Member Since: 11/19/2005
Band Website: futagotraxx.com
Band Members: my mind, body, soul, ...and machines
Influences: kraftwerk, joy division, todd terry, prince, native tongues [de la soul, jungle brothers, tribe called quest, prince paul etc.] , kevin saunderson, jaun atkins, larry heard, ron hardy, francis grasso, mike banks, gerald mitchell and all underground resistance related projects, jeff mills, larry levan, oliver ho, samuel l. session, pat methany, laurent garnier, cari lekebusch, drexciya, drivetrain, ultravox, visage, david bowie, brian eno, david byrne, brian wilson, rob hood, dj funk, derrick carter, armand van helden, shake, youngsters, kenny larkin, locutus, deetron, claude young, mike dunn, roger sanchez, scan-x, fabrice lig, technasia, bandulu, dj sneak, daft punk, steve pointdexter, armando, djpierre and phuture, hardfloor, altern 8, LFO, 808state, OMD, ABC, duran duran, sleep archive, max duley, dj disciple, fredric galliano, godfather, dj assault, fun boy three, gang starr, aaron carl, gene hunt, gene ferris, k-alexi, kenny dixon jr. and 3 chairs, strictly jazz unit, abacus, carl craig, dave angel, krs-one and BDP, public enemy, beastie boys, run-dmc, q-bert, z-trip, poor righteous teachers, low profile, archetype, telex, john foxx, detroit grand pubas, kc flight, sterling void, arthur baker, japan, anne clark,soul sonic force, grandmaster flash and furious five, kan shinomura, ken ishii, tei towa, simon harris, shep pettibone, kurtis mantronik, bomb the bass, tim xavier, mark verbos, disco-x, brand nubian, KMD, double dee and steinski, last poets, dj deon, howard jones, steve bicknel, decoy, sun ra, ornette coleman, technotronic, damon wild, steve stoll, fast eddie, rakim, tyree cooper, bad brains, fugazi, otalunji, leopaldon, konono no.1, weather report, stone roses, dj bone, dj 3000 and motech, a guy called gerald, n-joi, 2 bad mice, ben sims, rue east, paul mac, john thomas, john tedjada, orlando voorn, joris voorn, hardcell, leandro gamez, bizarre inc., ian pooley, dag nasty, operation ivy, firehosestacey pullen, joey beltram, frankie bones, the cure, echo and the bunnymen, bauhaus, mark the 45 king, blondie, nitzer ebb, depeche mode, the spoons, mark williams, sterac, herbie hancock, stevie wonder, yello, alexander kowalskie, agoria, adam beyer, umek, auxmen, basement jaxx, eddie fowlkes, trevor rockliffe, disco-d, misjah, funk d void, hacker, oxia, cisco ferriara, colin mcbean, user, james ruskin, surgeon, regis, rino cerrone, anthony rother, dave clarke, fischerspooner, shriekback, the normal, fierce ruling diva, tim baker, tony humphries, eric morillo, MAW, vicious pink, boo williams, the moderator, tiga, dj rush, moka only, mf doom, jellybean, funk brothers, parliament/funkadelic, the brick, zapp and roger, dazz band, bob james, ron carter, octave one, random noise generation, soul II soul, slum villiage, elvis costello, deep forest, cranberries, sigur ros, aztec camera, severed heads, freestyle fellowship, lord finesse, stretch armstrong, BBC radiophonic workshop, miles davis, dexter gordon, flock of seagulls, marley marl, paul hardcastle,the pretenders, birdapres, B-52s, REM, david ellesmere, heiko laux, mike grant, noah pred, opus 3, stetsasonic, moby, kate bush, cat stevens, postal service, hothotheat, shawn rudiman, echoplex, djinxx, cajmere/green velvet, bryan zentz, stickmen, john aquaviva, adamski, guru josh, adonis, robert owens, marshall jefferson, frankie knuckles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, MK, johnick, francois k, derrick may, gary martin,.. and so so so many more!non musical influences include malcom x, miamoto musashi, keith harring, mark gonzales, mike vallely, rodney mullen and many of those who have come into my life and passed on ..hanz fear RIP, brent carmicheal RIP.........................................................
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Sounds Like: at SOFT in Shibuya Tokyo for an Alexander Gelman art show opening. Feb.2007
at "Variance" venue: Figure Complex, Tokyo, Jan.2007
(using Serato Scratch Live in this one)
at "Vara-House" club boom boom bash, Shizouka , Japan, Sept. 2006
at Disk Union Instore Mix Show Nov.2006
Record Label: Futago Traxx, Dirty Works, F-Com, Monoid etc. etc.
Type of Label: Indie