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In 2007, he has had been impressed in San Francisco where Fred
Everything, Miguel Migs and Mark Farina were playing at OM Records. He
was particularly impressed by House music with the west coast taste in
the US, so after coming back to Japan, his DJ career has started in
September of the same year.
In October of the next year, he has launched a regular party at the
WOMB SUNDAY AFTERNOON and was hustling at the party as both a resident
DJ and a leader.
Besides then in 2009, he went to Offenbach and Frankfurt, Germany ,and
then he went to London, the UK. He was impressed by German House music
and came in touch with inorganic and strong sounds of Deep house in
the UK. These experiences made him to know how diverse dance musics
are.
After that,he started to show his real potential in a party ,Apt.
International Presents "SEASONS", at the WAREHOUSE702 as one of the
resident DJ member since June 2010. In october 2011, he has played at
the FREAKS VILLAGE(Xland). Moreover, he has basically played in well
known clubs in Tokyo such as AIR, WOMB, solfa, module and etc with
both domestic and foreign artists.
In 2012, he regularly started to join house music party "EUREKA!".
EUREKA! collaborated with Reel People, The Layabouts, Jullian Gomes,
Kyodai, Mad Mats(Local Talk Records), Kuniyuki Takahashi(a.k.a. Koss),
Hideo Kobayashi(a.k.a. H.I.D) and etc. The theme of EUREKA! is
"Quality House Music". At the same time, he regularly started to join
the party "strobo". This party collaborated with Yoshinori Sunahara,
Kuniyuki Takahashi, Daisuke Tanabe, Ryo Murakami, Jun Akimoto, Iori
Wakasa, Den, Yosa and etc. And he has established Unite Music
Production and released official lisence mix CD collaborating with
Nick Curly, Fred Everything, Jimpster, Alix Alvarez, Milton Jackson,
Mic Newman, Joel Alter, Mr.G, Steve Bug, W!ld, Subb-an, Junior Gee,
Yoshitaca, Masanori Mikami, and his favirite label that Cecille, Lazy
Days, Freerange, Sole Chanel, Fina, Bass Culture, Dessous, Rekids,
Spectual Sound, Plastic City, Apt. International, Holic Trax, Fasten
Musique and Outdraw.
In 2013 October, he will release the first remix work of "Saru"
original produced by Ume from Outdraw Music managed by Masanori Mikami
and Synya in Kyoto, The other remixer is Kikiorix and Telly. The art
work of remix is produced by Yugo Hasegawa from Souvenir Music.
In 2014 August, he is scheduled to release "The Background EP" from
the new label "Kizi Garden Records" based in Montreal, Canada. He will
represented the essence of the artist-label genre that is the
background of his house music that strongly influenced him in the EP.
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