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Nujabes
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1974-02-07,Nishiazabu, Tokyo, Japan
Gender
Male
Biography
Jun Seba ( 瀬葉淳, Seba Jun, February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010), born Jun Yamada (山田淳), better known by his stage name Nujabes, was a Japanese record producer, audio engineer, DJ, composer and arranger best known for his atmospheric instrumental mixes sampling from hip hop, soul, and jazz, as well as incorporating elements of trip hop, breakbeat, downtempo, and ambient music. Seba released two studio albums during his lifetime: Metaphorical Music (2003) and Modal Soul (2005), while the album Spiritual State was released posthumously in 2011. He was the founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions and released two collection compilations: Hydeout Productions 1st Collection (2003) and 2nd Collection (2007). Additionally, Seba collaborated on the soundtrack for Shinichirō Watanabe's anime series Samurai Champloo (Music Record: Departure and Impression) in 2004. He also worked with many great artist such as Uyama Hiroto or Shing02. In 2010, Seba died in a traffic collision at the age of 36. Although relatively niche during his lifetime, Seba has since achieved posthumous acclaim and been referred as the "godfather" of lo-fi hip hop. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nujabes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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