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2009.02.25
KIREI is a Eurasian singer, songwriter, and former television personality that has recently started work on her first album. Kirei, whose real name is Erika Matsumoto, was born on February 15th, 1986 in Linköping, Sweden to Japanese Formula 1 driver Akihiko Matsumoto and her mother, former Swedish fashion designer Jenya Aldersson. At the age of six, Erika moved with her parents and her then nine-month old sister Anna, to Yokohama, Japan. Erika took an interest in music in her early school days, and took Piano and Cello lessons at a young age. Soon, though, she'd find her true niche in singing. At the age of ten, Matsumoto entered J-Wave Radio's Junior Grand Prix singing competition, where she finished first among sixty contestants, singing "Tengoku no Kiss," a popular 1980's Japanese song by Seiko Matsuda. She went on to win numerous other competitions around Japan and Asia until the age of eighteen, when her true talent was becoming quite recognized. At twenty years old, Matsumoto recorded a demo of songs written by herself for Japanese record label SoundWave, where she eventually earned the nickname "Kirei," (Japanese for lovely or beautiful) and went to work on her new sound, releasing numerous demo EPs over the next two years.
Fast forward to 2009, 23 year old Kirei has since relocated back to Europe, where she is recording 'The Warning Sound,' her first full-length recording to be released later this year. Though featuring top producers in the music industry, Kirei's distinctive features include sometimes-cryptic lyrics and a darker, edgier sound setting her apart from other "pop" acts, touching on such subjects as dancing in space and making love to robots. "To say I like to be different is an understatement!" says Kirei. "I'm really excited to get out there and share my tastes."
Stay tuned for more!
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