DJ: TAKKYU ISHINO / SUGIURUMN
LIVE: Ovall / King Gnu

Takkyu Ishino

In 1989, he formed "Electric Groove" with Pierre Taki and others. In 1995, he released his first solo album, DOVE LOVES DUB, and started his career as a DJ in earnest around this time. In 1997, he began active overseas, mainly in Western Europe, and in 1998 he played in front of 1.5 million people at the Final Gathering of the world's largest techno festival "Love Parade" in Berlin. From 1999 to 2013, he presided over Japan's largest indoor rave "WIRE", which attracts more than 10,000 people, and actively introduces overseas DJs and artists to Japan. In July 2012, we released a two-piece "WIRE TRAX 1999-2012" consisting of Disc1, a collection of songs provided to WIRE COMPILATION between 1999 and 2011, and Disc2, which compiles unpublished sound sources. In December 2015, he was the only Japanese to remix the single-cut song "Tutti Frutti" from New Order's new album "Music Complete". In August 2016, he released his solo album "LUNATIQUE" for the first time in six years since his previous album, and in December he released the remix album "EUQITANUL".
On December 27, 2017, the latest solo album "ACID TEKNO DISKO BEATz" was released for the first time in one year and four months, and on January 24, 2018, "Takkyu Ishino Works 1983-2017", which summarizes previous solo works in eight pieces. Currently, he is engaged in a variety of activities as a DJ/producer and remixer.

www.takkyuishino.com

SUGIURUMN


President of BASS WORKS RECORDINGS.
So far, 7 original albums have been released, and singles have been released from labels around the world.
The mixed CD of PACHA IBIZA, which served for three consecutive seasons, also recorded good sales.
As a DJ, he also performed a set of 24 hours a day. In recent years, he has been active in the world wild, making full use of his sturdy body and spirit, such as Ibiza and Mancester.
BASS WORKS RECORDINGS, a label that started in 2013, has already exceeded 150 titles and continues to transmit high-quality dance music to the world.
In June 2017, we released the latest album "AI am a boy." The theme of artificial intelligence (AI) in three years!

http://sugiurumn.com

Ovall (Oval)
Band project by Shingo Suzuki (base), mabanua (drum), and Shingo Sekiguchi (guitar).
Even before the release, she appeared at Asagiri JAM 2009, and a performance in which tension and peaceful air coexist completely changed the atmosphere of the place, and many audiences said, "Best Act of 2009!"

The following year, in March 2010, the first album "DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS THAT" was released, ranking 1st in the iTunes HIP-HOP chart, and ranking 8th overall in the Tower Record bounce annual chart (including Japanese major Indians).
In addition, he has appeared in many large festivals such as FUJI ROCK, SUMMER SONIC, GREENROOM, RINSING SUN, SunSet Live, and has emerged in the scene as a hot band.

In addition, with the hit of the 1st mini album "Heart Fever" released in 2011, its popularity was immovable.
He also started working as a joint project <GAGLE x Ovall> with the hip-hop unit GAGLE, and released the album "GAGLE x Ovall". Get a reputation for live performances all over the country.

In 2013, before the release of the second album "DAWN", he conducted a national tour and performed an album song for the first time on the live scene, became a hot topic.
However, the members' solo activities, producer and tour musicians have also increased rapidly, and the three who were extremely busy declared the suspension of their activities as Ovall. After that, he played together in various places, but never played Ovall's songs.

In 2017, fans and artists continued to demand resurrection, and members decided to restart in a way that responded to that desire.
In 2018, when the music scene became more interesting, there has been a lot of attention in various places to see what sound Ovall plays.

http://ovall.net/

King Gnu

Daiki Tokita, a creator from Tokyo University of the Arts and develops his own activities, started his activities under the name Srv.Vinci in 2015.

After that, after a member change, Daiki Tokita (Gt.Vo.), Drs. Sampler, Kazuki Arai (Ba.) and Osamu Iguchi (Vo.Key.)

4 people. After performing in SXSW2017, he went on a tour of seven locations in the United States. After returning to Japan, in April 2017, the band name was changed to King Gnu, and a new start was made.

In the summer, King Gnu, a music group that also appeared in FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL and RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL, attracting a rapid attention.

"Tokyo Rendez-Vous", which was included in the TOP5 on Spotify viral chart as early as possible, King Gnu's unique pop taste and color.

The long-awaited 1st ALBUM "Tokyo Rendez-Vous", which contains the killer tune "Vinyl" on the condensed LIVE, was released on October 25.

Recorded 1st place in iTunes alternative ranking. Both the first one-man LIVE at Shibuya WWW in January 2018 and the additional performance at Shibuya WWWX in March.

Tickets are sold out immediately, and the sound called Tokyo New Mixture Style is attracting attention rapidly.