Kensuke Shiina is a Japanese DJ and musician, electronic technician, an exponent of

trip hop Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with " downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tem ...

and

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music. His notable recordings date from the late 1990s. He was an original member of

Yann Tomita is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer, writer, and steelpan player based in Tokyo. In Japan during the 1980s and 1990s, he pioneered various music genres, including hip hop, dub, acid jazz, exotica, and electronic music. He is th ...

's group Audio Science Laboratorie. He makes unique electronic musical instruments.

Style

Kensuke Shiina music has been described variously as

downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may b ...

Shibuya-kei is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to late 1990s. The music genre is distinguished by a "cut-and-paste" approach that was inspired by the kitsch, fusion, and artifice from certain music styles ...

, ambient, and

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

.Kensuke Shiina - Have Some More Java? (Ring Of Fire Remixes)
/ref> He is known for his

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remixes and Insomniac track.

Discography

;Compilations *''A Journey into Ambient Groove Vol.2'' (1995) *''Fish Smell Like Cat'' (1997) UK cd: Pussyfoot CDLP005 *''Suck it and See'' (1998) UK 2 cd: Pussyfoot CDLP069 *''Pussy Galore'' (1997) UK cd: Pussyfoot CDLP007

References

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* Japanese DJs Japanese electronic musicians Living people Electronic dance music DJs 1969 births {{electronic-musician-stub