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*'''Date of Birth:''' March 15, 1968
 
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*'''Birthplace:''' [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
 
*'''Birthplace:''' [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
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==Career==
 
==Career==
 
[[File:good morning world promo.png|thumb|300px|Kahimi promoting "[[Good Morning World|GOOD MORNING WORLD]]" (1995)]]
 
[[File:good morning world promo.png|thumb|300px|Kahimi promoting "[[Good Morning World|GOOD MORNING WORLD]]" (1995)]]
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In mid 1994 Kahimi took off for [[Wikipedia:Paris, France|Paris, France]]. Momus recalling it partly as to "escape the straightjacket of Japan", "to defy expectations that she become a conventional wife", and "insecurity from a partner who saw her record sales potentially outstripping his — saw her literally “running with a suitcase”, ripping up a relationship with someone who “wouldn’t let her dance to Beck” (or date him, for that matter)."<ref>A</ref>  
 
In mid 1994 Kahimi took off for [[Wikipedia:Paris, France|Paris, France]]. Momus recalling it partly as to "escape the straightjacket of Japan", "to defy expectations that she become a conventional wife", and "insecurity from a partner who saw her record sales potentially outstripping his — saw her literally “running with a suitcase”, ripping up a relationship with someone who “wouldn’t let her dance to Beck” (or date him, for that matter)."<ref>A</ref>  
  
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1995 was a very busy year for Kahimi Karie. She started off the new year with the release of her first (the Oyamada produced ''[[My First Karie|MY FIRST KARIE]]'') and second (the [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]] produced ''[[I Am a Kitten|I am a kitten]]'') mini-albums on January 25th. Sixth months after the EPs Kahimi would follow with another mini-album ''[[Leur L'Existence|LEUR L'EXISTENCE]]'' in July 1995. Her next few singles would all have major [[CM|commercial]] tie-ins and sold really well from [[Trattoria]]. The Momus penned "[[Good Morning World|GOOD MORNING WORLD]]" was used as a theme for a cosmetics ad, and "[[Humming ga Kikoeru]]" was used as the opening theme to the [[Anime|anime series]] ''[[Chibi Maruko-chan]]''. This single become her best selling and was the lead in to her fourth mini-album ''[[Le Roi Soleil|LE ROI SOLEIL]]'', which would go on to become her best selling record. This release marked an end of a personal and professional relationship for Kahimi and [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]]
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1995 was a very busy year for Kahimi Karie. She started off the new year with the release of her first (the Oyamada produced ''[[My First Karie|MY FIRST KARIE]]'') and second (the [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]] produced ''[[I Am a Kitten|I am a kitten]]'') mini-albums on January 25th. Sixth months after the EPs Kahimi would follow with another mini-album ''[[Leur L'Existence|LEUR L'EXISTENCE]]'' in July 1995. Her next few singles would all have major [[CM|commercial]] tie-ins and sold really well from [[Trattoria]].  
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[[File:kahimi karie and nakatani miki.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Nakatani Miki]] and Kahimi for ''[[H (magazine)|H]]'' (2001)]]
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The Momus penned "[[Good Morning World|GOOD MORNING WORLD]]" was commissioned for A cosmetics ad. Her next single "[[Humming ga Kikoeru]]" was used as the opening theme to the [[Anime|anime series]] ''[[Chibi Maruko-chan]]''. This single become her best selling and was the lead in to her fourth mini-album ''[[Le Roi Soleil|LE ROI SOLEIL]]'', which would go on to become her best selling record. This release marked an end of a professional relationship between Kahimi and Oyamada.
  
 
Over the next couple years Momus noted that Kahimi's career was becoming more competitive. Now with Oyamada gone she was able to work with whoever she wish and was still managed by [[3D Corporation]]. She was being written songs by everyone in the [[Shibuya-Kei]] and indie rock scenes. The resulting album was 1997's ''[[Larme De Crocodile]]''. With the largest portion being written by Momus.
 
