friskyRadio Loves Japan: We at FRISKY have a soft spot for Japan. Indeed, our Lead Programming Ninja lives in an undisclosed location in Japan (he wouldn't be a ninja if he was so easily found would he?)
Ever since the Tohoku earth quake happened on March 11 we have wished, like so many others, that we could do more to help the incredible people of Japan. That is why we have set up a donation drive along with this show. More details on that below...
But more than a mere funds drive, FRISKY Loves Japan is a celebration of the strength and resilience of the Japanese people. Their grace in tines of immense tragedy is an inspiration to all. We celebrate this unique quality with music from the most talented Japanese DJs right now.
The friskyRadio crew always had a special love for Japan. The beautiful culture, the amazing food and wonderful people.
That's why we are dedicating this special episode of "friskyRadio loves" to all the survivors and relatives who lost their loved ones in this terrible tragedy and to Japan as a nation to ease their pain and to give them the strength they deserve.
friskyRadio LOVES Japan.
FRISKY Loves Japan : Tohoku Earthquake Relief Funds Drive
Ever since the Tohoku earth quake happened on March 11 we have wished, like so many others, that we could do more to help the incredible people of Japan. That is why we have set up a donation drive along with this show. 100% of the funds will go directly to help the victims and families of the earthquake. Whats more, FRISKY is putting in their own way to help drive more donations!
OMB is Daisuke Yamagishi, a 31 year old Japanese progressive house producer coming from the hearts of Tokyo, Japan. Having been to the first house parties in Japan during the early 90`s in Tokyo, he has seen the whole dance music movement arise in Tokyo. His early influences came from the sounds of world renowned dj/production duo Deep Dish. While pursuing his interest and love for music, he found himself djing and holding residences at various clubs in Tokyo and frequently plays at Tokyo's mega club "Womb".
His first production dates back to 1997 where he started writing tracks of his own while working on various remixes. In 2002, OMB released his first album "Night Shift" via Tokyo`s essential promoter, Anoyo. The following year in 2003, his talent was once again discovered by Anthony Pappa which lead to his first vinyl single (Beeperhorn / Whiteroom on 3 Beat Records), a record which was praised as "the best record from 3 Beat Records in a long time" from ProgressiveSounds.com.
Following this stellar vinyl debut, OMB released a second production on Womb Recordings called "Explicit". In 2004, he was asked to produce a remix of Dave Seaman`s hit release, "My Own Worst Enemy". OMB's success continued with a production called "Code05" which made it's way on Silver Planet`s compilation & vinyl EP, "The Secret Planet". In May of 2005, OMB released"Flying Over Tokyo EP" on NYC based Acute Recordings, an ep that sold out world wide in under two weeks time. And on July 15th, of 2005, OMB will be releasing his highly anticipated 2nd album called "Flying Over Tokyo" (an accumulation of his work over the last two and a half years being released across the world via Aqua Recordings).
"Osamu is Japan's leading house DJ and producer, and is quickly building a worldwide reputation. His mixes on my Kiss100 radio show always get a great response - one to watch out for." - JOHN DIGWEED
"Osamu is yet another rising talent from Japan who's work we immediately identified with and supported." - DUBFIRE (DEEP DISH)
OSAMU M (JAPANESE DJ / Producer), His love of house music begun in 1996, he started Djing after being inspired deeply by DANNY TENAGLIA's technique. In April 2001, whilst Japanese Dance music scene was awash with Trance and Hard House, Osamu started his DJ career by launching his resident progressive house party devoted to underground music called "SUBMERGE" at the Legendary club Maniac Love, Tokyo. His style, playing a long 8hr DJ set every month, grasped the hearts of Tokyo's clubbers. His progressive style with the global scene in mind and playing deep, tribal yet groovy tracks and his storytelling like sets, take people on a special journey into his world of house music. He invited many quality DJs like Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, Chris Fortier, Breeder and many others.
