Ken Ishii

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Ken Ishii (2010)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Overlap
  UK 83 11/23/1996 (1 week)
Echo exit
  UK 79 04/19/1997 (1 week)

Ken Ishii ( Jap. ケン·イシイ * 1970 in Sapporo ) is a successful Techno - DJ and - Producer of Tokyo . He is also known by the pseudonyms FLR, Flare, Rising Sun, UTU and Yoga.

Career

Ken Ishii, heavily influenced by Detroit techno , had his first releases in 1993, including on Richie Hawtin's label Plus 8 . His 1995 album Jelly Tones ranks 61st on Rolling Stone Japan's “100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time” .

In 1996, the clip created by the well-known anime artist Kōji Morimoto ( Akira ) for his Track Extra was voted MTV Dance Video of The Year . Garden on the Palm was added to The Wire's “100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening)” list.

Discography

Albums

  • Garden On The Palm (2 X 12 "- RS 93012 - 1993)
  • Inner elements (CD - RS 94038 CD - 1994)
  • Jelly Tones (2LP / CD - RS 95065 / RS 95065 CD - 1995)
  • Green Times (CD - Sublime Records SBLCD5002 - 1995)
  • Grip (CD - Sublime Records SBLCD5011 - 1996)
  • Metal Blue America (CD - R&S Records - 1997)
  • Sleeping Madness (2LP / CD - RS 99153 / RS 99153 CD - 1999)
  • Flatspin (CD - Exceptional EXLPCD0103 - 2000)
  • Millennium Spinnin at Reel up "(CD - Sony Music Ent. - 2001)
  • FLR Easy Filters (1999 - 2001) (2 X CD - Reel Musiq Sublime Records RLCD-002 - 2001)
  • Rebore Vol.2 (2001)
  • Future In Light (2002)
  • Interpretations (CD - Exceptional EXLPCD0405 - 2003)
  • Play, Pause and Play (2 X CD - Sublime records IDCS1016 / 1017 - 2005)
  • Sunriser (CD - 70Drums IDCK-1002 - 2006)
  • Taiyo (3 X 12 "- SYST00162 - 2013)

Singles

  • Pneuma (12 "- RS 93025 - 1993)
  • Deep Sleep (12 "- APOLLO 8 - 1993)
  • Tangled Notes (12 "- RS 94046 - 1994)
  • Extra (12 "/ CD - RS 95064 / RS 95064 CD - 1995)
  • Stretch (CD - SRCS 8098 - 1995)
  • Overlap (CD - RS 96107 - 1996)

Web links

Commons : Ken Ishii  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone Japan's “100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time” on rateyourmusic.com
personal data
SURNAME Ishii, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ケ ン ・ イ シ イ (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese techno DJ and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapporo , Japan