DJ Nobu is a DJ from Chiba city in Japan. He organises now legendary party called Future Terror and his own label Bitta in his home town.DJ Nobu
̸BIOGRAPHY
Japan’s DJ Nobu is one of a kind; a DJ with no fixed style but instead a very real ability to draw on a wide world of music and cook up his own unique sound spaces.
Nobu is something of a cult figure for those who know with decades of experience, all of which are distilled at his acclaimed party ‘Future Terror’, his label ‘Bitta’ and his few choice production outings.
All of this has slowly but surely turned Nobu from being one of Japan’s, to one of the world’s most in demand selectors who is famously flexible and ever evolving.
̸SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
- NO WAY BACK / mixed by DJ NOBU
label: ?? / Lastrum
catalog: LACD-0094 (TGCS-3831)
format: CD
released: Dec 20th 2006
- CREEP INTO SHADOWS THE MIDNIGHT D EDITS / DJ NOBU
label: Underground Gallery
catalog: UGCD-801
format: CD
released: April 3rd 2008
- DIARY / DAZZ Y DJ NOBU
label: ?? / Lastrum Music Entertainment Inc.
catalog: LACD-0143
format: CD
released: August 6th 2008
- Endbeginning (Dazz Y DJ Nobu Omi Dub 12"Remix), (Nobu's Dub) / Crue-L Grand Orchestra
label: Crue-L
catalog: KYTHMAK132
format: 12"
released: Apr 2010
- 011 e.p. / DJ NOBU
label: GRASSWAXX RECORDINGS
catalog: GWEP-07
format: 12"
released: July 2010
- ZERO SET II -Reconstruct- / V.A.
"Skin QER REMIX (reconstructed by DJ NOBU)"
label: MUSICMINE
catalog: MMCD20001
format: CD
released: October 20th 2010
- ON / mixed by DJ NOBU
label: MUSICMINE
catalog: MMCD20002
format: CD
released: December 22nd 2010
- Draw, Untitled / IORI, DJ NOBU
label: Bitta
catalog: Bitta001
format: 12"
released: November 13rd 2012
- Crustal Movement Volume 01 - Dream Into Dream
label: Tearbridge Records
catalog: NFCD-27349
format: CD
released: March 27th 2013
- Canadian Bellfield, Untitled / Steven Porter, DJ NOBU
label: Bitta
catalog: Bitta002
format: 12"
released: December 12th 2013
- For Your Eyes Only Sampler One / V.A.
"Sway" / DJ NOBU
label: Semantica Records
catalog: SEMANTICA 60.1
format: 12"
released: December 20th 2013
Tokyo-based DJ and founder of DAZE OF PHAZE.
Since he launched DAZE OF PHAZE party in 2016, KABUTO has hosted DJs such as Andrew James Gustav, Gwenan, Max Vaahs, Cédric Dekowski, Evan Baggs, DJ Masda, Oskar Offermann, Pascy, Max Best, Alexander K Einetter. Also, he's been running his regular party called LAIR at Grassroots in Koenji for 12 years, and supporting international DJs' gigs in Tokyo. With his groove and skills on the decks, KABUTO opens up his one-of-a-kind techno/house music. He's appeared on various podcasts including LowMoneyMusicLove and YAY.
1995年千葉県市川市生まれ。広義に”ハウス"を解釈したプレイを行う。現在はCYKクルーの一員として活動し、ソロでも国内外様々なヴェニュー、フェスティバルでギグを敢行中。
Member of the house music collective CYK. Kotsu has played many gigs both in Japan and abroad.
Member of the house music collective CYK. Kotsu has played many gigs both in Japan and abroad.
CYK are constantly offered B2B sets, and have played at Venues in Tokyo such as CONTACT, Womb, VENT, as well as at big festivals such as "Rainbow Disco Club", "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL" and "Wonderfruit Festival" .
The pace of his activities has remained identical since he moved to Kyoto in September 2020, and by February 2023 he had played in 30 cities in Japan. He has held his own party "UNTITLED" in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, as well as resident parties in Okayama and Hiroshima, and continues to release pure energy in dance music and clubbing on a national scale. In 2023, he did an all-night long set at WWW X.
As a DJ, he develops borderless dance music from the decade onwards, weaving in archives from the past as a reference point. He is renowned for his unique selections in line with social moods and floor grooves.
Kotsu's output is not restricted to music. He has produced numerous flyers for his own parties and CYK, as well as ZINE magazine, featuring his columns in the past.
1995年千葉県市川市生まれ。'16年に結成したハウス・ミュージック・コレクティブ『CYK』のメンバーであり、ソロにおいても国内外で多くのギグを重ねている。'20年9月に京都へ拠点を移して以降も活動ペースは変わらず、23年10月までに国内30都市でプレイする。自身のパーティー『UNTITLED』においても東京・京都・大阪で開催し、岡山、広島においてもレジデントパーティーを持つなどダンスミュージック及びクラビングにおけるピュア・エナジーを全国規模で放出し続けている。DJにおいては10年代以降のダンスミュージックを参照点に過去アーカイブを織り交ぜながらボーダーレスに展開する。社会的なムードやフロアのグルーヴに応じた独自のセレクションには定評がある。
また、Baba StiltzやMall Grab、Ross From Friendsなど数々のアップカミングなDJ/プロデューサーを招聘してきたCYKは、日本のみならず韓国や香港などのアジアや「Rainbow Disco Club」や「FUJI ROCK」などのフェスティバルにもラインナップされており、22年12月渋谷O-EASTにて行われたALL NIGHT LONGパーティーも盛況を見せた。B2Bスタイルを軸に広義の”ハウス”の解釈のもと、日本を中心に海外も含めた様々なシチュエーションでプレイを重ねている。また、旧来のハウス・ミュージック・カルチャーに準拠し、セーフスペースの概念に重きを置いたフロア作りを行なっている。
自身のパーティーおよびCYKを中心に多数のフライヤーを手がけるグラフィックデザイナーとしての側面もあり、過去にコラムが中心となったZINEの製作を行うなどあらゆるフォーマットでアウトプットを行なっている。”DJ”という肩書きに依拠せず活動する彼は、この時代に投下された一種の吸収体による純粋な反応に過ぎない。
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