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7. On En A Marre - L'Ile Kemmogne

L’ile Kemmogne, Hiroo Tanaka

audio / video2025/2026

L’ile Kemmogne (CM) is an artist and singer living in Germany. He has experience in film and audiovisual production, but, above all, he has been passionate about urban music, rap and hip-hop culture since his childhood. His first official album, titled ‘On vise de L'or’ (We're aiming for gold) was released in 2015. In 2025, he released a 7-track EP entitled #10_nom and is currently working on his next album, ‘L'impérialiste’ (The Imperialist). He regularly performs at festivals, such as Bruck, KuB eV, Beyond Borders and Afrobeat Festival, and energises audiences at jam sessions. He is also involved in several humanitarian projects, where he makes his voice heard, sharing his positions on European politics and foreign policy in Africa. In his songs, L’ile kemmogne addresses themes such as love, geopolitical balance, migration and colonisation. He strives for a world at peace and where love reigns, which he sees as a paradise for humanity.

Hiroo Tanaka (JP, born 1983) is a Tokio.born, Berlin-based filmmaker and artist whose work explores the intersections of sound, memory, and perspective. Having lived in Europe for over a decade, his practice is shaped by a sensitivity to parallel viewpoints – a recognition that communication often begins in the space between differences.
Trained in visual communication and installation, Hiroo Tanaka began making music videos through self-teaching, eventually cultivating a distinctive visual language rooted in rhythm, gesture, and poetic observation. His career has been deeply embedded in experimental music culture, serving as filming director for Berlin Atonal festival for seven years and as a videographer for Boiler Room for four. His films reflect a commitment to visual storytelling as a form of sonic translation, where the moving image becomes a way to map the emotional and cultural resonances of sound. Transcriptions extend this inquiry, engaging with music as an intergenerational language and a living archive of shared experience.
Hiroo Tanaka’s work has been selected for several international film and video awards, highlighting its growing impact across disciplines.