Kensuke Shiina is a Japanese DJ and musician, electronic technician, an exponent of

trip hop Trip hop is a musical genre that has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound. The style emerged as a more experimental music, experimental var ...

and lounge music. His notable recordings date from the late 1990s. He was an original member of Yann Tomita's group Audio Science Laboratorie. He makes unique electronic musical instruments.

Style

Kensuke Shiina music has been described variously as

downtempo Downtempo (or downbeat) is a broad label for electronic music that features an atmospheric sound and slower beats than would typically be found in dance music. Closely related to ambient music but with greater emphasis on rhythm, the style may ...

Shibuya-kei is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to-late 1990s. The music genre is distinguished by a "cut-and-paste" approach that was inspired by the kitsch, fusion, and artifice from certain music styl ...

, ambient, and electronic.Kensuke Shiina - Have Some More Java? (Ring Of Fire Remixes)
/ref> He is known for his

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about long and up to about wide, and surrounds most of the Pa ...

remixes and Insomniac track.

Discography

;Compilations *''A Journey into Ambient Groove Vol.2'' (1995) *''Fish Smell Like Cat'' (1997) UK cd: Pussyfoot CDLP005 *''Suck it and See'' (1998) UK 2 cd: Pussyfoot CDLP069 *''Pussy Galore'' (1997) UK cd: Pussyfoot CDLP007

References

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* Japanese electronic musicians Living people Japanese electronic dance music DJs 1969 births {{electronic-musician-stub