSE, for his Grand Beatbox Battle 2023 showcase in Tokyo. The song portrays the yearning of someone to hear the voice of a loved one, and unfolds over a duration of 10 minutes with a narrative structure akin to that of a short film, complete with a beginning, development, turning point, and conclusion.

Gene initially created 10 frames of poetic pencil drawings to accompany the song, which we enhanced with watercolors and animated. The resulting dreamy colorations and motions resonated with the melody and beats of the song, and was projected onto the stage’s entire backdrop during Gene’s performance.