Tell Me About Rei Harakami

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...because I don't really know too much. Does he have some sort of affiliation with Nobukazu Takemura? What's his best record? What should I expect? Should I look for his stuff?

I'm going to bed now, but I hope someone has something to tell me by the time I wake up.

― JS Williams (js williams), Wednesday, 11 June 2003 08:22 (twenty-two years ago)

no ties to Takemura, to my knowledge, though both producers are from Kyoto. there's a Ken Ishii connection through Sublime, who put out most of Harakami's music.

Harakami doesn't share Nobukazu's experimental proclivities, working with more of a sculpted post-Detroit techno template (in a GPR or (Op)ART vein). his debut (S/T) 12" EP and Unrest Works are very Ishii in style, something like a subtler Jelly Tones or Grip. very nice, but i'd recommend Opa*q instead. especially if you like the tech-house-jazz fusions of Daniel Ibbotson or Ian O'Brien (who contributes a fantastic remix here) or the more
"transgressive" techno labels, like Eevo Lute (Max404 also remixed a track) and Clear.

― summerslastsound, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd like to hear some ILM impressions of Harakami's more recent Red Curb and the semi-remix set Trace of Red Curb. great credentials - Max Brennan's all over "Red Curb;" Trace has Atom Heart, Wechsel Garland, Okihide of Tanzmuzik, etc - but i've never seen either CD going for less than $35.

― summerslastsound, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

whoa, Rei Haramaki's DEAD!?

apparently he died of a brain hemmorage 6 months ago at the age of 40. his website still says "
Now about to time to see his original new album one day..." - really fucking bummed out right now

― frogbs, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:00 (thirteen years ago)

bummer

always loved his ken ishii remix (from "re-grip", also had a soft spot for his "unrest" album on sublime

― the late great, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:35 (thirteen years ago)

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