qimygo

qimygo

Born in Aichi, raised in Iwate, Tokyo-based singer-songwriter and owner of Mayonaka Records. He loves coffee, curry, Dennis Bovell, and Haruomi Hosono. His musical influences include SKA, ROCKSTEADY, REGGAE, Haruomi Hosono, Yumi Arai, 90's R&B, and Afrobeats from Nigeria. In 2015, 1st EP "Amenohi/Marble" mini album "Darkness Fanfare" from VIVID SOUNDS; in 2016, 2nd EP "Songs that don't need words only/I'll call you (UA cover)" with a duet with Motche Nagai; EP "Cheating Honey" from Kodama Records (Alton Ellis)"; in 2017, 3rdEP "Blue Fish (Sachiko Kananobu cover)/Hills of The Forest" and 4thEP "Escape" (released two consecutive months). He also participated as a guest vocalist in "How About Cha Cha Cha (covered by Izumi Yukimura)" by Tropicos, a band that plays music from the Caribbean. In 2019, BellwoodRecords will release a full album CD "Randosu keppu", 5th EP "Coffee Rumba (Sachiko Nishida cover) / Harukaze" in March of the same year, and 6th EP "Kaerenai nihito (Yosui Inoue cover) / Night is our friend" in August. In November, they released the LP "Randosu keppu", which was selected as the best album by MUSIC MAGAZINE (reggae [Japan] category). In 2020, he released the EP "I'll Remember April (cover) / When the Asahi Comes" and in March 2022, he released a new EP "Yasashinasanashimawareta Nara (covered by Yumi Arai) / Diggin' on You" release. He is particular about record jackets and disc designs, and his collaborators to date include Taichi Furukawa (Anoraks/KONCOS/LEANERS), Hajime Sakurai, MASASHI OZAWA, Duncan Shop, YAMADA ZOMBIE (Yamada Zombie), Jun Otani, and others. The "A" and "B" are the same as the "B" and "C". While focusing on sound quality, he also strives to create jackets that are exciting to look at. Info: qimygo.com Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)