Kei

Best known as principal songwriter of the band Kannivalism, guitarist Kei produced a number of electronica-influenced solo releases, quite different from his work with the band, while they were on enforced hiatus between 2008 and 2010. He was born Kei Hamada on August 12, 1984 in Zama, Japan; his given name is written with a character representing a jade tablet ritually worn by feudal lords in ancient China, and is unrelated to the kei of visual kei, which is usually translated "system." This precocious talent formed his first band, Clarity, at the tender age of 14, but it wa...