Later, Osamu moved his party to club "WOMB" rated in Mixmag, DJ magazine and amongst many jocks as one of the best clubs in the world. The event ran for five years until August 2006, when Osamu M left Japan to try to find a new musical direction. Using his skills to maximize the potential of tracks by mixing and keeping the groovy bass line, as well as his sense of track selections to challenge the crowd. His talent and DJ style was given great praise by John Digweed and Deep Dish. By playing with various DJs such as Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Dave Seaman, Satoshi Tomiie, Hernan Cattaneo, Chab, Luke Fair, Desyn Masiello, Demi, Omid16b... Osamu M's name has slowly developed into one recognized by underground fans and clubbers alike.
He has played in front of 2000-3000 capacity audiences in Japan's biggest parties, such as "Ministry of Sound in Japan", "Dimension K", Sasha's "FUNDACION", "DIESEL-U-MUSIC" His talent was soon recognized by John Digweed. From 2002 to 2005, Osamu played for KISS100 FM on John Digweed's show no less than 5 times. He played as a guest DJ in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Bucharest (Romania), Lausanne (Switzerland), Barcelona, Jakarta and Jogjakarta (Indonesia), Taipei, Shanghai and Hangzhou (China).
In September 2006, just before moving to London, Osamu played at "OSAMU M FAREWELL PARTY" in club ageHa (Japan's biggest venue) for his last gig in Japan. He played a 7hr long set for his 2500 audience.?
In September 2007, Osamu played Funk D'void's Deep House party in Barcelona. It was his first time appearing in Spain but he rocked the floor and got the crowd dancing.
In December Xmas 2007 he played with Nic Fanciulli and Mark Fanciulli at one of the hottest underground parties in the UK, ClubClass, which Is held just 3 times a year and based on Kent (Maidstone). Many Djs and Artists currently around dance music scene came from ClubClass such as Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolfoad, Paolo Mojo, James Talk, Sam Ball... Osamu's talent and potential got huge response from the crowd, Djs and ClubClass. "We were hugely impressed by Osamu's performance- it was exceptional!!" - ClubClass
These days, Osamu is busy playing in the top domestic clubs like Womb and Ageha and also touring overseas such as Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela in South America.
Production wise, Osamu has released on many top labels such as John Digweed's Bedrock and Desyn Masellio's Alternative Route. He started his own label "Outerspace Records" In July 2007 with Satoshi Fumi who also has released on labels such as Urbantorque and Yoshitoshi.
In July 2009, the first album produced with his partner Satoshi Fumi titled "Outerspace" was released. The album was praised highly by the world's top djs in many different genres.
The label has got huge support from Laurent Garnier, Danny Howells, Funk D'Void, Satoshi Tomiie, Loco Dice, Nic Fanciulli, Hernan Cattaneo, Jim Rivers, Luke Fair, Ralph Lawson, Johnny D, Federico Molinari, Terry Lee Brown Junior, The Timewriter, Hector Romero, Demi, Milton Jackson, Shur-i-kan and Kaito.
In January, 2011, Osamu started his own event "Liberation" at club Eleven (former Yellow club) with himself as a resident. With NY House as his roots, he mixes different genres such as tech-house, minimal and techno to take the audiences on a global journey through music with his long sets.
Being a dance music fanatic since his teens, Naka-G has built his DJ career playing at Tokyo's most essential clubs. In 2004, he gathers attention from the club scene by starting his own Sunday Afternoon Party - "PANGEA" at Tokyo's Mega-Club, Womb. His tight mixing skills and dymanic DJ sets caught many eys and ears, which lead to his residency at Womb's Monthly event "EPSILON."He then plays alongside such top DJs as Paolo Mojo?James Talk?Steve Porter, Luke Fair, Ashley Casselle, Shlomi Aber, just to name a few. He has also showed his skills as a promoter by bringing many International DJs at his events such as Dave Mothersole, Joel Mull, 16bit Lolitas, Nick K, Derek Howell, Stel, Shiloh, Andre Absolut, and Kasey Taylor.In 2006, Naka-G's career becomes even more acclaimed as he is booked to play at the "Global Underground 10th Year Anniversary Party," and landing a slot as an opening DJ for the Chemical Brothers. Starting in April 2007, Naka-G has launched his own Internet Radio Show, "AZAMI." On airing on Frisky Radio, "AZAMI" features the best Japanese artists from the Electric House that's stirring up the Tokyo Underground. He is most definately the next upcoming DJ coming from the hearts of Tokyo.
