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'''Kahimi Karie''' (カヒミ・カリィ) is an [[:Category:J-Experimental|Japanese experimental]] [[J-Pop|pop]] musician. She made her debut in 1992 with the cheeky "[[Mike Alway's Diary]]" and when on to become a well known [[:Category:Shibuya-Kei|Shibuya-kei]] singer. During this time she was dating [[FLIPPERS GUITAR]]'s [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]], and the two become the [[Wikipedia:It girl|It couple]] of Shibuya. In the mid 1990s she released a string of successful [[Wikipedia:Extended play|EP]]s and singles produced by Oyamada (also making appearances in his work such as ''[[69/96]]'') and French musician [[Wikipedia:Momus|Momus]].
  
'''Kahimi Karie''' (カヒミ・カリィ) is a Japanese [[:Category:Shibuya-kei|Shibuya-kei]] artist. Kahimi sings in a multitude of languages such as Japanese, French, English, and Italian. She made her debut back in 1992, but is better known for her collaberations with [[Wikipedia:Momus|Momus]], [[CORNELIUS]], and [[m-flo]].
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Moving into the 2000s Kahimi worked towards a more experimental sound creating [[Wikipedia:Lounge music|Lounge music]] and incorporating styles of [[Wikipedia:Jazz music|Jazz]], [[Wikipedia:Big band|Big band]], and electronic music. Her most recent records ''[[Nunki|NUNKI]]'' and ''[[It's Here|It's here]]'' feature a more minimalistic sound, for which she worked with producers [[Otomo Yoshihide]] and American born singer-songwriter [[Wikipedia:Jim O'Rouke (musician)|Jim O'Rouke]]. Kahimi is known for singing in a multitude of languages such as French, English, Japanese, and Italian.  
  
 
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*'''Date of Birth:''' March 15, 1968
 
*'''Date of Birth:''' March 15, 1968
 
*'''Birthplace:''' [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
 
*'''Birthplace:''' [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
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==Career==
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[[File:good morning world promo.png|thumb|300px|Kahimi promoting "[[Good Morning World|GOOD MORNING WORLD]]" (1995)]]
  
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Kahimi Karie started her off her artistic career in Japan as a music photographer. Her biggest moment as a photographer was went she worked with her idol [[Wikipedia:Serge Gainsbourg|Serge Gainsbourg]]. She claims that she's been the only photographer that he has taken his sunglasses off for.<ref>[A ]</ref> It was during this point in the late 1980's when working overseas that Kahimi was introduced to [[Mike Always]] of [[él Records]]. <small><ref>[http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kahimi_karie.shtml ''Interview Magazine'' (1999)]</ref></small> Through Mike she was introduced to [[Shibuya-Kei]] Prince [[Cornelius|Oyamada Keigo]] (or who started going by CORNELIUS) from the group [[FLIPPER'S GUITAR]] and the two soon started dating. One night Oyamada asked her if to sing for Mike's [[Wikipedia:House band|studio band]]. In 1990 she worked with [[Minekawa Takako]] as [[FANCY GROOVEY NAME]] and recorded a song for the FLIPPER'S GUITAR compiled ''[[Fab Gear|FAB GEAR]]''. In 1992 Kahimi went on to release her first single "[[Mike Alway's Diary]]", named after her friend Mike Always who she first started singing with. She soon started being labeled the new [[Shibuya-Kei]] [[Wikipedia:It girl|It girl]], and her and Oyamada became the scene's power couple.
===Debut to Larme De Crocodile===
 
Kahimi Karie debuted into the music scene in 1991 on the compiation album, Blow Up. She released, Mike Alway's Diary her debut single. Over the next three years she released four singles, and five mini-albums. The first of those was her second single, Girly which much like her first single did not chart on the Oricon.
 
