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DJ Muro
12+ albums
Hip-Hopjapanesefunksoulj-urban
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DJ MURO (ディージェイ ムロ Diijei Muro?) is an active Japanese hip hop producer and DJ. His real name is Takayoshi Murota. In 1987 DJ Krush, Muro, Twigy and others formed the "KRUSH POSSE", a crew of rappers and Dj's. During this time he excelled at DJing hip-hop and began producing hip-hop beats. His solo debut appeared 1993. In the mid 90's Muro formed the legendary group Microphone Pager along with Twify which laid the foundation of Japanese rap and released countless Japanese hiphop classics. In the late 1990s he worked extensively with Nitro Microphone Underground, one of Japan's most successful hip-hop crews. In addition to producing he also was active as a designer. With a collection in excess of 100,000 records, he rents a separate apartment in Tokyo just to house his collection! His (Japanese only) Blue Note & Stones Throw and King of Diggin compilations have made him world famous. He is also a label owner, producer and owner of the hip-hop store Savage in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. His distribution company is called 11154. For more information about MURO, SAVAGE!, K.O.D.P. & Incredible Records check out the nicely designed website www.11154.net. Discography Singles Street Life (1994/4/21) THE VINYL ATHLETES (1999/12/22) EL Carnaval (2000/7/5) LYRICAL TYRANTS From Local To Global (2001/1/24) SPACE FUNK 2001 feat.NIPPS (2001/5/23) Albums K.M.W.(King Most Wanted) (1999/4/21) PAN RHYTHM:Flight No.11154 (2000/8/23) INCREDIBLE!-BLUENOTE DJ MIX by MURO (remix) (2001/5/23)
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