日本とカリブ海を結ぶ文化の架け橋。
ソカ音楽の日本初のパイオニアとして、音楽制作や国際文化交流を通じて新たな可能性を切り開く。2024年より映画制作プロジェクト始動。
Selector HEMO bridges Japan and the Caribbean, pioneering soca music in Japan through music and cultural exchange. selector HEMO (ex HEMO+MOOFIRE)
music producer, event producer, DJ
HEMO started her career as a DJ, selector and producer in the 1990s and has been introducing the hottest Caribbean music into Japan. Since 2000, her main focus has been Soca, music played in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, which is known as one of the world’s three major carnivals. The label has released albums, including selector HEMO presents / ISLAND POP!!!, and music videos. JAMAICA
In the 1990s, HEMO started to work as a DJ, selector and producer after making her first visit to Jamaica. What made her name well known on the Japanese club scene was the “Escape” riddim (HEMO＋MOOFIRE). HEMO’s produced hits for a lot of Jamaican dancehall artists such as Elephant Man, Sizzla, Wayne Wonder and Vybez Kartel, and performed with Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Fire Links and others in Jamaica. HEMO’s also appeared regularly on Japanese radio programs of J-WAVE and SHIBUYA FM. SOCA
Since 2000, HEMO’s been working hard to popularize Soca, Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival music, and produced Soca hits compilations which were released by Warner Music Japan, Pony Canyon and Victor Entertainment. As a DJ, she opened for Kevin Lyttle, known for a worldwide Soca hit “Turn Me On,” and was invited by Machel Montano, the King of Soca, to perform at “Machel Montano’s Alternative Concept.” Appearing as HEMO＋MOOFIRE・DANCEHALLQUEEN JUNKO, HEMO became the first Japanese to perform at the event two years in a row. She also plays at the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival every year. AFRICA
While digging deep into Caribbean music, HEMO got interested in Africa, the land of the “roots” of music, and its dance music. In 2014, she released an album which combined the latest West African Afrobeats and Caribbean Soca. After making her first trip to Africa and learning about the local club and street culture in 2015, she’s been putting effort into popularizing Afrobeats. 。
90‘s初めてジャマイカに渡り、
以来日本とカリブを繋ぎDJ、Selector、プロデューサーとして活動。
HEMO+MOOFIRE「ESCAPE」Riddim,
そして、KEN-U 『DOKO』のプロデュースでCD売上20万枚越えを記録し
その存在を日本のクラブシーンに轟かせた。
2000年からはトリダード＆トバゴのカーニバル音楽であるソカを中心に、
最新のカリビアンミュージックを届け続け,
地元高知市でのよさこい祭りと世界三大カーニバル"トリニダード＆トバゴ”のカーニバルをMIXしたよさこいチーム『CANAVAL』をプロデュース、
2013年には自身のLABEL "LIME Records"を設立。
カリブの音、酒、祭、カルチャーを盛り込んだ活動は
今後もワールドワイドに展開予定。2013年ラムコンシェルジュ取得。
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