Public site rebuilt from scratch

Art,Code,Sound,Life.

A rebuilt public site connecting current work and a long-running archive without breaking indexed URLs or external links.

Name
Daito Manabe
Role
Artist, programmer, and composer
Archive URLs
/archive/*
/en/archive/*
Site structure

Signals & Surface

Current work, the long-running archive, and reference material are organized without breaking public URLs.

Current projects
57
Current public projects across research, systems design, installations, and software, organized for both browsing and citation.
Archive entries
354
Historic archive URLs already indexed by Google remain intact while the main site is rebuilt.
Featured archive
60
featured archive entries
Current Directions

Projects

Current public projects across research, systems design, installations, and software, organized for both browsing and citation.

Browse current projects
2026

VJ Agent Club

A live visual system where 64 AI agents perceive music and autonomously generate dance, reactions, and conversations. Reconstructs club spaces as virtual dance floors.

FeaturedAI AgentLive VisualWebGL
Public
2026

Agent Building Concept — AI x Architecture Thought Experiment

A thought experiment in new architectural design for public facilities using AI Agents. Unrelated to MoN's actual plans. A System Design independently conceived and simulated by Manabe.

Concept ProposalMulti-AgentArchitectureAI
Public
2026

Baby World Simulator

An educational simulator that visualizes child development from 0 to 4 years on a monthly timeline. Experience how infants acquire the world through senses, motor skills, language, and concepts.

child-developmentsimulationeducationreact
Public
2026

Conducting the Space

A 45-minute live performance and installation integrating natural language 'conducting' with body and physiological sensors (respiration, heart rate, brainwaves, IMU, etc.). Language provides intent while sensors deliver continuous nuance, with sound, spatial audio, video, and lighting generated and controlled in real-time.

Live PerformanceAI / Sensor
Public
2026

Daito Agent v1.0 — Digital Twin Architecture

A digital twin agent of Daito Manabe. Autonomously handles recruitment interviews, task distribution, company management, scheduling, and external communications. Reflects real-time biometric data, sleep, and activity levels.

Digital TwinAutonomous Agent
Public
2026

DJ Cocktail Engine

A realtime system that turns a DJ set into a live cocktail menu by generating names, recipes, graphics, and pricing from music analysis. Guests order from the screen, and bartenders craft the drink from the displayed recipe.

installationhospitalityrealtimeUI
Public
Archive Continuity

Archive

Historic archive URLs already indexed by Google remain intact while the main site is rebuilt.

Open archive
Archive public contract

The legacy public archive paths under `/archive/*` stay available, alongside `/ja/archive/*` and `/en/archive/*`.

SEO + routing
  • Public archive paths remain stable.
  • Main site routes and archive routes are separated by language prefix.
  • Generated pages expose canonical and hreflang metadata.
radio-sakamoto-uday
2025-03-11

radio-sakamoto-uday

On February 10, 2025, at the J-WAVE (81.3FM) hosted Ryuichi Sakamoto tribute fest "RADIO SAKAMOTO Uday" held at Shibuya Spotify O-EAST / Higashimaya / duo MUSIC EXCHANGE, Rhizomatiks founder Daito Manabe performed a DJ…

Music/Sound Effect Artist, Composer, Producer
Featured
expo2025-ntt-pavilion
2025-04-12

expo2025-ntt-pavilion

Rhizomatiks participated in the NTT Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai as the Exhibition Experience Team. The overall pavilion theme, “PARALLEL TRAVEL,” is composed of four areas: Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, and the Interm…

Stage Composer, Creative Director, Artistic Director, Technical Director, Visual Programmer, Sound Designer, Producer
Featured
Daito Manabe “Phase Forms”(2025)
2025-06-12

Daito Manabe “Phase Forms”(2025)

Phase Forms is a 75-minute audiovisual performance by Manabe Daito, built on intricately constructed mathematical polyrhythms that seamlessly and experimentally blend a wide range of musical genres, including ambient, n…

Audio-Visual-Live Artist, Composer, Visual Programmer, Sound Programmer, Visual Designer, Sound Designer, Interaction Designer, Producer
Featured
Sónar Barcelona 2025
2025-06-12

Sónar Barcelona 2025

Dates Thursday, June 12–Saturday, June 14, 2025 https://sonar.es/en/practical-info/how-to-get-there

Audio-Visual-Live Artist
Featured
file-sao-paulo-2025-synthetika
2025-07-16

file-sao-paulo-2025-synthetika

Credits Camila Picolo, mediator Apolo Vicent https://file.org.br/installation_2025/daito-manabe-and-kyle-mcdonald

Installation Artist
Featured
widescreen-baroque-pre-wide-show-vol-0
2025-08-25

widescreen-baroque-pre-wide-show-vol-0

Daito Manabe (Studio Daito Manabe, Rhizomatiks) Yuta Okuyama (Studio Daito Manabe)

Audio-Visual-Live Creative Director, Visual Programmer
Featured
AI Surfaces

Knowledge Surface

FAQ, glossary, authority, measurement, JSON APIs, and llms.txt expose the site as a structured surface for both readers and AI systems.

Profile

Daito Manabe

Biography lengths are organized for introductions, citations, and editorial use.

Profile

Artist / Programmer / Composer

Born in Tokyo in 1976, Daito Manabe studied mathematics at Tokyo University of Science, where he became interested in algorithmic and generative approaches to music inspired by the composer Iannis Xenakis.

In 2006 he founded Rhizomatiks and has since developed projects that combine technology, music, visual media, and physical expression. He has collaborated with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto and Björk, and his work has been presented at festivals such as Sónar and MUTEK.

Manabe co‑founded Sonic Planet LTD. in London with Sinan Bokesoy to develop experimental software and generative audio tools.

He currently leads Studio Daito Manabe, a compact studio combining human specialists and AI driven production pipelines for rapid research and creative experimentation.

Awards, Media, Education

Reference Surface

Awards, media appearances, and educational activity organized into one reference surface.

CV
Awards
29
  • SONIC Floor – 11th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
  • scoreLight – 13th Festival – Entertainment Division – Excellence Award
  • Pa++ern – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
  • Face visualizer, instrument and copy – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
  • the Way Sensing GO+ – 13th Festival – Art Division – Jury Selection
Media
163
  • 2023/03/26 | Nike Air Max Day 2023 – The Pulse of London Video
  • Nike Music Shoe Video
  • Apple Behind the Mac
  • 2019/07/30 | en-japan CareerHack Daito Manabe's Resume | Why unexpected places have fewer risks Web Interview
  • 2019/06 | Telstar Planning Seeing the Future World through Art and Technology (Corporate Web Magazine)
Education
29
  • 2025 | TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 | Final Jury
  • 2024 | NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) | Artist Talk (w/ Toshio Iwai)
  • 2023 | KIKK Festival 2023 (Belgium) | Lecture
  • 2023 | DIAGE Festival 2023 (Thailand) | Speaker
  • 2022 | Prix Ars Electronica 2022 | Jury (Computer Animation)