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Posted : Apr 18, 2003 01:51
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Born in 1962 in Tokyo.
Gifted producer & DJ with a superb sense in Mixing and composing his sound who's been well-received in the International club scene. It was the movie "WILD STYLE" that got him into Hiphop in the early 80's, and in1987, he formed KRUSH POSSSE which made Numerous appearances in various media as the best hiphop act in japan. KRUSH began pursueing his solo career after the break-up of the group in Late 1992, and soon grabbed people's attention as the first DJ to use Turntables as live instruments such as doing free sessions with live Musicians on stage. His long-awaited 1st solo album "KRUSH" got released in January '94, and since then, he released countless records in Japan, Europe, US and around the world. His solo works have ranked high in various charts in & out of Japan. His 6th album "Zen" won Best Dance Album in AFIM Awards 2001. He is now placed Internationally as one of the top-notch producer, remixer, DJ and recording artist, involved in projects from film, TV dramas to TV commercial jingles. His 7th album "The Message At The Depth" released in September 2002 in Japan is already grabbing the attentions throughout the globe. In'98 Spring, he also formed a production unit called RYU with DJ HIDE & DJ SAK, Collaborating with Nigerian percussionists and releasing a single & album As RYU from polydor Japan. From the end of the year 2000, he also got Involved in project which evolves around a group of musicians aside From KRUSH including DJ SPOOKY THAT SUBLIMINAL KID, DJ DISK, DJ HIDE, DJ SAK And Jun Sawada, which will launch various projects to question worldwide Issues in the 21st Century.
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