Artman became a part of the Japanese club music scene when he started DJing at Japanese discos in 1975 in the tender age of 17. He began blazing the trail and leading the way in nurturing this scene and soon made his mark when he started playing his self-selected, own brand of electronic music and techno (he was one of the first in Japan to do so) in the late 1980s at the club, Cave in Shibuya. Due to the popularity of his “Trance Night” at Cave, he was hired to start a residency at the soon to be opened, now legendary club in Nishi Azabu, Space Lab Yellow, initially his Friday night party was called A.R.T. and then later changed to Zero. This is around the time when he named himself, DJ K.U.D.O. which stands for KUDO’s Unlimited Dance Organization. At his influential Zero parties, he invited emerging European techno DJs such as Sven Vath, Laurent Garnier, Mixmaster Morris, Dr. Motte (the founder of the Love Parade) who also invited him to play at the clubs and festivals such as Love Parade in Europe as well. His parties during the early 90s were legendary and single-handedly influenced many Japanese DJs and producers to start their own activities in the club scene including produc...
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