Has several albums from KOMPAKT under the name KAITO. 10 years ago, he released the mega hit piece 'Special Life', which was also included in Francois Kevorkian's MIX-CD and created a sensation. After that, he released the 2nd album "Hundred Million Lightyears", a long awaited album by dance music freaks. Upon the release of this 2nd album, which includes the title song that was also in KOMPAKT/Total 6, he gave live performances at big events such as the 5 Days Off Festival in Amsterdam, Kompakt Night in Berlin, and MonegrosDesert Fes in Barcelona. His performances sent the world's biggest party animals into a frenzy. Meanwhile, he also released an album "GENESIS" on KLIK RECORDS under his real name in Greece. Tours within Greece were taken several times over the years, which bought him high acclaims for both his lives and DJ techniques. In 2007, he released his first DJ MIXCD, "Contact to the Spirits", from KOMPAKT under the name KAITO. Then in 2008, he made another first-time attempt, an album with vocals collaborated with Keiichi Sokabe, the "Life, Love". in 2009, 3rd KAITO album "Trust", in 2011, 2nd HIROSHI WATANABE album on KLIK RECORDS called "Sync Positive" has been released now!
Ko Kimura celebrated his 23rd year of Djing as a professional DJ in 2008. He started DJing in his teens, and was one of the very first DJs to spin House music in Japan. Now he is known as one of the most influential and talented DJs in Japan always selecting most cutting-edge sound from diverse and ever-changing global dance scene. The tunes he reviews on magazines and plays at clubs become hit items in record shops / online stores. He often appears on Japanese media as a charismatic opinion leader for underground culture.
His resident parties have always been held at major clubs in Japan. "KOOL" @ YELLOW kept running every month for 12 years and the final party was held in May this year due to the closing of the legendary club YELLOW. It was the longest thriving weekend night at YELLOW and his amazing 5+ hour set left so much influence to the Japanese scene.
KO launched bi-monthly residency at AIR (www.air-tokyo.com) titled "REC?". He has been using Serato Scratch Live for about 2 years now and this new night will feature the digital era of dance music; Sound system at AIR will be tuned to the best for digital/MP3 DJ environment; at every party new tracks will be released digitally from Ko's own FUTIC RECORDINGS TOKYO mainly on Beatport, Ko's dj mixes at REC? will be available for streaming at website.
Ko also plays at clubs in major cities throughout Japan. He also plays in Asian cities such as Taipei, Hong Kong and Singapore from time to time, and one of the highlights of his overseas gigs is Ministry of Sound in London. Places Ko was invited to spin include Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Guam, Honolulu, Houston, Miami, Sydney, Melbourne, Hannover (Germany), Amsterdam, Bogota, and cities in Belarus and Ukraine. Everywhere he goes, even where not many know about Ko, he rocks the dance floor and brings happy faces on the crowd.
HIDEO KOBAYASHI has been producing for 15 years on Tokyo techno scene. After influenced by Tokyo and German techno of his youth, he debuted under his techno project released an album then appeared at outdoor techno festival; rainbow 2000. After a while he arrived on the San Francisco house scene to expand his carrier, he has a steady steam of quality releases on top dance music labels such as Defected, Kingstreet sounds and OM.
After back in Japan, Hideo has team up with Jerome Sydenham as Nagano Kitchen and released quality album on Ibadan Records and were compiled to many compilations such as Secretsundaze and Toolroom.