Over the next couple years Momus noted that Kahimi's career was becoming more competitive. Now with Oyamada gone she was able to work with whoever she wish and was still managed by [[3D Corporation]]. She was being written songs by everyone in the [[Shibuya-Kei]] and indie rock scenes. The resulting album was 1997's ''[[Larme De Crocodile]]''. With the largest portion being written by Momus.
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[[File:kahimi karie and nakatani miki.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Nakatani Miki]] and Kahimi for ''[[H (magazine)|H]]'' (2001)]]
 
  
 
In 1998 Kahimi released the single "[[One Thousand 20th Century Chairs]]", which was a very personal song for Kahimi talking about her controlling relationship with [[Cornelius]] and one of the reasons she ran away to Paris, France. The song featured lyrics written by Momus, and featured music composed by [[Hirohisa Horie]] from [[J-Rock|Japanese rock band]] [[Neil & Iraiza]]. That year the #D Corporation flew Kahimi, Momus, and Toog out to Japan and perform at ''[[Music Station]]''. Following this they signed on for the A tour.  
 
In 1998 Kahimi released the single "[[One Thousand 20th Century Chairs]]", which was a very personal song for Kahimi talking about her controlling relationship with [[Cornelius]] and one of the reasons she ran away to Paris, France. The song featured lyrics written by Momus, and featured music composed by [[Hirohisa Horie]] from [[J-Rock|Japanese rock band]] [[Neil & Iraiza]]. That year the #D Corporation flew Kahimi, Momus, and Toog out to Japan and perform at ''[[Music Station]]''. Following this they signed on for the A tour.  
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==Personal Life==
 
==Personal Life==
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[[File:kahimi karie - warp.jpg|thumb|300px|Kahimi featured in ''[[WARP]]'']]
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Ah, for me his records are perfect. Everything is perfect. Mike Alway is like a hero ... like a guru. More like a guru than a hero to me. He is very strange, though. Through Mike she was introduced to [[Shibuya-Kei]] Prince [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]] (or who started going by CORNELIUS) from the group [[FLIPPER'S GUITAR]]. She contributed to FLIPPER GUITAR's compiled ''[[Blow Up|BLOW UP]]'' album and she soon started dating Oyamada. In 1992 the two work start working together musically on the single "[[Mike Alway's Diary]]" about their good friend, and it was sung in [[Wikipedia:French language|French]].The media quickly took off with it declaring them the [[Wikipedia:It girl|It couple]] of Shibuya. Kahimi gained popularity as a poster girl for the genre, and started working as a fashion model.  
 
Ah, for me his records are perfect. Everything is perfect. Mike Alway is like a hero ... like a guru. More like a guru than a hero to me. He is very strange, though. Through Mike she was introduced to [[Shibuya-Kei]] Prince [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]] (or who started going by CORNELIUS) from the group [[FLIPPER'S GUITAR]]. She contributed to FLIPPER GUITAR's compiled ''[[Blow Up|BLOW UP]]'' album and she soon started dating Oyamada. In 1992 the two work start working together musically on the single "[[Mike Alway's Diary]]" about their good friend, and it was sung in [[Wikipedia:French language|French]].The media quickly took off with it declaring them the [[Wikipedia:It girl|It couple]] of Shibuya. Kahimi gained popularity as a poster girl for the genre, and started working as a fashion model.  
  
