Manabu Iwamura

Manabu Iwamura began making music while he was still in junior high school, inspired by [a=Yellow Magic Orchestra] and [a=Kraftwerk]. He studied in US and Italy, where in Milan he began his DJ career whilst he was studying interior decoration. Soon he was composing for fashion shows in Milan & Paris, and became famous in Italy's fashion scene.

He met [a=Yasuharu Konishi] during [a=Pizzicato Five]'s Italy Tour of 1999, and in 2000 he contributed a remix for [l=Readymade Records] sampler "[r=565741]" as well as releasing his first album "[r=109316]", which both J-Pop & Jazz DJ's/critics alike highly acclaimed. He also featured on "[r=392617]", and collaborated in the studio on the solo album of [a=Maki Nomiya] called "[r=455082]".

Now based in Tokyo since January 2002, he released his 2nd album "Teorema" on [l=Readymade International] which featured as guests the German film-music meister [a=Peter Thomas] and actor Ibu Masato. He also produced "[r=321595]", remixed for a remix album "Bossa Disney Nova" on [l=Walt Disney Records (Japan)], and composed for more fashion shows for designers Keita Maruyama, Bally, et al.