Himuro Yoshiteru is an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

musician and DJ from

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. Himuro's first album Nichiyobi was released in 1998 by the English record label Worm Interface, alongside artists like Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) and Freeform. His releases are mostly within the

genres of

drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

Electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

Hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

and Braindance, with a significant

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

influence . His style is often described in the media as very playful. It consists of finely chopped, fast rhythms in combination with jazzy bass and synthesizer lines and 8bit sounds (like video game music). In this area he is one of the prominent Japanese musicians of this time. Some of his pieces have been featured on

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...

´s Radio show on

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and one was later released as an mp3 on the Tribute to John Peel Series, as a free download. In his Live Acts he uses primarily his laptop,

MIDI controller A MIDI controller is any hardware or software that generates and transmits Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) data to MIDI-enabled devices, typically to trigger sounds and control parameters of an electronic music performance. They mos ...

s and effects processors.

Discography

Albums

* (1998) Nichiyobi - ( Worm Interface) * (2004) Clear Without Items (Couchblip!) * (2005) Mild Fantasy Violence (Zod) * (2007) Welcome Myself (Tangram Disk) * (2008) Here And There (File Records) * (2010) Where Does Sound Come From? (MURDER CHANNEL) * (2011) 7th Shape Shifting * (2012) Our Turn, Anytime

EPs, singles and promos

* (1998) Nice Feedback E.P. - ( Worm Interface) * (1999) Himuro versus Koichi - Latest Gorgeous Energy - ( Worm Interface) * (2004) 3mcs From China * (2005) Fuck_B_Hard * (2007) Welcome Myself E.P. 12" (Tangram DiSk) * (2008) Here And There E.P. 12" (Tangram Disk) * (2008) Abcd E.P. (Invitro)

Remixes

* Shadow Huntaz feat X.A. Cute - Head In Noose (Himuro Remix) * Borngräber & Strüver - Midsummer (Himuro Remix) * Lambent - Drive Back Re-revised (Himuro Remix) * Symbolic Interaction - Seasalas (Himuro Remix) * Mrs. Tanaka - Traffic Tune (Himuro Remix) * Mrs. Tanaka - Lime Light (Himuro Remix) * Mrs. Tanaka - Hush Bell (Himuro Remix) * Vukeme - 80's Dream Parasol (Himuro Remix) * Robokoneko - Eerie Ash (Himuro Remix) * Savage Moon (

PS3 The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). It is the successor to the PlayStation 2, and both are part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. The PS3 was first released on ...

Video game) - Level 1-4 Remix

Compilation appearances

*John Peel Day - Tribute To John Peel *Alternative Frequencies 3 - Worm Interface *Alt. Frequencies 4 - Worm Interface *Electric Chicken Volume One - Worm Interface *The Beautiful Beat - Zerinnerung *Hekla's Selection - Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge

Videos

* (2005) "Tenjin" (Chillin Remix) von Kyle Griblin * (2008) "spen za nite wiz dis sit" von Takafumi Tsuchiya

External links

Official Himuro Yoshiteru website

Discogs
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