NZA
[Profile]
A DJ who mixes a wide range of music from Hiphop to Soul, Disco, House, and Techno. He also likes Japanese music and Jazz. He is not picky about the field, and has performed at art exhibitions outside of clubs, reception parties, craft beer festivals, DJing on the boat at Jicoo, and outdoor festivals such as EARTH GARDEN and Ringo Music Festival. He has performed in Japan with tofubeats, DORIAN, speechboy, Seiho, Cherryboy Function, XTAL, Moodman, YO-C, DJ TASAKA, Hiroshi Watanabe, METEOR, LIBRO, Takkyu Ishino, Hiroshi Nagai, and overseas with Joe Claussell, Nick Jones, DEADBEAT, and others.
DJ affiliated with ``Alegre'' and co-organizer of ``ill tomorrow''.
He likes drinking at the corner bar, enjoying everything from craft beer to sake.
■ Regular DJ as of 2025
A well-established DJ party mainly held in Tokyo, with live music and DJs, from live bands to hip-hop
"Alegre"
A peaceful hip-hop party held in various parts of Tokyo
"ILL TOMORROW" is a live music party held irregularly at Shibuya Organbar and other venues
"sign" is a party held at Shimokitazawa LIVEHAUS with COOLG and DJ TKS
"BDP" is a block party that appears out of nowhere and can be played anywhere
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[Biography]
Encountered YMO, Kraftwerk, Denki Groove, and started DJing for various reasons. After that, influenced by GREEN VELVET and DJ FUNK, he continued to DJ with Detroit techno breakbeats centered around Chicago house. After that, at the encounter between DJ KRUSH and trip hop, he steadily expanded the range of DJs by incorporating various music such as old school hip hop, soul, jazz, funk, reggae, and world music. He has worked at a record shop and has worked at a JAZZ bar for 40 years, and has a variety of archives.
In the past, Joe Claussell, Nick Jones, DEAD BEAT, DIRT CREW, Carl Stone, KAITO (Hiroshi Watanabe), Moodman, ofubeats, DORIAN, peechboy, Cherryboy Function, Gunhead, DJ100mado, Chimidoro, Yakenohara, Fragment, Leopardon, Cypress Ueno Performed with artists of various genres such as Roberto Yoshino, DJ Paricco, Disc Yuri On, Ayaman Japan, etc.