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Susumu Mukai (born c.1974,
Osaka
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Japan
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Japan
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ese-born musician and producer.
Biography
Mukai was born in Japan and moved to
East Anglia
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at the age of eleven.
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, 28 March 2003, retrieved 2010-06-25 He attended
Summerhill School
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where he started playing
bass guitar
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and other instruments.
He went on to study at the
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...
, and was signed to Mike Silver's Flesh Records label.
Mukai explained his stage name: "When I started this imaginary band I wanted to name it with a new word."
Zongamin live band was formed in 2000. Past and current members : Nathalie Fowler. Mao Yamada. Leon Harris. Leo Taylor. Will Sweeney. Robert Green.
His self-titled debut album was released in 2003 by
XL Recordings
XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been ran and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group.
Although only releasing an average of six album ...
, and met with a positive critical response;
Allmusic
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gave it a three-star rating, commenting on the "wealth of ideas" and an "endearing 'anything goes' playfulness" on the album.
Pitchfork Media
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gave it 7.3/10,
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, 28 May 2003, retrieved 2010-06-25 Gigwise.com also gave the album an enthusiastic review, calling it "a lo-tech electro-fuzz monster".
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He has also acted as a remixer for
Air
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,
[Air Remixed by Zongamin]
, aversion.com, 12 March 2004, retrieved 2010-06-25 Playgroup, Graffiti, John Cale, Mickey Moonlight, Headman, Sandro Perri, Alexis Taylor and
Seelenluft
Beat Solèr, (born 8 July 1971) better known by his stage name Seelenluft, is a Swiss record producer of electronic music.
Career
Seelenluft is Beat Soler from Zürich. He has been playing music since he was seven. He made a number of records ...
.
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, retrieved 2010-06-25
Since 2015, he has been a member of
Vanishing Twin
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.
Mukai is currently also a member of Becker & Mukai, Off World, Stalactite and School Of Hypnosis.
Musical style
His music has been described as "incorporating left-field disco, funk, hip-hop, and house, along with good old sloppy garage rock and spaghetti Western soundtracks",
[Kellman, Andy " ''Zongamin'' Review, ]Allmusic
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, Retrieved 25 June 2010 and "post punk, somewhat cheesy funkdom interspersed with droning catchy dance hooks".
Gigwise.com described his debut album as "a schizophrenic shot of spaghetti western mayhem, angular foot-stamping menace, and made-in-the-kitchen-sink funk".
Discography
Albums
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*"O!" (Vinyl EP; 12"; total 4 tracks). Multi Culti. 2018.
Singles
*"Serious Trouble" (2000), Flesh
*"Tunnel Music" (2001), Flesh
*"Spiral" (2002), XL
*"Serious Trouble" (2003), XL
*"Hotel 17" (2004), Kitsuné
*"Bongo Song" (2005), Ed Banger
References
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Japanese musicians
Living people
Musicians from Osaka
Kitsuné artists
1974 births