Effective period / Period of releases: 1995 - 2023

Members: Noriko (2)

Japanese New Age/Ambient/Electronic musical project formed in 1994 by the Japanese music artist referred to simply as Noriko (2) (岡本法子 (Noriko Kodera)) who was born in 1979 in Japan and moved from studying classic Italian songs as a child, to increasingly being inspired by artists such as PIL, Yellow Magic Orchestra, KLF and movies such as ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and ‘Le Grand Bleu’. The music she released under the name Dream Dolphin, from the age of sixteen, is unique and versatile in style, encompassing Ambient, IDM, Techno, Trance and even Drum & Bass, whilst fusing natural sounds with her own spoken word lyrics. Folded in 2004.
Dream Dolphin released an twenty albums in just eight years. In addition to her own projects, she has also put together a number of compilations herself, as well as composing ambient music to be used in hospitals and other caring contexts.
According to the inserts of multiple official CDs, Dream Dolphin members are: Noriko, WATER M.5., and FIRE T-1.