  
Karie's first mini-album, MY FIRST KARIE reached the 14th position on the Oricon and charted for a total of ten weeks. Her follow up mini-album I Am a Kittin only managed to reach the 60th position on the Oricon and charted for four weeks. Only six months later Karie released a third mini-album, LEUR L'EXISTENCE. This release reached the nineth position on the Oricon and stayed on the charts for six weeks. Three months later Karie bounced back with her third single, Good Morning World which was her first single writtin by Momus. The single reached the 20 position on the Oricon and stayed on the charts for three weeks. Almost a year later came the release of her fourth single, Humming Ga Kikoeru.It mangaed to grab the 26th position on the Oricon and chart for a total of six weeks. Twenty-four days later came the release of her fourth mini-album, Le Roi Soleil. It managed to reach the nineth spot on the Oricon and it charted for a total of seven weeks. Le Roi Soleil is currently Karie's best selling mini-album to date. Her fith single Tiny King Kong, released in February was Karie's first release of '97. It was Karie's first release in almost two years which did not chart on the Oricon. A month later she released her fifth mini-album Larme De Crocodile. The mini-album reached the fourty position on the Oricon and stayed on the charts for three weeks.
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In 1993, Kahimi and Oyamada met with French singer-songwriter [[Wikipedia:Momus (musician)|Momus]], who was there for work producing a [[The Poison Boyfriends]] record; Previously him and Oyamada were introduced at a Momus concert in Camden. They invited him out for Indian food and then took it back to their studio apartment in [[Wikipedia:Roppongi|Roppongi]]. After spending the night talking with Kahimi, he took her up on the offer to record together. Over the next few years Kahimi's popularity would continue to increase. At this time Oyamada started recording new solo albums as [[Cornelius|CORNELIUS]], releasing ''[[The First Question Award|THE FIRST QUESTION AWARD]]'' in February 1994. After the release of her next indie single "[[Girly (Kahimi Karie)|Girly]]", she signed onto Oyamada's record label [[Trattoria]] (under [[Polystar]]).  
  
===Overseas to 2000===
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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>
  
After speeding through the first couple years of her career Karie to take a break and change her focus to co-producing artists overseas and announced work with various artists. In 1997 Karie released a "Best Of" album in North America which followed with a United States tour consisting of 17 shows starting in New Yorck City. The concert lead her all the way back to Japan where she released, the Remixes single which failed to chart on the Oricon. Four months later came the release of her sixth single, One Thousand 20th Century Chairs. This single barely broke into the top hundred, reaching the 80th position and only managed to chart for a week.
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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]].  
  
A month later brought the release of her first album and first Best Of, K.K.K.K.K.. The album reached the 30th position on the Oricon and charted for a total of five weeks. Karie followed up the album with a long awaited Japan tour.
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[[File:kahimi karie and nakatani miki.jpg|thumb|300px|left|[[Nakatani Miki]] and Kahimi for ''[[H (magazine)|H]]'' (2001)]]
  
Her second album, THE BEST OF TRATTORIA YEARS plus MORE also happened to be a best of compilation. It managed to the the 55th position on the Oricon and chart for two weeks. Three months later brought the release of her third album, a K is a K is a K. The release was a remix album and failed to chart on the Oricon. In 1999 Karie returned to the United States where she toured for a second time. This time the she scheduled nine preformances.
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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.  
  
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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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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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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 3D 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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(he would later play guitar on a song each from 2004's ''[[Montage (Kahimi Karie)|Montage]]'' and 2006's ''[[Nunki|NUNKI]]'').
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==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.
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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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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]]".
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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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In 1997, when my marriage broke down and I went back to live in London, Kahimi (her real name is Mari) came to visit me. I had a really beautiful 'space age bachelor pad' in Clerkenwell thanks to all the money I'd made from her records. Usually Mari was surrounded by all her management people, or in a relationship with some fashion model. But this time it was just her, and she was single. I bought orchids and vodka. After I'd shown her the view from the roof -- St Paul's Cathedral, Smithfield meat market, the Barbican -- we climbed back down the ladder to my big balcony overlooking Barbican tube station. Back inside, we sat drinking vodka beside the big white orchids. When I'd had enough of the throat-scorching stuff to blur reality a little, I leaned forward and kissed Mari on the lips. Gently and kindly she said 'No.' I cried, and to console me she told me that when we first met she'd decided to be my lover, but that it had never happened because of Shazna and Keigo and now it never would.
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Kahimi Karie became the ye-ye girl of Shibuya, the fashionable Tokyo hub and area also associated with the muscal talents of The PIzzicato Five, THe Fantastic Plastic Machine, Maki Nomiya and Cornelius , amongst others. Many of Kahimi's EPs achieved gold status in Japan. She also hosted one of Tokyo's most popular radio radio programs. She recorded the theme song for the animated series Chibi Maruko Chan, [like a Japanese version of The Simpsons]. Kahimi caught the attention of Scottish musical genius Momus [AKA Nick Currie], and the two began collaborating. Their greatest hit was "Good Morning World", a song commissioned by a cosmetics company. It reached top five on the Japanese charts and cemeted Kahimi's position as a superstar. Kahimi sings in English and French in addition to her native Japanese and in addition to the above colaborations, Kahimi Karie has also worked with Pizzicato Five's Yasuharu Konishi and French indie pop star Phillipe Katerine.
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Kahimi Karie has since moved out of Shibuya and currently lives in Paris yet is still linked with the hip look and sound of Tokyo's Shibuya district.
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*http://imomus.livejournal.com/13965.html
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*http://imomus.com/index52.html
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*http://imomus.com/index81.html
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*https://memoriesofshibuya.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/artist-spotlight-kahimi-karie-week-one/
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*http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kahimi_karie.shtml
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*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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: [[Kahimi Karie]]
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: GOOD MORNING WORLD
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: 1995.10.16
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: PSDR-5237 <small>(Polystar)</small>
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: Menu.70 <small>(Trattoria)</small>
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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==
 