That led him into busy days for remixing and producing works, releasing quality sounds on such as legendary Francois K's Wave music. In addition, his one of most successful remix works for Babara Tucker & Tuccillo "One Desire" has hit No.1 on Traxsource. In 2009, "Brick house" with Milton Jackson's remix was released and it placed 13th on beatport chart and Hideo's dub mix was heavily played by Richie Hawtin. Following their 2nd EP has just released with Pezzner's remix big support from Joris Voorn, Hernan Cattaneo, Hector Romero and Lawlent Garnier.
Hideo Kobayashi has done two original albums and his productions were picked up many respective compilations by Hernan Cattaneo on Reneissance and Axwell on Ministry of Sound.
Like most glob-trotting DJs, Hideo has been on tour internationally every year and this outline the calibre of his talents behind the decks. Also he had a regular session at Tokyo fs legendary club Yellow and his current residency with STUDIO APARTMENT , gSEASONS h became one of successful party in Tokyo.
HIDEO KOBAYASHI is definitely a not to be ignored, versatile producer with a great sense of groove and sound production skills hailing from Japan.
Born in Yokohama, Anris childhood was surrounded with the booming hiphop scene that resides within her home town.
It was only until a trip to Tokyo with a friend, whilst underage, did Anri hear her first taste of electronic underground music.
After that one night she has never looked back.
Being heavily inspired by local djs Dj So and Shinya Okamoto, Anri moved out of Yokohama several years later, to the Techno capital of Japan.Tokyo.
Securing her first gig in 2003 at club Cube326, it wasnt long before her super upfront music and superbly tight skills were in demand around the country.
She quickly found her sonic niche, concise incorporation of a broad spectrum of electronic genres, from Deep House to Techno.
For the past 7 years, Anris flexibility and clever ear has given her the opportunity to support an eclectic mix of international icons, from Underground Resistance, to Satoshi Tomiie to Radioslave, to Chymera, to Motor City Soul even through to the likes of David Morales and Model 500.
From success to success, Anris artist profile outgrew her home country, being offered performances around the globe, from Madrid to Australia, playing at a wide variety of world-renowned environments, from Mt Fuji, to Nagisa (Osaka), to the Australian outback for Rainbow Serpent2011 (Melbourne) & Winter Solstice (Cairns).
Anri even was approached as a regular guest dj for Chameleon Radio on Australias Kiss Fm and who could forget her residencies CUBIC LOOP @ageHa, Air and We Are International(Melbourne).
Anri has gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years and by the looks of her upcoming bookings, she wont be putting the brakes on any time soon.
DJ Marbo had been DJ in London since 1988 - 2001.
He has been innovating Tokyo Balearic since 2006.
Tokyo Balearic have scored number one iTunes podcast Balearic chart in 123 counties all over the world,
topping iTunes Japan's Ibiza,Chillout, Balearic,Progressive Trance,Progressive,Trance ,6 genres podcast Chart,
also top eight on iTunes Japan podcast national chart.
DJ Akane started DJ in 2010,she has been getting popular in iTunes immediately.
Her mixes have scored top one iTunes podcast Balearic chart in 123 counties all over the world,
topping iTunes Japan's Ibiza,Chillout, Balearic,Progressive Trance,Progressive,Trance,6 genres podcast chart,
also top eight on iTunes Japan podcast national chart.
dj activity will be started in 2006. It is working at a
local club and party. Moreover, sea side party "convert
present nagikaze" is held several times per year.
Makoto Murase aka MAKOTRAX was born in 1978. He grew up Tokyo Japan. In the 90's Makoto started participating in the Club/Rave scene in Japan. From House to Techno and everywhere in between, he has crafted a unique and ever-evolving style. Using finely polished electronic beats coupled with grooved-up waves that wash over, you will not be able to escape from the dance floor!
