BREAKING NEWS: Avant-Garde Soul/Hip-Hop producer Nujabes dies in car crash
March 18, 2010 by Tola Ositelu
Filed under News
A sad day for the world of underground soul and Hip-Hop as news breaks of the untimely death of maverick Japanese producer Nujabes- real name Jun Seba. Reports say he actually passed away at the end of last month. However following his burial his family have only just decided to release the news. Click here for the full story.
I was first introduced to Nujabes by my sister, now herself a resident in Japan. So taken by his artistry, she tried unsuccessfully to track the elusive music-maker down at his record shop in Tokyo to express her admiration for his skills.
A classically trained pianist, Nujabes was the purveyor of ethereal, transcendent instrumentals often fusing samples from soul classics. His production was not unlike Jay Dilla‘s, to whom he was often compared but Nujabes had a slightly more smoothed out edge and ultimately his own style. Tragically both these pioneers died in their prime. I don’t doubt that much like Dilla and other talents who have died before having a chance to truly shine on the international stage, Seba will now be appreciated more in death than when he was alive.
Below are a couple of Nujabes tunes that I believe truly exemplify the beauty of the man’s craft. A sad, sad loss indeed.
Shalom x
Born in South East London sometime in the early ‘80s to Nigerian-Ghanaian parents, Tola Ositelu is a solicitor by training. It is her experience that many lawyers are frustrated/aspiring writers and she is no exception. For the past 20-something years she has been involved in a passionate love-triangle with music and literature. Apart from Jesus Christ, family and friends, music and reading – or more specifically, language – are the two most important elements in her life. These are followed closely by world travel and good theatre.
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