2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Presented by: Japan Nite

Rei

Friday, March 18
11:00PM - 11:40PM

Elysium
705 Red River St

Artist-8491

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Rei is an up-and-coming singer and guitarist, gaining prominence with her impressive guitar skills and voice, contrasted with her young age and doe-like looks.

Born in 1993 in Hyogo, Japan, Rei spent her childhood years in New York, making her fully bilingual in English and Japanese, which she incorporates into her self-penned lyrics. Having started classic guitar at the age of 4, she became fascinated with blues music at 5, and still lists Johnny Winter, Blind Blake, JB Lenoir, Jeff Land, BECK, tUnI-yArDx, HIATUS KAIYOTE, etc, as some of her favorite musicians and inspirations. Rei primarily uses an acoustic guitar in her performances, but simulates the electric guitar by using the effects pedal and creating audio feedback with the guitar amplifier, allowing her to perform a wide range of songs and genres.

Rei release her 1st mini album “BLU” in February 2015, which was produced by Ryosuke Nagaoka from PETROLZ. Since...

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