==Discography==
  
===Studio albums===
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[[File:Kahimi_karie.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Kahimi Karie]]
* [1997.03.25] [[Larme De Crocodile]] (クロコダイルの涙)
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===Mini-Albums===
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* [1995.01.25] [[My First Karie]]
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* [1995.01.25] [[I Am a Kitten|I am a kitten]] <small>(Indie)</small>
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* [1995.07.26] [[Leur L'Existence|LEUR L'EXISTENCE]]
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* [1996.06.26] [[Le Roi Soleil|LE ROI SOLEIL]]
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* [2000.04.26] [[Journey to the Centre of Me|JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF ME]]
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* [2000.03.29] [[Once Upon a Time]]
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* [2001.11.21] [[My Suitor]]
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* [2009.02.25] [[Music for Nipper|Music For Nipper]] <small>(Indie)</small>
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===Albums===
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* [1997.03.25] [[Larme De Crocodile]] (クロコダイルの涙; ''Crocodile's Tears'') <small>(Indie)</small>
 
* [1998.07.15] [[K.K.K.K.K.]]
 
* [1998.07.15] [[K.K.K.K.K.]]
 
* [2000.05.24] [[Tilt]]
 
* [2000.05.24] [[Tilt]]
* [2003.02.21] [[Trapeziste|Trape´ziste]]
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* [2003.02.21] [[Trapeziste|Trapéziste]]
 
* [2004.05.22] [[Montage (Kahimi Karie)|MONTAGE]]
 
* [2004.05.22] [[Montage (Kahimi Karie)|MONTAGE]]
* [2006.10.10] [[Kahimi Karie Presents Crue-l Crystallization]]
 
 
* [2006.10.25] [[Nunki|NUNKI]]
 
* [2006.10.25] [[Nunki|NUNKI]]
 
* [2010.06.09] [[It's Here]]
 
* [2010.06.09] [[It's Here]]
  
===Mini-albums===
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=== Other Albums ===
* [1995.01.25] [[My First Karie]]
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* [1998.09.01] [[Kahimi Karie (album)|Kahimi Karie]] (US release)
* [1995.01.25] [[I Am a Kitten|I am a kitten]]
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* [1998.09.30] [[Kahimi Karie (album)|THE BEST OF TRATTORIA YEARS plus MORE]] (best album)
* [1995.07.26] [[Leur L'Existence|LEUR L'EXISTENCE]]
 
* [1996.06.26] [[Le Roi Soleil]]
 
* [2000.04.26] [[Journey to the Center of Me]]
 
* [2000.03.29] [[Once Upon a Time]]
 
* [2001.11.21] [[My Suitor]]
 
 
 
=== Other albums ===
 
* [1998.09.01] [[The Best of Trattoria Years Plus More|Kahimi Karie]] (US release)
 
* [1998.09.30] [[The Best of Trattoria Years Plus More|THE BEST OF TRATTORIA YEARS plus MORE]] (best album)
 
 
* [1998.12.23] [[A K is a K is a K|a K is a K is a K]] (remix album)
 
* [1998.12.23] [[A K is a K is a K|a K is a K is a K]] (remix album)
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* [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]]
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* [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)
 
