Nujabes
I don’t know what took me so long, but I’ve started tracking down all my favorite music from the show Samurai Champloo that was on television a while back. Most of the stuff used on the show was written by Nujabes and Fat Jon (of Five Deez fame) who both have a very cool-out jazz influenced style of making beats. I’ve also noticed that there is a very distinctly Japanese version of hip hop that producers hailing from there see to adapt to (see DJ Honda, DJ Krush, etc..). Very clean, very subtle, but always with content. Anyways, this could have been a much more comprehensive blog since both of those guys have extensive catalogs, but I’ll let you dig that stuff out for yourself. And go watch that show if you haven’t seen it already. You girlfriend will probably hate it, but what does she know anyways (ps.. you know you’re a total geek right?)
Nujabes – Latitude Remix (ft. Five Deez)
Nujabes – The Final View
Nujabes – Kumomi
Nujabes – Feather (ft. Cise Starr & Akin)
Nujabes – Next View (ft. Uyama Hiroto)
Bonus:
Samurai Champloo Opening (video)
Samurai Champloo Closing (video)
August 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hey, some of us girlfriends are total geeks too.
I actually heard the soundtrack before I saw the show, and it reeled me right in. Really smooth stuff. It was interesting to finally see the songs in context in the series. And I second the ‘go watch it already’ review. It’s got a unique editing style and great writing – it’s a lot more complex than it might seem initially.
Great post, thanks!
-V
August 10th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
dang, i can’t place the sample in the latitude remix. who is it? dj shadow boards of canada or something. fourtet?
August 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Sounds like Bjork – It’s In Our Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlHSCpozhKU
August 25th, 2008 at 6:49 am
to rocco rot
August 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I love that show and the show and music of Cowboy Bebop of course.
August 15th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
nujabes is the shit. so is champloo.
if you like it, check out lushlife if you don’t have it:
http://yeahdevelop.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/lushlife-just-call-me-definition/