Yoshinori Sunahara
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Yoshinori Sunahara is a Japanese
DJ and club programmer, particularly prominent in the Shibuya-kei
and chillout
scene. He was born in Sapporo, Japan
, on September 13, 1969. His style consists of a mixture of funk
, bossa nova
, Shibuya-kei
, and 70s music. He is known to be infatuated with airplanes, as several of his albums have to do with flight.
"Marin (まりん: named after a cartoon)" while joining the techno group Denki Groove
in 1991. He made his solo debut in 1995 with the album Crossover.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
DJ and club programmer, particularly prominent in the Shibuya-kei
Shibuya-kei
is a sub-genre of Japanese pop music which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop.- Overview :...
and chillout
Chill out music
Chill out music is an umbrella term for several styles of electronic music characterized by their mellow style and mid-tempo beats — "chill" being derived from a slang injunction to "relax."Chill out music emerged in the early and mid-1990s in "chill rooms" at dance clubs, where relaxing music...
scene. He was born in Sapporo, Japan
Japan
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, on September 13, 1969. His style consists of a mixture of funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
, Shibuya-kei
Shibuya-kei
is a sub-genre of Japanese pop music which originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It is best described as a mix between jazz, pop, and electropop.- Overview :...
, and 70s music. He is known to be infatuated with airplanes, as several of his albums have to do with flight.
Denki Groove
Sunahara adopted the aliasPseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
"Marin (まりん: named after a cartoon)" while joining the techno group Denki Groove
Denki Groove
is a Japanese technopop group influenced by YMO and Kraftwerk, founded in 1989. It is a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records sublabel. Current members are Fumitoshi Ishino and Masanori Taki...
in 1991. He made his solo debut in 1995 with the album Crossover.
Releases
- Liminal (2011)
- No Boys, No Cry Original Sound Track (2009)
- Works '95-'05Works '95-'05-Track listing:# "MFRFM " - 6:33# "Stinger Stingray" - 7:15# "Elegant World" - 6:31# "Sun Song '80" - 5:44# "Life & Space" - 6:42# "Welcome to Japan" - 4:46# "Hypnotize" - 6:00# "747 Dub" - 5:30# "Balance" - 7:15# "Lovebeat" - 7:25...
(2007) - LovebeatLovebeat-Track listing:# "Earth Beat" - 4:56# "Balance" - 6:24# "In And Out" - 5:00# "Lovebeat" - 7:26# "Spiral Never Before" - 5:38# "Echo Endless Echo" - 3:13# "Hold'on Tight" - 4:49# "Sun Beats Down" - 5:48# "Bright Beat" - 7:30# "The Center Of Gravity" - 7:43...
(2001) - The Sound of '70sThe Sound of '70s-Track listing:# "Theme From Take-Off " - 2:39# "The New World Break" - 5:41# "Clipper's Discotheque Break" - 6:07# "Sun Song '70 " - 4:16# "Love Beat" - 6:37# "Rhodes Funky Dub " - 3:50# "747 Dub" - 5:30...
(1998) - 708090708090-Track listing:...
(1998) - Take Off and LandingTake Off and LandingTake Off and Landing is a 1998 Yoshinori Sunahara album.-Track listing:# "Information Of TUA" - 2:49# "Cross Wind Take Off" - 3:41# "Magic Sunset Street" - 5:53# "SONY Romantic Electro Wave" - 4:35# "Sun Song '80" - 5:33# "2300 Hawaii" - 7:18...
(1998) - CrossoverCrossover (Yoshinori Sunahara album)-Track listing:# "MFRFM " - 6:03# "Stinger Stingray" - 7:05# "Whirlpool" - 6:28# "Silver Ripples" - 6:36# "The Long Vowel" - 1:07# "Huraloop" - 6:50# "Muddy Water" - 6:34# "Elegant World" - 10:28# "Clouds Across the Moon" - 5:15...
(1995)
See also
- Jerry Boy 2Smart BallSmart Ball is an Action-adventure game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as in Japan. A sequel called was in production, but was never actually released.-Gameplay:...
, canceled Super Famicom game (Sunahara was the music composer)