 
===Singles===
 
===Singles===
* [1992.12.21] [[Mike Alway's Diary (Kahimi Karle)|Mike Alway's Diary]]
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* [1992.12.21] [[Mike Alway's Diary (Kahimi Karle)|Mike Alway's Diary]] <small>(Indie)</small>
* [1994.06.25] [[Girly (Kahimi Karie)|Girly]]
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* [1994.06.25] [[Girly (Kahimi Karie)|Girly]] <small>(Indie)</small>
 
* [1995.10.16] [[Good Morning World]]
 
* [1995.10.16] [[Good Morning World]]
* [1996.06.09] [[Humming ga Kikoeru]] (ハミングがきこえる)
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* [1996.06.09] [[Humming ga Kikoeru]] (ハミングがきこえる; ''Humming to Myself'')
* [1997.02.14] [[Tiny King Kong]]
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* [1997.02.14] [[Tiny King Kong]] <small>(Indie)</small>
* [1998.02.21] [[Remixes]]
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* [1998.02.21] [[Remixes]] <small>(Indie)</small>
 
* [1998.06.29] [[One Thousand 20th Century Chairs]]
 
* [1998.06.29] [[One Thousand 20th Century Chairs]]
 
* [2004.03.24] [[Nana (Kahimi Karie)|NANA]]
 
* [2004.03.24] [[Nana (Kahimi Karie)|NANA]]
* [2009.02.25] [[Music for Nipper|Music For Nipper]]
 
 
 
===Vinyls===
 
===Vinyls===
* [1992.12.21] [[Mikes Alway's Diary]]
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* [1992.12.21] "[[Mikes Alway's Diary]]"
* [1994.06.25] [[Girly (Kahimi Karie)|Girly]]
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* [1994.06.25] "[[Girly (Kahimi Karie)|Girly]]"
* [1997.02.14] [[Tiny King Kong]]
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* [1997.02.14] "[[Tiny King Kong]]"
* [1997.03.25] [[Larme De Crocodile]]
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* [1997.03.25] ''[[Larme De Crocodile]]''
* [1998.02.21] [[Remixes]]
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* [1998.02.21] "[[Remixes]]"
* [1998.07.15] [[K.K.K.K.K.]]
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* [1998.07.15] ''[[K.K.K.K.K.]]''
* [1998.12.23] [[A K is a K is a K|a K is a K is a K]]
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* [1998.12.23] ''[[A K is a K is a K|a K is a K is a K]]''
* [2002.02.xx] [[Take It Easy My Brother Charlie]]
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* [2002.02.xx] "[[Take It Easy My Brother Charlie]]"
  
 
===Videos===
 
===Videos===
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* [2007.07.25] [[Muhlife in]]
 
* [2007.07.25] [[Muhlife in]]
  
