Ken Ishii (ケン・イシイ) is a Japanese
DJ and record producer from
Sapporo. He graduated from
Hitotsubashi University. He has released work under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms FLR, Flare, UTU, Yoga, and Rising Sun.
Strongly influenced by
Detroit techno, Ishii had his first release on
Richie Hawtin's label
Plus 8. He composed the music for the opening ceremonies to the
1998 Winter Olympics in
Nagano.[1] "Creation the State of Art" was used in the third level of the 2001 video game Rez, and some tracks in the soundtrack release to the game LSD were produced by Ishii. His track "Let It All Ride" has also been used in the
PlayStation Portable video game Lumines II.
His music video for "Extra" (directed by
Koji Morimoto) won Best Dance Music Video of the year for
MTV Europe in 1997.[2][3]
Discography
Albums
Garden on the Palm (2 X 12" - RS 93012 - 1993)
Innerelements (CD - RS 94038 CD - 1994)
Jelly Tones (2LP/CD - RS 95065/RS 95065 CD - 1995)
Green Times (CD - Sublime Records SBLCD5002 - 1995)
Play, Pause and Play (2 X CD - Sublime Records IDCS1016/1017 - 2005)
Sunriser (CD - 70Drums IDCK-1002 - 2006)
Daybreak Reprise -SUNRISER Remixed- (2008)
Music for Daydreams (CD - Sublime Records FICS-2002 - 2012)
Taiyo (2013)
Möbius Strip (2019)
Singles
"Pneuma" (12" - RS 93025 - 1993)
"Deep Sleep" (12" - APOLLO 8 - 1993)
"Tangled Notes" (12" - RS 94046 - 1994)
"Extra" (12"/CD - RS 95064/RS 95064 CD - 1995)
"Stretch" (CD - SRCS 8098 - 1995)
"Overlap" (CD - RS 96107 - 1996)
"Echo Exit" (CD - RS 97112 CD - 1997)
"Game Over" (12" - RS 98141 - 1999)
"Misprogrammed Day (Remixes)" (12" - RS 99155 CD - 1999)
"Iceblink" (CD - SRCL 4863 - 2000)
"Slapdash" (12" - EXEC 12 - 2001)
"Aubernia" (12" - EXEC 23 - 2003)
"Awakening" (12" - EXEC 28 - 2003)
"Vale Tudo" (12" - Noise Music 012 - 2006)
"Organised Green" (12" - 70 DEP-001 - 2007)
"Sunriser Remixes" (12" - 70 DEP-002 - 2008)
"The Axe Murderer" (Digital - 70Drums - 2010)
Right Hook 2011 Remixes (Digital - SRD1101 - 2011)
References
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Himmer, Alastair (2012-01-18). "Ken Ishii, out of dance clubs and into daydreams".
Tokyo.
Reuters. "Producing the theme track for the Nagano Olympics was a huge thing for me," said Ishii.