Manami N. is an japanese musician and singer who was born in Niigata, Japan
Graduated Niigata University

After University she worked for a company in Niigata but soon she got a new position and moved to Tokyo. Moving to Tokyo changed her life. Getting in the huge creative input of this megacity she started her career as a musician. During the 90s when she still was working as an office lady, she trained her voice by Kumiko Hara (1955-2005) and joined several bands as main vocalist or chorus singer.
At the end of the 90s manami started to make music with the computer. Since then she composes, writes lyrics and performs as a solo artist and as a member of the band "kamomellia"

Manami N. ´s new Album are called : Kill Wasabi and it was released in the end of December 2010 !! She got good press coverage and recently an got interviewed by Volumedigital Magazine from Italy: read it here: (page 24 - 27)

In 2004 and 2005 she released CDs on Indie Labels in Europe, one year later she quitt her office job and moved to Berlin.

Manami N's music is shifting between some genre´s. Somehow her field is in between pop and experimental music and she uses music to express very personal feelings and telling stories. Her laptop is a tool for her to have access to various instruments and sound effects and her voice has a particular and unique sound.

Manami N. performed in Festivals in Europe, UK, USA, in Gallerys and Underground Clubs.. like: Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst, Headphone Festival, Hungary and Germany, Electric Garden Festival, Germany and Simultan Festival, Romania, obPHON Festival 2010, Bleep Festival Berlin and more ....


Trailer for the album "Kill Wasabi" (17th Dec. on privatelektro)

She works as a solo performer and as a member of the band called "Kamomellia" since 1999. This band started with Kenji Yamazaki who is an expert of game music in Japan. As Kamomellia 2 of their songs featured in game software "S.L.A.I." for Playstation2 in 2005. Their danceble, high quality sounds got lots of attentions from game lovers.

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