^DJ RYO TSUTSUI

Ryo began his music career in London as a rock drummer at the young age of fifteen. Since then he participated in more than 100 gigs between Tokyo and London, leading him to become a DJ in the year 2000.

Since beginning his DJ career in Tokyo, he soon became the resident DJ of "EDEN" at Club AIR in Tokyo. He not only became a popular DJ in Tokyo, but also helped create many parties, including a collaboration party with world class organizers such as Global Underground and Serious. These club events continue growing today, with over 500 people at each event, leading them to be known as one of the most respected underground parties in Tokyo.

On 2005, Ryo participated in a gig at Room in Melborune, Australia and made his first trip abroad as an artist. In 2006, his first original track `Smashing Pumpkin` was listed on a Compilation CD of EDEN, leading him to begin producing new music to compete in the Tokyo music scene. Later, in October of 2008, Ryo took off on a tour of Indonesia, including a gig for the Halloween party at 66 in Bali, which gathered over 1000 people and further strengthened his career as an artist in Asia.

Since 2008, Ryo began organizing a new party called “Weekend Warriorz”, bringing in artists such as Doc Martin (Sublevel/US) and Giles Smith (Secretsundaze/UK), Damian Schwartz (Oslo/spain), 2000 and One (100%pure/Amsterdam) which showed his passion and vision towards a new dimention of house music at an international level.

In February of 2009 he had his first gig in Bangkok, Thailand, which led him to start a radio program entitled "Tokyo Sessions" on the most famous dance music radio station in Bangkok - UB Radio. Also in 2009, Ryo won the Red Bull club event competition “RED BULL NIGHT MASTER” through EDEN and became known for the No.1 club party in Japan.

Ryo claims that his music is techno oriented house, but basically believes that categorizing music is meaningless, and always focuses on playing what he needs to express his feeling and enjoyment of music. This year Ryo won the PATAGONICA DJ Contest, organized by Parties 4 Peace, and has traveled to Chile, South America in February of 2010. He made a tour with 7gigs showing off his musical talent as the champion from Tokyo, Japan.