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===Compilations / Other===
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* [1991.11.27] ''[[Blow Up (compilation)|BLOW-UP]]'' (# "Bonjour Line", "Cruel Records Strikes Back")
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* [1992.06.01] ''[[Bend It!|bend it!]]'' (#32 "Qu'est Ce Qu'il Est Beau! Mon Football Jazz")
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* [1993.xx.xx] ''[[Hello Young Lovers|HELLO YOUNG LOVERS]]'' ("[[Take It Easy My Brother Charlie]]")
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* [1994.xx.xx] ''[[World Cup Bend It! USA 1994|world cup bend it! u.s.a.1994]]'' (#4 "World Cup Football Jazz")
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* [1995.xx.xx] ゲンズブール・トリビュート'95 (メロディについて)
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* [1996.xx.xx] ''[[Sushi 3003 A Spectacular Collection of Japanese Clubpop]]'' (#8 "GOOD MORNING WORLD")
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* [1996.11.01] [[Cornelius|CORNELIUS]] - ''[[69/96]]'' (#8 "[[69/96 Girl Meets Cassette]]")
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* [1996.12.06] ''[[A Musical Souvenir Of Trattoria Menu.100's Magic Kingdom]]'' (Disc 1 #11 "Qu'est Ce Qu'il Est Beau! ~ Mon Football Jazz", Disc 2 #2 "Elastic Girl", #20 "Sérieux Comme Le Plaisir", Disc 3 #20 "Le Roi Soleil")
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* [1996.12.11] [[coba]] - "[[Tiny Monster|tiny monster]]" feat. Kahimi Karie
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* [1997.xx.xx] ''[[This Is a Label|This is a label]]'' (# "Quand Sentirai Da Sola")
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* [1997.xx.xx] ''[[Prego! '97 View-Master|PREGO! '97 VIEW-MASTER]]'' (#6 "Le Roi Soleil")
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* [1998.xx.xx] ''[[Sushi 4004 The Return of Spectacular Japanese Clubpop]]'' (#6 "Alcohol")
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* [1998.xx.xx] ''[[Il Ruggito Del Coniglio]]'' (#4 "Giapponese A Roma")
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* [1998.12.xx] ''[[CMJ New Music Monthly Volume 64 December 1998]]'' (#7 "Candyman")
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* [1999.xx.xx] ''[[Index Magazine Summer 99]]'' (#14 "Le Roi Soleil")
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* [1999.05.21] ''[[Lateearlydaynights||LATEREARLYDAYNIGHTS]]'' (Disc 1 #10 "Take It Easy My Brother Charlie", Disc 2 "David Hamilton (St. Etienne Remix)")
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* [2002.07.17] ''[[Anchor (compilation)|Anchor]]'' (Disc 1 #11 "A Fantastic Moment")
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* [2004.xx.xx] ''[[Derby Once Temporadas De Siesta|DERBY Once Temporadas de Siesta]]'' (#3 "Giapponese A Roma")
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* [2005.04.06] ''[[Fine Time 2: A Tribute To New Wave]]'' (#1 [[Otomo Yoshihide]]'s New Jazz Ensemble Featuring Kahimi Karie - "[[Memory Serves]]")
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* [2005.07.20] ''[[Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy]]'' (みんな大好き塊魂; ''We Love Katamari'') (#11 "[[Blue Orb]]")
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*[2007.xx.xx] ''[[Haruomi Hosono Strange Songbook - Tribute To Haruomi Hosono]]'' (#21 [[Wikipedia:Jim O'Rouke (musician)|Jim O'Rouke]]+Kahimi Karie - "Fuurai-boo")
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* [2007.04.11] ''[[Crue-L Mellow|CRUE-L MELLOW]]'' (#14 [[Hiroshi Fujiwara]] Feat. Kahimi Karie - "La Dolce Vita (Drumless)")
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* [2007.08.08] ''[[Bossa Nova 1991: Shibuya Scene Retrospective]]'' (Disc 1 #5 "Mike Alway's Diary", #10 "GOOD MORNING WORLD", #11 "メロディについて")
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* [2008.09.24] ''[[The Music From My Girlfriend's Console Stereo]]'' (#1 "Ma Langue Au Chat", #13 "A Fantastic Moment")
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* [xxxx.xx.xx] ''[[Was It Him Or His Music? - A Le Grand Magister Sampler]]'' (#6 "One Thousand 20th Century Chairs", #11 "Harmony Korine")
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* [xxxx.xx.xx] ''[[Bungalow Promo|bungalow promo]]'' (#13 "GOOD MORNING WORLD")
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==Works==
 
===Movies===
 
===Movies===
 
* [2007.05.25] [[Ichiban Kirei na Mizu]]
 
* [2007.05.25] [[Ichiban Kirei na Mizu]]
  
 
===Photobooks===
 
===Photobooks===
* [2002.02.05] I'm Gonna Tear My Playhouse Down!
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[[File:kahimi karie - i'm gonna tear my playhouse down!.jpg|100px]]
* [2005.04.22] Kahimi Karie + MARQUEE
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[[File:kahimi karie + marquee.jpg|125px]]
 
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* [2002.02.05] [[I'm Gonna Tear My Playhouse Down!|I'm gonna tear my playhouse down!]]
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* [2005.04.22] [[Kahimi Karie + MARQUEE|KAHIMI KARIE + MARQUEE]]
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==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.kahimi-karie.com/ Official Website]
 
*[http://www.kahimi-karie.com/ Official Website]
  
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[[Category:French Fluent]]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:20, 9 October 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

Discography

Kahimi Karie

Mini-Albums

Albums

Other Albums

Singles

Vinyls

Videos

Compilations / Other

Works

Movies

Photobooks

kahimi karie - i'm gonna tear my playhouse down!.jpg kahimi karie + marquee.jpg

External Links