, better known by his stage name MURO, is a Japanese hip hop recording artist, DJ, record producer and designer. In 1987 DJ Krush, Microphone Pager, TWIGY and others formed the "KRUSH POSSE", a crew of rappers and DJs. During this time he excelled at DJing hip-hop and began producing hip-hop beats. His solo debut appeared 1993. In the late 1990s he worked extensively with Nitro Microphone Underground, one of Japan's most successful hip-hop crews. In addition to producing he also was active as a designer.
Discography Singles Street Life (1994/4/21) THE VINYL ATHLETES (1999/12/22) EL Carnaval (2000/7/5) LYRICAL TYRANTS From Local To Global (2001/1/24) SPACE FUNK 2001 feat. Nipps
Albums K.M.W.(King Most Wanted) (1999/4/21) PAN RHYTHM:Flight No.11154 (2000/8/23) INCREDIBLE!-BLUENOTE DJ MIX by MURO (remix) (2001/5/23) KING OF DIGGIN' presents…Sweeeet Baaad A＊s Encounter (2002/6/12) CHAIN REACTION (mini album) (2003/1/22) BACK II BACK (best of album) (2004/3/10) (CCCD) BACK II BACK 2 (best of album) (2004/8/25) (CCCD) 20 Street Years Instrumentals Non Stop Mixed by DJ MURO (remix) (2005/7/20) 20 Street Years (2005/7/20) MURO MUROTIMATE BREAKS&BEATS VOL.1 (best of album) (2006/11/22) MURO MUROTIMATE BREAKS&BEATS VOL.2 (best of album) (2006/11/22) TOKYO TRIBE 2 (soundtrack) (2006/11/22) DIGGERS DOZEN (12 nippon gems selected by DJ Muro) (2022-BBE Music)
Featured On MISIA「つつみ込むように…」 (1998/2/21) つつみ込むように…(DJ WATARAI REMIX～Featuring MURO) Zeebra「BASED ON A TRUE STORY」 (2000/6/14) THE UNTOUCHABLE III featuring MURO RINO LATINA II「Carnival of Rino」 (2001/12/5) 病む街 PartII 第三章 feat.MURO, TWIGY キングギドラ「最新兵器」 (2003/10/8) リアルにやる(MURO Remix) Nitro Microphone Underground「STRAIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND」 (2004/8/25) 10%無理 featuring MURO マボロシ「ワルダクミ」 (2004/12/8) SET IT OFF featuring MURO, DABO MIKRIS「M.A.D.」 (2005/10/5) OFF THE CHAIN feat.MURO, TAD'S A.C DJ MASTERKEY「THE ADVENTURES OF DADDY'S HOUSE」 (2006/6/7) RHYME LINE feat.MURO & BOO KASHI DA HANDSOME「DIME PIECES」 (2007/3/7) ALL★STAR feat.MURO, LUNCH TIME SPEAX Patch Up The Pieces ft. Freddie Foxxx & DJ Muro (Album: DJ Babu Presents Duck Season) DJ Cam - Honeymoon, Muro-Han-Tome
M2J "Maware Maware" - Released under the alias M2J (a duo made up of DJ Muro and John Paul "JP" Lam)
References
External links – official site
Muro at Myspace