In 2008 Makotrax really rose to prominence when he was awarded the grand prize in the very coveted friskyRecords remix competition! His remix of Federico Epis Sensations was a genre busting crossover hit making it to the 1 position on the Beats Digital sales chart. In 2009 he has already had huge success with new singles and remixes on friskyRecords, Mango Alley, microCastle, Moody Moon Recordiings, EYE Records, Black Hole Recordings and Frame Recordings. His unique blend of classy progressive house melodies and rock solid techno inspired production has garnered him support from many A-list DJs worldwide. It was played by Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Dj Miss Nine, Matt Darey and more. So far 2011 has been a great year and with many more remixes and Original productions to follow Makotrax is a producer and DJ to watch.
Already at an early age Omd was musically influenced by both his Grandmother who was a music teacher and his mother who was a violinist.
During his junior high school days OMD got interested in dance music.
He got fascinated by Tony De Vit (UK) who dominated the world in 1990 with his NU-ERG sound. Thats when OMD started DJing.
Genre: House, progressive, techno
OMD carefully selects his sounds that he combines in a deep harmonic flow.
In addition he uses his inspiration and soul in the actual moment to converge space and sound, weaving it into one great mix suitable for the space that it is designated for.
AT the moment OMD is a resident dj and promoter at housemusic.DJ.
Every first sunday of the month OMD organises one of Japans biggest events
called "Sunday Afternoon Party CSH4" at WOMB Shibuya.
He also organises another event called "Trigram" at Rune Aoyama every second saturday of the month.
In August 2011 OMD had his first internet broadcast on worlds biggest EDM internetradio station friskyRadio.com,
and is interested in having more internet broadcasts both national and international.
Small in stature yet large in stage presence, Apsara has found the perfect harmony in creating an addicting and mind blowing new sound of progressive trance.
Apsaras journey began as a fan. Her curiosity brought her to the decks. Love and passion progressed her to the stage. In less than a year, Apsara was sharing the decks with producers Deedrah and Vibrasphere in San Francisco. Soon after, she was playing at the legendary Circus Disco in Hollywood alongside hard house legend Jon Bishop. Not long after, she has become a regular at renowned San Francisco top venues such as Ruby Skye and 1015 Folsom. Along the way Apsara has shared the decks with top international DJs such as Yoji, Marcel Woods, JOOP, Tritional, John Askew to name a few. In July 2010, Apsara won the first annual Tranceaddict.com DJ mix competition. With this accomplishment she won a trip to Boom in Belgium to spin at worlds famous ID&Ts Tomorrowland where she shared the spotlight with Andy Moor, Jon OBir, Activa, Leon Boiler and John OCallaghan at the Tranceaddict stage.
Currently Apsara resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. Be sure to catch her eclectic smile in a night club near you.
Satoshi create sounds in Tokyo.he called his style "Deep Tech House".
During the 1990's, he grew interested in the Detroit, Chicago and New York house movements.
He absorbed and digested the different sounds of electronic music throughout that period,
helping him to shape, develop and influence his own unique style.
Satoshi's production skills have matured enough today, allowing him the freedom to create,
and as a DJ, to mix a variety of dance music styles together such as Techno, House, Click and Acid.
In the same way he release on many good labels, Klik Records, Urbantorque, Plactic City,
Night Drive,Mood Music,Force Tracks, Italic, Irma, Disco inc, Yoshitoshi,Bedrock,etc
and is supported by Laurent Garnie,Ken Ishii, Nic Fanciulli, Funk D'Void,Ralph Lawson,Sasse etc
He succeed gigs in Tokyo,UK,Italy,Greece,Dubai,Ukraine,Indonesia and more
He starts his own label Sequent:Recordings and Outerspace Records(run with Osamu M).
and 4th Tuesday,he has radio show on Proton Radio.
Satoshi possesses a rich imagination, and will continue to be a prolific producer across many
musical styles and building a strong discography the entire time as a result.
DJ Yutaka Miyazaki is doing something fresh!
He wants to take dance music from beyond the basic elements of the underground scene and is pursuing a new form that is truly inspiring.
He creates a progressive soundscape that is emotional and dreamy.
If you enjoy what you hear, feel free to reach out to him on facebook @ SparkLing Music and share the love.
Daisuke Miyata officially started his DJ career in Tokyo in 2007.