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Kahimi decided to move to [[Wikipedia:Paris, France|Paris, France]] around late 1994 with her new friend and producer [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]], which ultimately cause her and Oyamada to separate. Momus said that he literally saw her “running with a suitcase, ripping up a relationship with someone who “wouldn’t let her dance to Beck” (or date him, for that matter)."<ref>A</ref> At first he would fly back and forth to see and work with her (Momus notes that he was around for the shooting of "[[I Am a Kitten (song)|I am a kitten]]" [[PV|music video]]). At his request she went back to Japan to work on the recordings for ''[[My First Karie|MY FIRST KARIE]]'' and the session ended up being a stressful time. Between dealing with Oyamada and [[Wikipedia:Bertrand Burgalat|Bertrand Burgalat]] she was over it; Birgalat has been called "difficult” and it was said that he was "slamming doors and piano lids, and Kahimi in tears."<small><ref>[https://memoriesofshibuya.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/artist-spotlight-kahimi-karie-week-one/ ''Memories of Shibuya'': Artist Spotlight Kahimi Karie]</ref></small> She never worked face to face with that team again. It was all officially over when Kahimi had heard that she was seeing her old bandmate [[Minekawa Takako]].
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Kahimi decided to move to [[Wikipedia:Paris, France|Paris, France]] around late 1994 with her new friend and producer [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]], which ultimately cause her and Oyamada to separate. Momus said that he literally saw her “running with a suitcase, ripping up a relationship with someone who “wouldn’t let her dance to Beck” (or date him, for that matter)."<ref>A</ref> At first he would fly back and forth to see and work with her (Momus notes that he was around for the shooting of "[[I Am a Kitten (song)|I am a kitten]]" [[PV|music video]]). Oyamada decided that Paris was too slow a pace for him, calling himself a "Tokyo Boy". At his request she went back to Japan to work on the recordings for ''[[My First Karie|MY FIRST KARIE]]'' and the session ended up being a stressful time. Between dealing with Oyamada and [[Wikipedia:Bertrand Burgalat|Bertrand Burgalat]] she was over it; Birgalat has been called "difficult” and it was said that he was "slamming doors and piano lids, and Kahimi in tears."<small><ref>[https://memoriesofshibuya.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/artist-spotlight-kahimi-karie-week-one/ ''Memories of Shibuya'': Artist Spotlight Kahimi Karie]</ref></small> She never worked with that team again. The relationship between Oyamada and Kahimi became served when she heard that he was seeing her old bandmate [[Minekawa Takako]].
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Kahimi had decided to come and live in Paris, where I was too. A slightly glum Keigo came over to see whether he could salvage the situation (he was present at the video shoot for “I Am A Kitten”), but decided that he was a “Tokyo boy” after all; Paris didn’t have enough “information” for him. The city didn’t go fast enough. The last bridge was burnt when Keigo, back in Tokyo, started dating Kahimi’s old bandmate from Fancy Face, Groovy Name: Takako Minekawa.
 
  
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Kahimi would go on to date a string on models and actors while living in Paris. Her boyfriend at the time was featured in the [[PV|music video]] for her final Oyamada produced single "[[Humming ga Kikoeru]]".  
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At this point Kahimi would continue to have a professional relationship with [[Cornelius|CORNELIUS]]. Contributing "[[A Fantastic Moment]]" from the hit "GOOD MORNING WORLD", and went onto produce the bulk of ''[[Le Roi Soilei|LE ROI SOILEI]]''. Kahimi would go on to date a string on models and actors while living in Paris. Her boyfriend at the time was featured in the [[PV|music video]] for her final Oyamada produced single "[[Humming ga Kikoeru]]".  
  
 
Kahimi and Momus worked together for many years. During the early years they spent much time together after shed moved to Paris. Momus had noted they they had "initial frisson of attraction" between each other, but it wasn’t enough to shake her relationship with Oyamada and his marriage with Shazna who he married in 1994.  
 
Kahimi and Momus worked together for many years. During the early years they spent much time together after shed moved to Paris. Momus had noted they they had "initial frisson of attraction" between each other, but it wasn’t enough to shake her relationship with Oyamada and his marriage with Shazna who he married in 1994.  
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*http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kahimi_karie.shtml
 
