Samon Kawamura
Samon Kawamura (born May 4, 1973 ) is a German-Japanese music producer, composer, artist and DJ. He grew up in Tokyo and has mainly been based in Germany since the mid-90s, where he lives and works with his family in Berlin.
Samon Kawamura is part of the “KaHeDi” producer team (Samon Kawamura, Max Herre, Roberto Di Gioia).
biography
Since the early 2000s, Kawamura has been producing and composing music for artists such as Till Brönner, Max Herre ( Freundeskreis ), Genetikk , Joy Denalane and others. a. Albums like “Blue Eyed Soul” (Till Brönner) were awarded 5 gold and the Jazz Award 2005, “Hallo Welt”, “MTV Unplugged Kahedi Show” (Max Herre) were awarded gold and platinum, “Achter Tag “(Genetikk) with gold. Singles like “Wolke 7” (Max Herre) and “Wünsch dir was” (Genetikk) also achieved gold status. Albums like “Achter Tag” and “YALA” (Genetikk) charted at number 1 in the German album charts. In addition, Samon Kawamura has produced several of his own albums, on which other artists participated, including the Stonesthrow artists OH NO (brother of Madlib) and Aloe Blacc, MC Ta'Raach, Laura López Castro, Om'Mas Keith (SA-RA Creative Partners) and Kev Brown from the Jazzy Jeff camp.
On the turntables he played live with Till Brönner, Max Herre, Joy Denalane, Uri Caine, Be, Boomish, Marsmobil, Lychee Lassi, among others. In 2007 Samon Kawamura released his instrumental hip-hop album Translations on Max Herre's label NESOLA .
Discography (selection)
2002
Till Brönner - Blue Eyed Soul (Album, Production)
2007
Joy Denalane Feat. Raekwon - Heaven Or Hell (Remix)
Samon Kawamura - Translations (Album, Production)
Samon Kawamura - DJ Mix 06/07 (Mixalbum, DJ)
Joy Denalane - Born & Raised (Remix)
Joy Denalane - Sometimes Love (Remix)
Nylon - 10 Songs About Love (Album, Production)
Marsmobile - Une Affaire De Mode Et De Musique
2008
OC - Time's Up (Remix)
Samon Kawamura - Unfold (Album, Production)
Christian Prommer's Drumlesson - Around The World (Remix)
Mika Arisaka - Aquantum (Song, Production)
2009
Samy Deluxe - Grandma Song (Song, KaHeDi Production)
Gagle - Love Note (Samon Kawamura Remix)
Max Herre - A Gifted Day (Album, Production)
2010
Hugh Masekela - U, Dwi (Kahedi Remix)
2011
Samy Deluxe - Back to Us (Song, KaHeDi Production)
Joy Denalane - Maureen (Album, KaHeDi Production)
2012
Till Brönner - Till Brönner (Album, Production)
Samon Kawamura - Thaima (Album, Production)
Max Herre - Hello world! (Album, KaHeDi Production)
Y'akoto - Baby Blues - (Album, KaHeDi Production)
2013
Jazzy Sport Top Team: Pound For Pound 3 - Pull out (Track, Production)
Max Herre - MTV Unplugged Kahedi Radio Show (Album, Production)
Megaloh - Finally Infinite (album tracks, additional production)
2014
Y'Akoto - Moody Blues (album tracks, KaHeDi Production)
Sick Team - Tokyo Driftin (Remix)
2015
Genetikk - Eighth Day (Album, Production)
2016
Genetikk - Fukk Genetikk (Album, Production)
2017
Joy Denalane - Gleisdreieck (Album, KaHeDi Production)
2018
Frank Wiedemann - Symphony Of Now (featured artist)
Genetikk - DNA II (Album, Production)
Genetikk - YALA (Album, Production)
2019
Max Herre - Athens (Album, Production)
Web links
- Web presence of Samon Kawamura
- Samon Kawamura in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Samon Kawamura on MySpace
- Biography of Samon Kawamura at Nesola
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kawamura, Samon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Japanese musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1973 |