Samurai Champloo Music Record by Be Hard Bop ~ The Sons Of A Battlecry

"Samurai Champloo" is one of the best japanese animated serie broadcast in the 2000s on TV screens, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (also director of famous "Cowboy Bebop" serie), produced by the Studio Manglobe for FUJI TV in 2004. In order to create the perfect soundscape, the studio recruited some of the finest japanese producers & beatmakers featuring Nujabes, the electronic duo "FORCE OF NATURE" (KZA & DJ Kent), Tsutchie (former member of Shakkazombie) and Fat Jon from the american Hip-Hop band "Five Deez" including japanese rappers Shing02 (in charge of the opening), Suiken & S-Word from Nitro Microphone Underground and Azuma Riki from Small Circle Of Friends. Four volumes have been released to date plus one compilation especially produced for US. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Various - Samurai Champloo Music Record : Impression

Year : 2004
Label : Victor
Genre : Electronic, Hip Hop, Stage & Screen
Style : Hip Hop Jazz, Downtempo, Breakbeat, Funk/Soul

The last volume of Samurai Champloo Music Record collection which brings together all contributors of the original soundtrack except Tsutchie. Titles include the Hip-Hop song "STYLE" from episode 18, performed by FORCE OF NATURE featuring rappers Suiken & S-Word from Nitro Microphone Underground, and the ending theme from episode 12 "Who's Theme", with Nujabes featuring japanese R&B singer Minmi. All tracks produced by FORCE OF NATURE, Nujabes & Fat Jon.

• "Kodama (Interlude)" is a sample of "Trumpet Flower" by french composer Daniel Janin 
• tracks 1 to 7 recorded, mixed & arranged by FORCE OF NATURE
• tracks 8 to 16, 23 recorded, mixed & arranged by Nujabes
• tracks 17 to 22 recorded, mixed & arranged by Fat Jon
  

TRACKLIST : FORCE OF NATURE - Just Forget / Nightshift / FORCE OF NATURE Feat. S-Word & Suiken - 日出ズル STYLE / FORCE OF NATURE - The Stroll / Death Wish / Set It Off / The Million Way Of Drum / Nujabes - A Space In Air In Space In Air (Interlude) / Sanctuary Ship / Haiku (Interlude) / Tsurugi No Mai / Dead Season / Decade (Interlude) / World Without Words / Kodama (Interlude) / Silver Morning / Fat Jon - Bracelet / In Position / Night Out / Not Quite Seleah / Labyrinth Statistic / Here And There / Nujabes Feat. Minmi - Who's Theme

TSUTCHIE/FORCE OF NATURE - Samurai Champloo Music Record : Masta

Year : 2004
Label : Victor
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Stage & Screen
Style : Downtempo, Breakbeat, Jazzy Hip-Hop

"Samurai Champloo" is an animated serie directed by Shin'ichirō Watanabe (also in charge of Cowboy BeBop serie), broadcast on Fuji TV in 2004. A four discs serie was released in 2004, produced and recorded by japanese DJs Nujabes, FORCE OF NATURE, TSUTCHIE and american producer Fat Jon. The "MASTA" volume was directed by the breakbeat duo "FORCE OF NATURE" and TSUTCHIE, member of Japanese Hip-Hop band Shakkazombie, including three regular themes used in the serie (Numbernine [Back in TYO], Raw Material, Pretending To...) and the special ending theme of episode 17, "YOU" featuring R&B songstress Kazami.

FORCE OF NATURE [SAMPLE]

TSUTCHIE [SAMPLE]