Rei Harakami was born in Hiroshima and is now living in Kyoto, Japan. Rei is what we call an electronic musician who plays and mixes with a hard disc recorder. He released his debut album 'unrest' in 1998 on the label Sublime Records. His follow up albums, 'o*paq' (1999) and 'red curb' (2001) releases showcased his skills as an artist and producer. Rei's growing reputation has resulted in him becoming an in demand producer for artists such as UA, Great 3 and Coldcut.
His recent collaboration as an artist and producer on Akiko Yano's album has resulted in widespread recognition in Japan.
Rei manages to regularly rock the stage at some of Japan's big festivals like "Fuji Rock Festival", "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL", and "Sonar Sound Tokyo". On the international stage, Rei has been actively participating in several music showcases in France and Germany, also "Sonar 2005" in Barcelona, Spain, where he appeared with Shiro Takatani (from performance unit, "dumb type", as a visual collaboration).
In 2005, his 4th album 'lust' caught on so quickly in many music circles. He then continued to release the album 'wasuremono' and 'Colors of the Dark (project album for the Guinness recorded planetarium, MEGASTAR-II)' (2006).
In recent years, he worked for Nike+, CM song for Japanese magazines,
composed the music for the movie "Ten nen Kokekko". Also as a producer and artist, Rei collaborates with Akiko Yano. Their unit called "yanokami"released its 1st Album in August 2007, performed at festival like "Rock in Japan" and "Summer Sonic".
Just updated his article: Regarding the music for the movie "Ten nen Kokekko", Rei received the 2 music awards in the Japanese movie award!!
Official site: http://www.sublimerecords.net/harakami
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/reiharakami
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