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is a Japanese breakbeat musical duo, composed of KEIZOmachine! (Keizo Fukuda) and Juicy (Jun Miyata). The group formed in 1998, in the Tokyo neighbourhood of Kichijōji. ==History== Prior to forming as Hifana, the duo were collaborating with Yamatsuka Eye (front man for Boredoms) in a "belly-dancing percussion group" called Tribal Circus, and they released a self-titled album in 2000.〔(Metropolis Tokyo - JAPAN BEAT - Hifana )〕〔(AsiaFinest - Hifana Bio )〕 Hifana's first album, ''Fresh Push Breakin (2003) included a music video for the track "Fatbros", for which they won the 2004 Space Shower Music Video Award for "Best CG / Animation".〔(Space Shower Music Video Awards 2004 )〕 Their second album, ''Channel H'' (2005), came with 15 music tracks and 13 music videos, for which the track "Wamono" won the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award.〔 (神風動画新情報 )〕 In 2008 they released a third album, ''Connect'', which included 8 music tracks and 15 videos segments. Their fourth album, ''24H'', was released in early 2010, and contained 12 music tracks and 12 music videos.〔 (Interview with Bruce Ikeda, Shane Lester, and Fantasista Utamaro )〕 As Hifana, their albums are released on the ad agency Wieden+Kennedy’s independent music label, W+K Tokyo Lab.〔(W+K Tokyo Lab - Apple Pro Profiles )〕 The visuals for their music videos are created by a collaboration of Juicy, +cruz (Eric Cruz, creative director for W+K Tokyo Lab), VJ Gec (a group of audio-visual creators and graphic designers), and Maharo (illustrator).〔(+cruz at W+K Tokyo Lab )〕〔(Profile: Hifana - DJsounds )〕〔(Boardsmag: New directions for W+K TokyoLab )〕 They frequently collaborate with other musicians and artists, and have curated a series of ''Zamurai Mix Up'' parties. In 2004, the ''Zamurai 5'' event was filmed by Space Shower TV and edited into the DVD ''Zamurai TV'' (2005), featuring music from Hifana, DJ Kentaro, Afra, Tucker, and Gagle. The packaging for the box was designed by Kymgym, a member of VJ Gec.〔〔 (Zamurai TV ). Space Shower TV.〕〔(Kimgym - Zamurai TV package design )〕 Hifana have performed at various music festivals, including the Fuji Rock Festival and Sonarsound in 2004, Sónar and the New York–Tokyo Music Festival in 2006, and on the main stage of the Transmusicales festival in 2008.〔 (Caravelle Prod - Hifana )〕 The group also run their own label called Nampooh, through which they have released two compilation albums of other musicians, ''Hifana presents Nampooh Cable'' (2006) and ''Hifana presents Nampooh Cable 2'' (2009). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hifana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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