From his real name Seba Jun, this hip-hop producer and Japanese DJ leads the independent label Hyde-Out Productions, and manages two record stores: T Records and Guinness Records. Unfortunately, this artist is almost unknown outside Japan, despite the high quality of his tracks.

The originality of Nujabes productions lies in its Cool Jazz influences and the massive use of musical instruments such as flute, acoustic guitar, saxophone or piano. The music parts are produced with such skill that they can stand for complete music tracks on their own.

Mystline is not a track from one of two albums Nujabes produced under his own name (Metaphorical Music and Modal Soul). It is part of the soundtrack of the anime Samurai Champloo. This anime takes place during the Edo period of feudal Japanese history and widely uses anachronisms in objects, staging and the soundtrack. Thus, it widely uses Hip Hop culture such as rap, break dancing or graffiti.

The soundtrack of Samurai Champloo, a high-quality one, is published on four albums (Masta, Playlist, Departure and Impression) and is produced by many Japanese and American artists from the Hip Hop scene as Nujabes, Fat Jon, MINMI and also Force Of Nature and Tsutchie.

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