Nujabes

Nujabes

Jun Seba (せば　じゅん, Seba Jun) was a Japanese hip-hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name Nujabes. The alias is his name spelled backwards. Alongside making music, Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions. His death was announced on a fellow Japanese hip-hop group M-flo's web site.

Background

After Tsutchie, Nujabes was the second artist Shinichirō Watanabe chose to contribute to the background music and soundtracks of Samurai Champloo, an anime which blends a feudal Japan setting with modern anachronisms, especially in regards to hip hop culture. In addition to Japanese artists like Uyama Hiroto, Shing02 and Minmi, Nujabes has collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts CYNE, Cise Starr (as a solo apart from the hiphop collective CYNE), Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Terry Callier, as well as British rapper Funky DL and R&B singer Dwele. He is also a member of the production duo Urbanforest, an experimental collaboration with Nao T.

Discography

Albums

Album information
Hydeout Productions 1st Collection Released: April 23, 2003
Metaphorical Music Released: August 21, 2003
Modal Soul Released: November 11, 2005
Hydeout Productions 2nd Collection Released: November 11, 2007

Production

Album information
Ristorante NUJABES Released: 2004
Modal Soul Classics Released: June 6th, 2008

Album information
To This Union a Son Was Born Released: 2001
Bullshit As Usual Released: 2003
Album information
Mellow Beats, Friends & Lovers Released: June 10th, 2009

External links

• Hydeout Productions.
• Template:Myspace.
• Nujabes on Last.fm.,