KEI KOHARA (Shonan, Japan)

KEI KOHARA (Shonan, Japan)

Web: Kei Kohara web site

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Kei Kohara / Endless Summer

I LOVE TM NETWORK / KEI KOHARA + LIFE



コンテンツ：
・I LOVE TM NETWORK徹底解剖！スペシャル対談＠Yamaha MySound
・ビデオメッセージ＆インタビュー : DIGITAL DJ 2008年
・[Movie] KEI KOHARA、Tokyo MXテレビ「U・LA・LA」に出演
・インタビュー : KINGBEAT 2007年
・インタビュー : クラベリア 2006年

mixiコミュニティ – KEI KOHARA
mixiミュージック – KEI KOHARA

Kei Kohara @ Beatport

バイオグラフィ（Japanese）:
湘南発、海や夏を想起させるポジティブなハウスサウンドでクラブシーンを席巻するKEI KOHARA！王道かつキャッチーなサウンドが特徴なクラブ系音楽クリエーター＆DJ。

小室哲哉氏とYAMAHAが主催した”EOSサーキット”の入賞を切っ掛けに音楽活動をスタート。デジタルハードコアユニットのドラマーを経てクラブ系サウンドに目覚め、石野卓球、Kid Q等の大ヒットで知られるユニバーサルミュージックのSilly Spider Music（Germany）より、デビューシングル「Midnight Express」をリリース。同EPはUKのレーベル・Global Harmony RecordsよりMike Mondayのリミックス入りで再ライセンスされ、Paul Van Dyk, DJ Rolando等がヘビープレイ！多くのDJのチャート上位に挙げられた。

サーファーズ・テックハウスという新ジャンルを確立した出世作「Summer Night Fever」は、iTunes StoreのDanceチャートで2位、クラブ系着うたサイト「クラブ着サウンド」で月間ダウンロード数1位を達成するなど、CD、音楽配信共に大ヒットを記録。日本テレビやフジテレビ等の地上波放送でも楽曲が使用された。ルーツであるTM NETWORKトリビュートアルバム「I LOVE TM NETWORK」にも全面参加し、iTunes Store J-POPチャート1位を達成！

2008年夏には、これまでの集大成ともいえるエレクトロポップ＆ハウスサウンドを魅せるアルバム「Endless Summer」をリリース！

BIOGRAPHY (English):
A genius from Shonan, Kanagawa.
Kei Kohara is a talented artist in the worldwide techno and house scene.
He is one of the greatest track makers, fascinating various listeners and even DJs with his open-feel sound style. He is known as a beach and surf lover. Those elements directly and strongly influence his sounds and gets people to imagine “the summer” and “the ocean” in their minds.

He started his career right after he won the prize of a remixing competition “EOS Circuit” held by YAMAHA and Tetsuya Komuro, a famous Japanese composer and producer. Besides his main work which is sound production by synthesizer, he has another exceptional talent as a drummer. He exercises this talent in Death Metal bands and digital hard core units. Even though he belonged to an agency in Tokyo, he went working from live house to clubs in 2000, the year in which he encountered club music. In the same year, he brought his energetic synthesizer sound to the clubs, going from city to city.

Out of tons of other labels that scrambled for his attention, he chose “Silly Spider Music”, which includes artists such as Takkyu Ishino and Kid Q.
“Midnight Express” debuted as a single from the label.
Also it was re-licenced as “EP Mike Monday remix” by a UK label “Global Harmony”. It’s sales rose to reach 9000. This is an outstanding smash hit in the analog market. It has been played heavily by Paul Van Dyk, DJ Roland and others.

From +AD, one of Asian Dynasty Records labels, he released “EP Reflection” in 2005. Through that, he attained an unassailable position.
In July 2006, he released his first album “Summer Night Fever”.
This album again broke records and became a smash hit in the iTune Store dance chart and on web sites where mobile phone users can download ring tones. On the web site it became the most downloaded ring tone of the month.
Now, in 2007, he is working on his second album, which he plans to release in the summer from Asian Dynasty Records.

== Discography ==
Album:
Kei Kohara / Endless Summer
I LOVE TM NETWORK / KEI KOHARA + LIFE
Kei Kohara / Heavenly Sunshine / AsianDynasty Records(Japan)
Kei Kohara / Summer Night Fever / AsianDynasty Records (Japan)

EP:
Kei Kohara / Heavenly Reworks / AsianDynasty (Japan) [download]
Kei Kohara / Reflection / +AD[AsianDynasty Records] (Japan) [12”, download]
Kei Kohara / Midnight Express (with Richlay & Rivera Remixes) / Silly Spider Music (Germany) [12”]
Kei Kohara / Midnight Express (with Mike Monday Remix) / Global Harmony Records (UK) [12”]

Compilations:
“Midnight Express (Richlay And Rivera Remix1)” on House mix 2003 / Zxy Music (Germany) [CD]
“Midnight Express “ on UK UNDERGROUND BEATS / Promo Only Inc. (UK) [CD]
“Reflection” on Life On Tokyo / Life On Records (Japan) [CD]

Remix:
Tearz EP / Life on Records (Japan)