Rei Harakami (???????) is born in Hiroshima and now living in Kyoto, Japan.He is called as an "Electronic musician",plays and mixes with Hard Disc recorder.
Rei released his debut album in 1998 on the Sublime Records label.His follow up albums,'O*PAQ' (1999) and 'Red Curb' (2001) released showcased his skills as an artist and producer.Rei's growing reputation has resulted in him becoming an in demand producer and collaboratorfor artists such as UA, Great 3 and Coldcut.His recent collaboration as an artist and producer on Akiko Yano's album (Honto no Kimochi)has resulted in widespread recognition in Japan.
Rei manages to regularly rock the stage at some of Japan's big festival like"Fuji Rock Festival","RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL","sonar sound tokyo".On the international stage, Rei has been actively participating in several music showcasesin France and Germany, also "Sonar 2005" in Barcelona, Spainappeared with Shiro Takatani (from performance unit, "dumb type", as a visual collaboration).
His 4th album '
[1]' (2005), caught on so quick in many scenes of music genre.Now many musicians resonate and talk about him.In 2006, he released new and past works of compilation album 'wasuremono'and project CD album 'Colors of the Dark' for the planetarium.In 2007, He composed the music for the film "Ten nen Kokekko".Also, he started unit with Akiko Yano, called yanokami was debuted in 2007.
Discography
- unrest (1998) Sublime Records
- o*paq (1999)
- red curb (2001)
- lust (2005)
- wasuremono (2006)
- Color of the Dark (2006)
- Ten nen Kokekko Original Sound track by rei harakami (2007)
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Living peopleJapanese electronic musicians
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