e-kawa

dj name: e-kawa
real name: ryo iikawa
project name: drumroller (coproduced with heavens wire) / asterisk* / universal dezign / Tokyo Heursitixx ...etc
sound style: funky dance music
home town: saitama - tokyo
birth day: june 11,1980
"e-kawa" recognized due to his unique DJ style and producing skills operates from his home base in Tokyo Japan.
His interest for music started at a very young age after learning to play the recorder at school like many other children, but e-kawa took this interest to another level and began to consume classical music.
The pure beauty & harmony fascinated the young future DJ & producer.
1995 and e-kawa discovered House music and he began to buy & collect thousands of records & CD's incorporating the many different styles of House & Trance music.
His Artist name e-kawa came into use at the age of 20 at the same time he started out as a professional DJ.
His first big break came with a resident job in the biggest club in Japan "Club Complex CODE", powered and promoted by DJ ET-Q who also is the boss & manager of CODE.
2 years later and e-kawa releases his debut single "Drumroller - Ultimate Seduction" via Farm Records which is one of the most important dance labels in Japan.
Drumroller hit the number 1 position on the CISCO International Music Chart.
Drumroller was co. Produced together with Shohei Matsumoto aka HEAVENS WiRE.
This very successful partnership bore more number 1 hits in the Japanese Dance Charts, for example "The louder", "Q.U.I.T.E." and "Tears".
His solo project's Asterisk & Universal Dezign were responsible for smash remixes of Sven-R-G vs Bass T "The Sign" and Shaun Bakers's big room anthem "Xplode 2".
e-kawa's remix of "Shot - Disco Beat 2004" (Farm Records) is still classed as a club anthem in Japan to this date.
2004 was a turning point for e-kawa, after years of studying mass media he received his master of media science.
e-kawa says "Not only is the music important but also the business".
This title master of media science enabled e-kawa to start work for an advertising agency as a media planner.
In 2008 after learning the ins & outs of business he returned to the music bizz fulltime.
Summer 2008 and e-kawa embarks on a fact finding expedition to Europe taking in meetings, studio visits with such big name DJ/Producers like Bart Claessen, Ian van Dahl and together with Shaun Baker DJ's gigs in Germany.
Watch this space because he has just begun.
For more information please visit at: http://dj-e-kawa.com/
Japanese;
大学生であった2000年になんとなくDJキャリア をスタート。
だいたいの勘でハウス～テクノ～エレクトロ ～トランスを中心にミックス。
今は無き新宿CODEの1,000人規模のビッグパーテ ィ「Saturday Jumpin Disco」のレジデントDJに抜擢されると2003å¹´ä»¥é ™ã€Shohei Matsumoto(HEAVENS WiRE, Sunset in Ibiza)】氏との共同名義【Drumroller】で、そのム—レイスタイルを昇華させた楽曲をリリース〠‚
全国各地でのライブ、DJをこなしリリースす㠂‹12インチシングル『Ultimate Seduction』『The Louder』『Tears / Q.U.I.E.T.』は軒並みCISCO Internationalチャートで１位を記録。
またソロである【e-kawa】名義でも『Disco Beat 2004 Remix』がCISCO Internationalç·åˆã‚»ãƒ¼ãƒ«ã‚¹ãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ãƒˆã§åˆç™»å ´ï¼‘ä½ ã‚’記録。
2004年以降DJとしての活動を一時休止するが、 その間も【asterisk*】【Universal Dezign】名義で数々のコンピレーションCDã«æ¥½æ ›²æä¾›ã™ã‚‹ã€‚
2008年、親交の厚かった故DJ KOUSUKE（OrientalSpace）氏のトリビュートアルバ㠃 ã«æä¾›ã—た『MAGICAL EXPRESS』のリミックスが同総合チャートで1位㠂’記録し再始動する。
一方で単身渡欧し、オランダ～ドイツ～ベル ギーの著名プロデューサー/DJ【Ian Van Dahl】【Bart Claessen（Barthezz)】【Shaun Bakerã€‘ã‚‰ã®å…ƒã§ç”Ÿæ´»ã—ã€ç¾åœ°ã®æ–‡åŒ–ï¼éŸ³æ¥½ã‚’ä ½“感する。
エレクトロを軸とした新コンセプト【Tokyo Heuristixxã€‘åç¾©ã§ã‚‚ç¶šã€…ã¨æ–°ä½œãƒªãƒªãƒ¼ã‚¹ãŒæ±ºå® šã—ている。
Official Site http://dj-e-kawa.com/
Universal Dezign - Overdrive (Original Mix)
Universal Dezign - Las Estrellas (Original Mix)
Universal Dezign - Skydive (Original Mix)
are available on websites
TrackItDown (UK) , beatport (US) , Juno Download (UK)
discography:
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2008*
Tokyo Heuristixx - Born To Be Wild (Club Mix)
Tokyo Heuristixx - Fluto (Original Mix)
Shaun Baker - V.I.P.(DJ e-kawa pres. Tokyo Heuristixx Club Mix)
Tokyo Heuristixx - Baby Talk (Original Mix)
Tokyo Heuristixx - Untitled (Original Mix)
Oriental Space - Magical Express (HEAVENS WiRE vs Drumroller Remix)
Universal Dezign - Cubizm (Original Mix)
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2007*
Fat Boy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (DJ e-kawa's Sampling Paradise Mix)
asterisk* - Ali Bom-Ba-YE! (Club Mix)
SveN-R-G vs. Bass-T - The Sign (Universal Dezign Remix)
DJ Hush - Call On Me (asterisk* Telephone Call Mix)
Drumroller - REM (Original Mix)
Patrick Bunton - Here I am (Universal Dezign Remix)
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2006*
Doop - Doop (DJ e-kawa's Bassdrive Dub)
Doop - Doop (DJ e-kawa's Sampling Paradise Mix)
Universal Dezign - Las Estrellas (Original Mix)
HEAVENS WiRE vs Drumroller - The Castle In The Sky (Original Mix)
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2005*
Shaun Baker - Xplode 2 (Universal Dezign Remix)
Universal Dezign - Overdrive (Original Mix)
asterisk* - Abyss (Original Mix)
asterisk* - Music For A Better Life (Original Mix)
Trickstar - H.R.S.(Hard Rock Star) (Original Mix)
Universal Dezign - Skydive (Original Mix)
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2004*
Olaf. T. Lindemann - Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence (OTL Remix)
Drumroller - Tears (Original Mix)
Drumroller - Liberation (Original Mix)
Shot - Disco Beat (DJ e-kawa's Sampling Paradise Mix)
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2003*
Drumroller - SQuaLL (Original Mix)
Drumroller - Q.U.I.E.T. (Original Mix)
Drumroller - The Louder (Original Mix)
Drumroller - Ultimate Seduction (Original Mix)