Rei Harakami

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Rei Harakami (レイ・ハラカミ) is an electronic musician born in Hiroshima, now living in Kyoto, Japan. He plays and mixes using a hard disc recorder.

Rei released his debut album in 1998 on the Sublime Records label. His follow up albums, "o*paq" (1999) and "red curb" (2001) showcased his skills as an artist and producer. Rei's growing reputation has resulted in him becoming an in-demand producer and collaborator for artists such as UA, Great 3 and Coldcut. His recent collaboration as an artist and producer on Akiko Yano's album, Honto no Kimochi, ("True feelings" in English), has resulted in widespread recognition in Japan.

Rei manages to regularly rock the stage at some of Japan's big festivals like "Fuji Rock Festival", "Rising Sun Rock Festival", "Sonar Sound Tokyo". On the international stage, Rei has been actively participating in several music showcases in France and Germany, also "Sonar 2005" in Barcelona, Spain where he appeared with Shiro Takatani (from performance unit, "Dumb Type", as a visual collaboration).

His 4th album "[lust]" (2005) quickly caught on in music scenes of various genres. Now many musicians resonate and talk about him. In 2006, he released new and past works on the compilation album "Wasuremono" (which means "Forgotten Items") and a project CD album "Colors of the Dark" for The Planetarium. In 2007, He composed the music for the film "Ten nen Kokekko". Also, he started a project with Akiko Yano, called yanokami was debuted in 2007.