His DJ sets show his broad knowledge of various genres of music, and his delicate long mixes as well as his lyrical, subtle sounds create a profound perspective of the world, which captivates everyone on the floor.
He excels at playing music aggressively, mostly house music (in the broad sense). Furthermore, his flexibility to adjust his playing style to the time slot has been highly acclaimed in various fields.
Since 2008, he has hosted parties at DaikanyamaAir as a member of 3+4BEAT, under the concept of "remaining high-quality and stoic, while providing a groove-filled acoustic space". He participates as a resident DJ. His parties invite the hottest artists, regardless of how well-known they are, from both home and abroad.
Shingo Nakamura was born in 1986. In 2008, he was able to make his debut as a remixer of "Favor - Spring Haze" from Sevensenses Recordings. In the first half of 2009, Shingo releases released some new tunes: "Mango, Orion and J. Shore - Raining In Osaka (Shingo Nakamura Remix)" from Mango Alley, "Blue Light" and "Memory Of The Sea" from Sevensenses, and "Alice In Wonderland" from Silk Digital. They are supported by a lot of DJs worldwidely. After that he made strong and warm connection with labels all over the world such as Silk Music, Proton Music, Solaris Recordings. He released his dabut artist album "Sapporo" from Silk Digital in September 2011.
Newly arrived in NYC to look for his new start, he had met Brendon Moeller and immediately started to play guitar on "Beat Pharmacy". After 1st Beat Pharmacy album released, he started to produce music and put out several tracks on one of top dance music labels to this date such as Wave Music and Apt. International. Now he is working on several new projects under his moniker "Solid State Soul" for dubstep based and "Manaboo" to produce unique jazzy tech dub disco with Brendon Moeller.
North part of Japan, Sapporo based Japanese DJ/Producer Shigeru Tanabu is also known as an A&R at Undertone Recordings.
He was born in 1989, and lives in Sapporo.
He had started Computer Music from 16 years old and learned music by himself with producing various kinds of music.
Though he had acted by some names, he started by gTomoyuki Sakakidah at 19 years old in 2008.
He participated some remix contests aggressively and widen his appeal little by little.
He always drops challenging work of music with the sense of balance of the nature.
He is the brightest hope to attract increasing attention in the future leap.
He is deeply impressed by Techno Music in his late-teens, and started DJ. His DJ play style which includs Techno,House,and crossover is praised by many people. He has composed description of feeling and radical tracks that are absorbed various music. And he released "Side Step Test / P.O.P." on september 2007 from Rush Hour Records. Those tracks won popularity from Kevin Saunderson,Laurent Garnier,DJ Rolando,Funk D'Void,Ame,Kenny Larkin and more...He played DJ "dreamamstedam"@Paradiso(Amsterdam) on June 2008. And he released 2nd EP "DanKan / Triangle In The Box" on July 2008 from Rush Hour Records. Dan Curtin,Radio slave,Alex Attias,Loco Dice and more, they held a good opinion of his tracks. On November 2008, he released DJ Mix CD "Yura Yura Comix" from Onsa Records. On 2009, he participated compilation albums, they are "The Definitive Japanese Scene vol.1(mule musiq)" and "hub Opus Tokyo(o.p. disc)". On June, his 3rd EP "Geisha Dance / Fade In, Fade Out" was released from Night Moves that is a new label started by Rush Hour. Those tracks are supported by Kaito, Alex From Tokyo, Benny Rodrigues, Santiago Salazar. On November, he released "The Hills(Haruki Matsuo's Hill-Mountain Remix)" from dARKROOM DUBS. DJ Hell, Russ Gabriel, Samuel L Session, Stephan Bodzin and more, they held a good opinion of this track. On 2011, he has held the new party called "PIVO" in Okayama.
Hello everybody.
I live in Niigata Prefecture Joetsu City in Japan.
It is famous in the cherry blossoms in the evening in spring. It snows in winter. The record is really heavy.
Please my best regards.
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