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shing02

THE PRINCE OF PEACE GOES TO WAR WITH HEAT

About Me


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Shing02
alias Vector Omega
rap activist, peace advocate, music explorer.
Born in Tokyo 1975, raised in Tanzania, England, and Japan. Shing02 landed in California at the age of 15, and soon thereafter got involved in creating art, which was the first love. After a move to Berkeley for schooling he became immersed in the local scene which also nurtured dozens of creative hiphop acts. Eventually in '96, Shing02's music made its way back to Japan, partnered with Mr. Higo of Mary Joy Recordings , garnering tremendous support in his homeland. Currently residing in Oakland, he's working on a much-awaited, highly anticipated Japanese studio album "Y-Kyoku", while envisioning new music as the inventor of the Vestax Faderboard .
notable performances:
Pavarotti Music Centre, Bosnia ('00)
Fuji Rock Festival, Japan ('00, '02)
Rising Sun Ezo Rock Festsival, Japan ('02, 06)
Fondation Cartier Pour L'art Contemporain, France ('02)
Tokyo Style in Stockholm / Gothenberg, Sweden ('04)
Kosmic Renaissance Japan Tour ('04, '05)
Geshi Festival, Japan ('05)
M.I.A. Japan Tour ('06)
Stop-Rokkasho w/ Ryuichi Sakamoto, et al ('06)
Shing02 - Nagusame
click to watch "Love You Like Water" flash video by Dekodashi
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/23/2005
Band Website: e22.com
Band Members: The Knocks (of CA) with Doc Max / Kosmic Renaissance with Sameer Gupta (dr, tabla) and David Boyce (ts / ss / efx)
Influences: good ol' hiphop, dub, roots music
Sounds Like: an empty gourd struck floating on a river under the full moon

Record Label: E22 / Mary Joy Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Nagusame Video

Shing02 - Nagusame directed and edited by Robert Wakamatsu daremo-ga-yubisaki-wa-dorodorosoku candle by Kenichi Kondo, filmed by Yuichiro Senda (click on title link for detailed credits)Sh...
Posted by shing02 on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:43:00 PST

Lift The Fog Up (Eccy Remix Video)

Here's a video submitted by Icarus H. of England.amazing quality!Lift The Fog Up (Eccy Remix Edit) Remix produced by Eccy3d animation by Icarus H (Grafficky) http://www.myspace.com/graffickyintro pian...
Posted by shing02 on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:13:00 PST

Wankyoku / Katsubou iTunes Plus Release

Hi All,Two cuts from the Waikyoku LP (Japanese full-length) is up on iTunes worldwide. US store:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/view Album?id=281495546&s=143441Japan store:http://pho...
Posted by shing02 on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:38:00 PST

Unreleased ver. of Luv(sic) Part3

courtesty of PBC via GAS'D (big up!)http://gas-d.com/blog/archives/217http://gas-d.com/blog/ archives/258Luv(sic) Part3 Alt Mixproduced by Nujabeswritten by Shing02scratches by DJ A-1this song was reco...
Posted by shing02 on Sat, 31 May 2008 05:03:00 PST

BIG CITY LIGHTS TOP BILL SHUFFLE

now you can check out "Big City Lights Top Bill Shuffle" by the TBS (Top Billion Studios) All-Stars!it's nice to have the vinyl out so we can play around with a cappella's.just having fun in the studi...
Posted by shing02 on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:48:00 PST

JAPANESE ALBUM DONE...!

(photo by Ayako Yamamoto, title text by Hiraku Suzuki)Hi All,Just to let you know I rap in Japanese too right?I finally finished my magnum opus of 6 years in the making titled "Y-Kyoku".It's 80 minute...
Posted by shing02 on Wed, 07 May 2008 07:21:00 PST

Big City Lights (Here I Come)

http://www.e22.com/bcl(high quality mp3 download)OK so spring time is here so something upbeat for a change? : )This song was inspired by a good friend who decided to move to NYC.My boy Yakkle from Ja...
Posted by shing02 on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:41:00 PST

DESTRUCTION w/ Triki

artwork by DatuDestruction (from album "The Way I See It" coming 2008)written by Triki & Shing02produced and mixed by Rangelink:http://www.myspace.com/trikimusicTriki is a trilingual (Arabic, French, ...
Posted by shing02 on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:55:00 PST

An Open Letter from Joe Con, a fellow musician I respect.

Shing02,first let me say i hope you are happy, healthy, inspired, motivated and blessed now as always...second let me also say that you are like a wise elder in our community and as such those of us l...
Posted by shing02 on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:04:00 PST

The 3 Rs

Happy Valentine's Day!this year please remember to give a little LOVE back to our Mother EARTH.she's been looking out for us for a long ass time,right now she's not feeling too well and needs our help...
Posted by shing02 on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:04:00 PST