Member Since: 7/14/2006
Band Website: mohbookings.com/akira/
Band Members: Akira began as a industrial hardcore techno, terror,speedcore DJ in the mid 1990s, making a name for himself as the " de race chinees " in 1998, when, during the sold out edition of Mysteryland Lingebos edition.He has played at clubs as Hemkade ( NL ), Clubnumberone ( IT ) ,Pont Aeri ( ESP ) ,Bunker ( DE ), Void ( UK ), as well as raves like Thunderdome, Masters of Hardcore, P.O.R.N, Nightmare in Rotterdam, Defcon, Dominator, Project Hardcore, Hardcore4life, Decibel, In Qontrol, Q-base, Digital Overdose, Raving Nightmare.He now spearheads two record labels, Hong Kong Violence and HKVZ.His first singles were released in 1998, all made with the legendary 8 bit hardcore machine aka Amiga 600. He became good friends with Richard, a.k.a. Drokz, whom he met during a interview at the Tunnel of Terror ( Mysterland 1997 ). Drokz suggested him to make tracks his his label Cunt records, Akira did so, and he made the diss song " Trancetrutje " in 2000, which was a huge success shortly after its release.Nowadays Akira is back on track so to speak, with some savage new hardcore techno with a lot of crossover tendencies, from uk hardcore to schranz to hard techno to breakcore to frenchcore to extreme speedcore. Together with his bollox DJ sets this really makes him the leader DJ of hardest hardcore techno in all formsReleases:Los Torros E.P. (12") Cunt Records 1998 P.O.R.N. HHS 2000 Terrorheads will rule the world E.P. Cunt Records 2000 Hong Kong vs. New York (12", EP) Cunt Records 2001 Shit And Noize Art 004 Cerebral Destruction 2003 There's No Place Like 127.0.0.1 N.e. Tunes Records 2004 Kill Your Brain Cerebral Destruction 2005 Rave-O-Lution Records 02 ROL 2006 TerrorNoize Industry E.P. 4 Terrornoize Industry 2006 L.a.S.e.r N.e. Tunes Records 2006 No Warning Shot ( 12") Dual Kore 2007 Terrorheads Against Cancer ( 12") T.I.T. records 2007 Burst Tires Cause Flight Delay In Hong Kong EP (12", Ltd, EP) Terrornoize Industry 2007 Made In Hong Kong (12") Industrial Strength Records 2007Remixes:Extreme Terror (Remixes) (12") Extreme Terror (Akira ... Cunt Records 2000 Bone Shattering Sounds On Da Battlefield EP (12", EP) From NL (Akira Remix) Special Forces 2006 Chosen Paradize 2006 (12") Chosen Paradize (Hkgan... Mokum Records 2006 Pissin' Razorbladez (2xCD, Album + DVD) Killerfist (Akira HKVi... Masters of Hardcore 2006website http://www.hongkongviolence.com myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hongkongviolence
Influences: style wars, rock steady crew, tim dog ,ghetto boyz, graffiti, sparvar, edding 800. hong kong triades movie, industrial strength, bloodyfist, old joeybeltram, tr909, amiga600, 8 bit shit, crossfader, cubase sx, live6, soundforge.
Sounds Like: cantonese hardcore techno speedcore breakcore noize industrial rap...
Record Label: Hong Kong Violence
Type of Label: Indie