*http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kahimi_karie.shtml
 
*http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/victor/nunki.html
 
*http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/victor/nunki.html
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[[File:kahimi karie - good morning world.jpg|thumb|250px|Single Cover]]
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; Artist
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: [[Kahimi Karie]]
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; Single
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: GOOD MORNING WORLD
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; Released
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: 1995.10.16
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; Catalog Number
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: PSDR-5237 <small>(Polystar)</small>
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: Menu.70 <small>(Trattoria)</small>
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; Price
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: 975円
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# GOOD MORNING WORLD
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# [[Wakakusa no Koro|A Fantastic Moment]]
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"GOOD MORNING WORLD" is the third single recorded by [[Kahimi Karie]], and her debut major label single with [[Trattoria Records]]. It is her first single produced by [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]]. The B-side is produced by [[Oyamada Keigo]] and was featured a few months earlier on Kahimi's third mini-album ''[[Leur L'Existence|LEUR L'EXISTENCE]]''; the original release credited the song to the Japanese title "[[Wakakusa no Koro]]". Both tracks received [[PV|music videos]].
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"GOOD MORNING WORLD" was commissioned by a cosmetics company to use as their [[CM|commercial]] song. It is her first single to rank on the weekly [[Oricon]] chart, peaking in the top 5. "GOOD MORNING WORLD" is Kahimi's second best selling single. This single marked a peak in both Kahimi and her boyfriend and collaborator [[Oyamada Keigo|CORNELIUS]]' careers which was part of the third wave of [[Shibuya-Kei]].<small><ref>[http://neojaponisme.com/2004/11/19/the-legacy-of-shibuya-kei-part-three/ NeoJaponisme: The Legacy of Shibuya-Kei Part 3]</ref></small>
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==Song Information==
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==Recording Sessions==
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[[File:good morning world promo.png|thumb|250px|Kahimi promoting the single]]
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By this point in time Kahimi had already moved to [[Wikipedia:Paris, France|Paris, France]] and had started recording with her new producer and friend [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]]. Kahimi had decided to stay in Paris and record with Momus instead of flying back to Japan after the difficult recording for ''[[My First Karie]]''. Instead Kahimi and Momus recorded in an grand old-fashioned studio. For "GOOD MORNING WORLD" they recorded at the Rue de Seine, not far from Serge Gainsbourg’s house. This also ended up saving her studio money on the expensive Japanese recording studios, and it kept Kahimi from seeing [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]]. During this time [[3D Management]] people were flying in from Tokyo to coordinate things.
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The song was put together for a cosmetics commercial. The brand was called Menard, and they’d taken a series of 15-second slots on Japanese TV. 3D presented the job to me as a done deal: make a song suitable for a TV spot. Hence lines like: “Put some make-up on your face, make this world a better place!” In the end, Menard picked the little rap in the middle of the song for their spots, which I thought was quite adventurous of them: “Yum, yum, bubble-gum, stick it up your brother’s gun…” That bit was based half on children’s playground chants, half on Fall lyrics. I got a kick out of hearing Kahimi sing “How I wrote ‘Elastic Girl’”, a line which made an unlikely connection between Mark E. Smith’s “How I Wrote Elastic Man” and Kahimi’s previous record “Elastic Girl.”
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I didn’t use any of the French musicians I’d employed for the I am a kitten EP because they’d since shafted me, deciding during the recording that they were producers and writers, and pitching a new record to Kahimi behind my back. I wasn’t invited to the sessions, or even told about them. Despite the commercial success of My First Karie — the resulting mini-album — Kahimi never worked with the team again. Apparently the recording had been a stressful one, with producer Bertrand Burgalat (a great talent, but “difficult”) slamming doors and piano lids, and Kahimi in tears.
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I remember having a bit of an argument with 3D about the TV commercial. 3D insisted that I give them the publishing rights. I said that that was impossible: my publishing was with Rhythm King Music in London, and everything I wrote had to be controlled by them. In the end 3D worked something out with Rhythm King. But it was a useful illustration of the differences between the British and Japanese music industries: in Japan your jimusho looks after you like a family, for life. You give them everything, and in return they give you what you need. It’s both kind and totalitarian.
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Kahimi lived, at 3D’s expense, on the Boulevard Pigalle, in a tiny flat with a view over a courtyard with an elegant curved staircase. Philippe Katerine, her other main songwriter at the time — a great talent and a droll, charming guy — always seemed to be visiting. We often met up with Ariel Wizman, who, with the actor Edouard Baer, had an influential Radio Nova show called La Grosse Bulle, a place where ironic elevator music met pataphysical humour.
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Living this agreeable life in Paris, it was difficult to keep up with the impact our records were having in Japan. I didn’t visit the country between 1993 and 1997, so I never witnessed the coming-to-power of Shibuya-kei at first hand. There was a structural confusion, too: Kahimi’s records came out on a plethora of different labels, some indie, some major (Crue-l, Trattoria, Polydor). She was always signed to the international division of the major labels she worked with, which seemed a bit odd (I suppose because her studio bills were in Paris). She also worked with lots of different producers and writers.
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==Music Video==
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[[File:good morning world pv.jpg|thumb|325px|A scene from the video]]
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The director of the [[PV|music video]] is currently unknown.<small><ref>[A]</ref></small>
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*[1996.09.15] ''[[Karie on TV From Trattoria]]'' (#3)
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==Momus' Notes==
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The song featured several different inspirations.
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he backing for “Good Morning World” was put together in my Montmartre flat (a mysterious chandeliered duplex designed for a rich man’s mistress) using samples from Soft Machine and Jacques Dutronc (the Soft Machine samples were eventually cleared, contributing something to Robert Wyatt’s pension). In the studio we added real drums and trumpet played by musicians I’d found busking at the fleamarket at St-Ouen.
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“Good Morning World” is undoubtedly the most commercially successful song I’ve written, but I can’t say I particularly care for it now. It’s not a bad pastiche of 1960s pop, with enough quirks and hooks to keep you listening. It’s interesting on a psychological level that a man could write “it’s so nice to be a beautiful girl” (or — the uncharitable might add — that an ugly man could write about the joys of being beautiful). That was a fantastic thing for me, being able to extend myself into another person and correct all my perceived weaknesses. Kahimi seemed to feel the same way; in interviews she would often talk me up as someone who complemented her, understood who she really was without even being told.
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==Concert Performances==
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*[2000.05.24] ''[[K.K. Girly Action Tour in Tokyo]]'' (#13)
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/54733/products/207786/1/ Oricon Profile]
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*[https://www.discogs.com/Kahimi-Karie-Good-Morning-World/release/451718 Discogs Profile]
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*Lyrics: [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~waynedavidson/karie_lyric_goodmorning.htm Kahimi Dreamy]
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*Music Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysJxTpy7a-Y YouTube]
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==Discography==
 
