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| D J K R U S H Tokyo / Japan |
| Gifted producer & DJ with a superb sense in Mixing and composing his sound who?fs been well-received in the International club scene. It was the movie WILD STYLEh that got him into Hiphop in the early 80s, 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 peoples attention as the first DJ to use Turntables as live instruments such as doing free sessions with live Musicians on stage. His 1st album KRUSH, released in January ?e94, placed Internationally as a producer, remixer, DJ and recording artist. in 98 Spring, he 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. |
| DJ KRUSH NEXT DATES: 2002/6/13(Thu) –Spain@Sonar@Park?@Sonar?@Festival 2002/7/5(Fri) –England@London FABRIC 2002/7/6(Sat) –England@Wiltshire@Big@Chill@Festival 2002/7/7(Sun) –Belgium@Ostend@Beach@Festival 2002/7/9(Tue) –France@Mulhouse@@Betes@de@Sene@c 2002/7/10(Wed) –France@Paris@Elsyee@Monmatre 2002/7/12(Fri) –Norway@Oslo@Blaa 2002/7/13(Sat) – Norway@Bergen?@Kyarter 2002/7/14(Fri) –Finland?@?@Illossairock@Festival DISCOGRAPHIE: (Latest realeases) [Gokujo(Utmost) Hybrid] 3rrd Album (Sony Music Associated Records?FCD) bird's first self produced album.This collaboration happened because bird felt in love with RYU and African Percussionist session when she saw them on video, so she send them a love call to do the collaboration. Surrounded by the distinct atmosphere, and starring with "‹v‰“KUON" with RYU, and many other great artist such as Mondy Michiru, BOSSA PIANIKITA with PIANIKA MAEDA, and Masayoshi Yamazaki etc?c, and that include well known commercial song of 12 tracks. "‹v‰“ KUON" Original mix with Instrument music on Analog version will be released on March 20th as well. DJ KRUSH Reload-The Remix Collection (Sony Music Records Inc.?FCD BOOKLET) As a DJ/producer, DJ KRUSH has accomplished worldwide major release, multiplying dedicated fans around the globe. At the same time, as a remixer & one of the top-notch pioneers of so-called "re-construction" remixes, offers from world's top artists for a KRUSH remix are never-ending. This album is a rich collection of selected KRUSH remixes he'd done in the past 10 years; his first remix collection filled with KRUSH magic, the beat-architect who is now showered with borderless, global respect. The artwork of the album is by Katsura Moshino, now a worldly-acclaimed illustrator/graphic designer, also known for designing characters for NIKE basketball campaign & the latest model of I-bo. The booklet that comes with the CD is a picture-book featuring KRUSH around the world & expressing his deep & dedicated love for music. [ZEN] (2001.01.24. Sony Records : CD 3,059yen w/tax [SRCL4995]/vinyl 3,059yen w/tax [SRJL1049-1050]) Made in the end of the 20th Century & released at the breakadawn of the 21st century, the long-awaited 6th album from KRUSH with the word "zen" which means "gradually" and "little by little" as its keyword. At the turn of the century into the New Millenium, not everything can be rapidly changed. But something is definitely trying to change "gradually,"little by little." In this new album born in such flow of time, the air of changes taking place after traveling through "MEISO," "MiLight" & "Kakusei" exisits in various forms. Throughout the period of more than half a year of album production, KRUSH recorded the tracks in 4 different cities : Tokyo ; NY ; LA ; and Philadelphia. It is a rich, conceptual album that KRUSH's deep-as-ever, symphonically vast beats intertwined lusciously with various featured guests. Both CD + double-vinyl were released in Japan on January 24 of 2001; released in rest of Asia in April on CD; European release on CD + vinyl in July; and in September, long-awaited US release will happen with bonus remix of "Final Home (Vocal Version)" by Mista Sinista. [FEATURED GUESTS] Zap Mama / N'Dea Davenport / Black Thought (The Roots) / Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (The Roots) / Tunde Ayanyemi / phonosycographDISK / Company Flow / Kukoo Da Baga Bonez / Kazufumi Kodama / BOSS THE MC (THA BLUE HERB) / SUNJA LEE |
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