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Reo Nagumo (born November 20th, 1973) can be considered the grandfather of BEMANI. He was the first sound director, the first in-house composer, and did the first title screen music. He's also the only BEMANI composer to sound direct all three beatmania series, as well as write songs for the short-lived ''ParaParaParadise''. His musical styles are especially focused on rave and pop music, though he dabbled in a few other genres as well. | Reo Nagumo (born November 20th, 1973) can be considered the grandfather of BEMANI. He was the first sound director, the first in-house composer, and did the first title screen music. He's also the only BEMANI composer to sound direct all three beatmania series, as well as write songs for the short-lived ''ParaParaParadise''. His musical styles are especially focused on rave and pop music, though he dabbled in a few other genres as well. | ||
In 2000 Reo Nagumo stopped working in-house and became a commission artist, continuing to write music for IIDX until 2006, and pop'n a little longer. He also did a remix of [[GRADIUSIC CYBER]] for once-colleague [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]'s album ''milestone''. In 2008 all of his post-[[AC 4th style|4th style]] songs were removed from [[AC EMPRESS|IIDX]], and the following year so were all of his songs in [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution]] (and quite a few in [[PnM AC 17|pop'n music]] as well). | In 2000 Reo Nagumo stopped working in-house and became a commission artist, continuing to write music for beatmania IIDX until 2006, and pop'n a little longer. He also did a remix of [[GRADIUSIC CYBER]] for once-colleague [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]'s album ''milestone''. In 2008 all of his post-[[AC 4th style|4th style]] songs were removed from [[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX]], and the following year so were all of his songs in [[AC DDR X|DanceDanceRevolution]] (and quite a few in [[PnM AC 17|pop'n music]] as well). | ||
It was hinted that he inherited a sushi restaurant (see the [[Tiger_yamato#Music_Production_Info|music production Info for tiger yamato]]), though this was later proven untrue. Currently, Reo is the CEO of a Japanese company called Yudo Ltd., and | It was hinted that he inherited a sushi restaurant (see the [[Tiger_yamato#Music_Production_Info|music production Info for tiger yamato]]), though this was later proven untrue. Currently, Reo is the CEO of a Japanese company called Yudo Ltd., and wrote music for the WiiWare/iPhone series Aero Revolution. A link to an article on this can be found [http://fingergaming.com/2009/01/reo-nagumo-returns-to-rhythm-gaming-with-aero-series/ here]. | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* The "'73" in Reo's jam master'73 alias is a reference to his birth year, 1973. | |||
== Aliases == | == Aliases == | ||