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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 greatly received in the international club scene. It was the movie "Wild Style" that got him into hip hop in the early 80's, and in 1987, he formed Krush Possse which made numerous appearances in various media as the best hip hop act in Japan. Krush began pursuing his solo career after the break-up of the group in late 1991, and soon grabbed people's attention as the first DJ to use turntables as live instruments, doing free sessions with live musicians on stage. Released his 1st album Krush in January 1994, and since then released countless records in Japan, Europe, US and around the globe. All his solo releases have ranked high in various charts in & out of Japan, and his 6th album Zen had been highly acclaimed and awarded the Best Electronica Album in 2002 AIFM Awards (US). His 8th album Jaku released in late 2004 has topped the RPM chart of CMJ for 3 weeks in the US. In March 2006, he released his first best albums in self-remixed style, Stepping Stones, making another huge buzz around the globe. In March 2007, a historical collection of the 12 years of his career Suimou Tsunenimasu was released in Japan in a special DVD box. Aside from his outer national activities as producer, remixer and DJ, he constantly expands his field from soundtracks for films, TV dramas and commercials to live sessions with various musicians that transcends music genre. In '98 spring, he formed a production unit with DJ Hide & DJ Sak, collaborating with Nigerian percussionists and releasing a single and album from Polydor Japan. From the end of the year 2000, he also got involved in project which will be launching various projects to question worldwide issues in the 21st century. An internationally acclaimed producer, remixer and a DJ, producing music in vast variety of fields such as films, TV dramas and commercials. He has done countless collaborations with artists transcending jenres, such as Grammy winning artist, from Black Thought (The Roots) - provided a track for his solo album, to Herbie Hancock and k.d. lang - provided remixes. In 2009, he scored an animation film entitled "First Squad," which was shown in theaters throughout Russia, and won the Kommersant Award in Moscow Film Festival. Other remarkable activities include projects such as RYU, a producer unit he formed with DJs Hide & Sak in 1998, doing innovative collaborations with cream of new artists from all over the globe such as African percussionists. At the end of the year 2000, he joined which was established to aim for the 21st century, and provided a track for its first benefit compilation album African JAG vol. 1 released in 2005. And from 2009, he joined Bill Laswell's latest project along with artists such as Bernie Worrell and Toshinori Kondo. Following a show in Montreaux Jazz Festival, he also took part on its album Incunabula released in 2010. That Herbie Hancock also took part on this album. And in 2011, he celebratted the 20th year of his solo career. Kicking off with the commemorative 20th anniversary showcase in Tokyo as performed 7 hours long set, released Monthly Single Series (total 10 singles) and world tour at 16 countries. For this constantly evolving artist, DJ Krush, now making a step into his next stage. As of now, he has performed in front of over 5 million audiences in 313 cities of 50 countries. And he still continues to renew this record, transcending all barriers, and leaving some distinctive footsteps of his own, achieving ever-increasing acclamation as an international artist. His November concert will be dedicated to a new album Butterfly Effect, the first DJ Krush record in 11 years. There are five instrumentals and six collaborated tracks with very unique artists such as DJ Free the Robots, a South African rapper Crosby, Divine Styler which lyrics are very poetic and philosophical, a Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan and a Japanese pianist Takashi Niigaki. "Hello this is DJ Krush. I feel the album came out really good. I want you all to listen to it as soon as possible!" Read more
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 Don't miss the greatest tech-house event of this autumn in Moscow - "In Red Revolution" featuring such world star as DJs Umek, Dave Seaman, Wehbba and George Privatti (Main Stage) which will be presented by promo-group "Metrasound". The name of the special guest will be known only on November 6th. Russian musicians, winners of many awards and residents of biggest Western clubs Nikita Zabelin, Agraba, Shushukin (Futuristic DJ), Monoplay will perform at the alternative dancefloor "Gallery Stage". The show will be more spectacular and unforgettable thanks to grandiose decoration, laser and light effects and the most long light-emitting-diode screen in whole history of Moscow performances. Umek is a DJ and a producer with more than 20 years' experience of playing everywhere - from dark underground clubs in Berlin to shiny stages of EDC Las Vegas. And yes, he does fly. Around 100 times per year, visiting almost every continent every year. Not just that. He produces music while flying, too! When he lands, he sends that same music to labels such as Toolroom, Spinnin' records, Great Stuff, Intec or saves it for his own imprint 1605. Sometimes he likes to brag with his tracks or those, produced by his fellow 1605ers, when he features them in his massively popular weekly radio show Behind the Iron Curtain. Dave Seaman, one of true the legends of electronic house music, is on a creative roll in 2015. A globally respected DJ for over 25 years, he's played in over 80 countries around the world and remains an exceptional artist who is always looking to the future. His label together with Steve Parry, Selador Recordings has been one of the most exciting labels around since its inception two years ago, releasing many different colours of house and techno and in this current world of limited shelf life, ever-diminishing attention spans and fast-moving, here-today-gone-tomorrow disposable club culture, it is the mark of true talent and dedication that Dave Seaman is still on everyone's radar. Wehbba is an emblematic electronic music DJ/producer from Brazil, having his name featured across the world on respected labels and party flyers. George Privatti up in a small village in Barcelona. At the age of 17 he felt strong feelings for the electronic music and he bought his firsts decks. His musical style was influenced by “rave” parties that were in the area,where he played with some of them. He has also played on important clubs and festivals such as Monegros Desert Festival, Elrow, Space Ibiza, Privilege Ibiza, Florida 135, Fabrik, ZUL (Cantabria), Soul Tech Festival (Mexico), Vertigo (Costa Rica), Selenic Soul Festival (Mexico), Magazzini Generali (Milan), New Guass (Bergara), Riviera (Madrid), Break (Montpellier), BT59 (Bordeaux) and many more. He has released over 100 labels like 100% pure, Formatik, 1605, Toolroom, Bitten, Deeperfect, Definitive, ElRow, KMS, La Pera, etc. His tracks have been played in many festivals and clubs, also played and charted by UMEK, Richie Hawtin, Mark Knight, Joris Voorn, Sebastien Leger, Stefano Noferini, DJ Boris, Antoine Clamaran and many more. In 2013 he joined the group of residents ElRow. Don't forget to some in red!
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