Azzurro (ILL SUONO)

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★Azzurro Biography★　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　AZZ URRO began his music career as DJ GZ-JAY of a Japanese hip hop group called MELLOW YELLOW since the beginning of 1990s. While contributing to the group's live shows and productions, he has also produced and remixed a lot of domestic and foerign artists such as FU-TEN, BY PHAR THE DOPEST, PEANUT BUTTER WOLF, NOBODY, MAD DOCTOR X, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST and BOBBY HUTCHERSON. After the break up of the group, he started making beats under the name AZZURRO, and released his 1st solo album「IL MARE AZZURRO」in 2003. The album featured various artists such as DEF TEX--SON Records, UK--, FU-TEN, Japanese turntablist JIF-ROCK, etc. One of the tracks "Quattro Respirato" which he produced with HASHIM B was chosen for the compilation「Return Of The DJ Vol.5」and caught much attention. In 2004, AZZURRO formed ILL SUONO with HASHIM B. He has a good reputation for his beats which have the essence of 90's NY hip hop. He has been actively participating as a hip hop engineer as well as a producer in the past few years. His 2nd solo album "10000 Light-Years From Home" was released in February 2007.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
★ILL SUONO Biography★　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　
Ill Suono is a duo of beatmakers hailing from Tokyo & Los Angels. Azzurro had his start producing beats and DJing for the Japanese hiphop group, Mellow Yellow, while Hashim B. made beats and scratched as one half of the instrumental hiphop duo, Cappablack. Both teamed up for the first time on Azzurro's solo album "Il Mare Azzurro". The two joined forces to create their self titled album in 2004 on Soup Disk which traversed hiphop, breakbeat, dub, house, and gained critical acclaim. Their most recent remix album features reworkings by the likes of Detroit's Dabrye, LA's Omid and Nobody, and Japan's Takemura Nobukazu, and also new tracks by Ill Suono themselves. They have been known to rock parties across Japan using laptops and CDJ's, and are working in the lab on more projects together.
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