Artist
Hirofumi Asamoto
140 releases · 327 collaborators · 62 labels
- Real name
- 朝本浩文 (Asamoto Hirofumi)
- Date active
- 1985 – 2023
- Relevance
- High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster, and linked to the reggae sound
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Bio
Hirofumi Asamoto (1963 Nov 20 - 2016 Nov 30) was an influental Japanese musician and producer.
He was playing keyboards for goth rock band Auto-Mod that he joined in 1985, then joined the dub band Mute Beat the following year. He left in 1989 and formed his own project, Ram Jam World in 1991 and later KAM in 2011. In the late '80s he started to work as a session musician, producer and composer and over the years worked with many acts, including Flipper's Guitar, Denki Groove, The Mods, The Ryders, UA, Go-Bang's, Kyoko Koizumi, Double and Wink. He was also active as a DJ and remixer.
He had a bicycle accident in 2014, fell into a coma and died two years later.
He was playing keyboards for goth rock band Auto-Mod that he joined in 1985, then joined the dub band Mute Beat the following year. He left in 1989 and formed his own project, Ram Jam World in 1991 and later KAM in 2011. In the late '80s he started to work as a session musician, producer and composer and over the years worked with many acts, including Flipper's Guitar, Denki Groove, The Mods, The Ryders, UA, Go-Bang's, Kyoko Koizumi, Double and Wink. He was also active as a DJ and remixer.
He had a bicycle accident in 2014, fell into a coma and died two years later.
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- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 1994 – 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2000
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 1997
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 2008 – 2013
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1990
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1997
- Releases: 8 Relevance: medium Active: 1998 – 2000
- Releases: 20 Relevance: low Active: 1995 – 2008
- Releases: 18 Relevance: low Active: 1986 – 2023
- Releases: 17 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 2000
- Releases: 9 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 2000
- Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1994 – 2001
- Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1991 – 1996
- Releases: 6 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 1999
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2004 – 2019
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2003
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1994 – 1997
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1995
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1992
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1985
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1999 – 2002
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 1998 – 2000
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1992
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1993
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2001
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2002
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2010
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1987
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2000
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2002
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1993
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1997
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2019
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1991
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1993
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1996