Yoshinori Sunahara

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Yoshinori Sunahara ( Japanese 砂 原 良 徳 , Sunahara Yoshinori ; born September 13, 1969 in Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan ) is a Japanese DJ and producer, known in the Shibuya-kei and chill-out scene. His style is characterized by a mix of funk , bossa nova , Shibuya-kei and 1970s music. In 1995 he released his first solo album Crossover . The albums are distributed in Europe by the German label Bungalow Records .

He loves planes; many of his albums have to do with the subject of flying-airplane-airport. Take Off and Landing from 1998 is about an underground airport, Tokyo Underground Airport. His 1998 album Pan Am - The Sound of '70s is about his favorite airline Pan Am ; He is inspired by the airline's background and advertising music from the 1970s.

Yoshinori Sunahara was part of the three-piece successful Japanese pop techno band Denki Groove , which, in contrast to his solo project, has been producing faster music since 1989.

Together with Yukihiro Takahashi , Keigo Oyamada , Leo Imai, Towa Tei and Tomohiko Gondo, he has formed the Metafive formation since 2014 .

Publications

  • Liminal ( 2011 )
  • No Boys, No Cry (Original Soundtrack, 2009 )
  • Works '95 –'05 (Best of, 2007 )
  • Lovebeat ( 2001 )
  • Pan Am - The Sound of '70s ( 1998 )
  • 708090 ( 1998 )
  • Take Off and Landing ( 1998 )
  • Crossover ( 1995 )

With Metafive

  • META (2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JAMES HADFIELD: YMO's Yukihiro Takahashi recruits Towa Tei, Cornelius, Yoshinori Sunahara, Tomohiko Gondo and Leo Imai for an impressive supergroup. The Japan Times, July 15, 2014, accessed June 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Metafive - Meta. Discogs, January 13, 2016, accessed June 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Sunahara, Yoshinori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 砂 原 良 徳 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese DJ and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 13th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan