StarRo

starRo
Background information
Birth nameShinya Mizoguchi
BornJapan
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
OccupationRecord producer

starRo is the moniker of Grammy nominated[1] R&B producer Shinya Mizoguchi. His debut album Monday was released world wide October 20, 2016 and subsequently rose to the top of the charts in Japan[citation needed]. In 2016 he became the first Grammy nominated producer from Japan[2] rising him to fame in his country of origin. Uproxx later wrote, "starRo may well be one of the first, true SoundCloud producers to be nominated for a Grammy."[3] The LA-based, Japanese-born producer also became the first to host a Beats1 Radio show focused on Tokyo culture.[4] Since then, he produced for a number of Japanese and Korean R&B/Hip Hop stars including the Korean group Common Cold (Mad Clown and Justhis) called "WASH!WASH!"[5] which went to number 3 in Korea and received critical acclaim in Korea.[citation needed]

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 Heavy Star Movin' by The Silver Lake Chorus Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical[6] Nominated

Discography

Albums

  • Monday (2016)

EP

  • Komorebi (2011)
  • Soulection White Label: 004 (2013)
  • Emotion (2015)

Singles

  • "Touching the Void" (2013)
  • "Waiting" (2014)
  • "California" (2014)
  • "House Party" (2015)
  • "I Will" (2015)
  • "Relapse" (2016)
  • "Milk" (2016)
  • "Yams" (2016)

Remixes

Title Year Artist
"Temple"
(starRo remix)[7] 		2014 Sunni Colon
"The One"
(starRo remix)[8] 		2015 JMSN
"Heavy Star Movin'"
(starRo remix)[9] 		2016 The Silver Lake Chorus
"Hear You Now"
(starRo remix)[10] 		2018 Taali

References

  1. ^ "starRo Shares Interpretive Dance Video for Grammy-Nominated Remix 'Heavy Star Movin:' Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. ^ "starRo Speaks On Hip Hop Influences As First Japanese Electronic Artist To Be Nominated For Grammys". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  3. ^ Fulton, Nick (2018-01-22). "How An Unexpected, Historical Grammy Nom Changed starRo's Life Forever". UPROXX. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  4. ^ "Apple Music、Beats1にて初の日本フィーチャー番組が始動". Rolling Stone(ローリングストーン) 日本版 (in Japanese). 2016-06-06. Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. ^ Mad Clown & Justhis – Wash! Wash! (세탁중), retrieved 2017-11-15
  6. ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Temple (starRo Remix) - Single by Sunni". Soundcloud. April 14, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "JMSN "The One (starRo Remix)"". Amazon Music. April 20, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Heavy Star Movin'(starRo Remix) - Single by The Silver Lake Chorus". Amazon Music. May 27, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "Hear You Now" (starRo Remix) - Single by Taali". Amazon Music. October 26, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2020.


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