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* [2000.11.06] [[K.K.Limited Edition 2000|K.K.LIMITED EDITION 2000]] (box set)
 
* [2000.11.06] [[K.K.Limited Edition 2000|K.K.LIMITED EDITION 2000]] (box set)
 
* [2001.06.27] [[K.K. Works 1998 - 2000]] (best album)
 
* [2001.06.27] [[K.K. Works 1998 - 2000]] (best album)
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*[2001.xx.xx]] [[Seista Album]]
 
* [2006.10.10] [[Kahimi Karie Presents Crue-l Crystallization]] (collection by Kahimi)
 
* [2006.10.10] [[Kahimi Karie Presents Crue-l Crystallization]] (collection by Kahimi)
 
* [2007.07.25] [[Specialothers|SPECIALOTHERS]] (collaboration best)
 
* [2007.07.25] [[Specialothers|SPECIALOTHERS]] (collaboration best)

Revision as of 05:41, 11 August 2016

Kahimi Karie promoting NUNKI (2006)

Kahimi Karie (カヒミ・カリィ) is an Japanese experimental pop musician. She made her debut in 1992 with the cheeky "Mike Alway's Diary" and when on to become a well known Shibuya-kei singer. During this time she was dating FLIPPERS GUITAR's Oyamada Keigo, and the two become the It couple of Shibuya. In the mid 1990s she released a string of successful EPs and singles produced by Oyamada (also making appearances in his work such as 69/96) and French musician Momus.

Moving into the 2000s Kahimi worked towards a more experimental sound creating Lounge music and incorporating styles of Jazz, Big band, and electronic music. Her most recent records NUNKI and It's here feature a more minimalistic sound, for which she worked with producers Otomo Yoshihide and American born singer-songwriter Jim O'Rouke. Kahimi is known for singing in a multitude of languages such as French, English, Japanese, and Italian.

Profile

  • Stage Name: Kahimi Karie (カヒミ・カリィ)
  • Real Name: Hiki Mari (比企マリ)
  • Date of Birth: March 15, 1968
  • Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

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