Born in 1962, Ken ISODA created Oscillation Circuit in 1984 during the formative years of Japan's ambient music movement.
In the 1990s, he released eight new age albums.
He also worked as a producer for labels including Toshiba EMI and Sony, with albums he produced receiving the Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Award.
As a film composer, he has received the Mainichi Film Awards twice.
He is the author of numerous books and is currently working on new material.
Raku Ito is a DJ from Akiya, Kanagawa, now based in Melbourne.
Centered around ambient and techno, his practice explores sound through immersive listening experiences.
Blending the memory of place, traces of nature, low-end vibrations, and experimental sonic textures, he creates soundscapes that invite listeners to slowly sink into the music.
Max Devereaux is an avant-garde titan with 100+ international releases.
Weaponizing radical Japanese free jazz, Zen, painting, and cinema, his self-taught practice infiltrates Tokyo galleries, US museums, and UK's Noods Radio.
Originally from Sichuan Province, China, Bugs Bunny discovered the deep historical connection between HipHop and Latin culture, which sparked a lasting passion for Latin music.
Currently based in the Kansai region of Japan, he performs across the country as well as throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
He also runs “El Ritmo,” a vinyl-only Latin party held in Kyoto.
Originally from Yamagata, lived in Tokyo, and based in New York since 2014.
He mainly explores electronic music such as techno, experimental, and ambient, while interpreting a wide range of sounds in his own way.
He is also active as a synthesizer player in the experimental band ROOMTEMPERATURE.
L?K?O is a singular artist who fuses the ritual instinct of a club DJ with the experimental spirit of a turntablist, creating a language entirely his own.
Drawing from an almost National Geographic-like breadth of musical sources, his sets transform unlikely sounds into new narratives. Though his approach is sometimes described as delightfully eccentric, or even downright strange, it has earned praise from internationally acclaimed artists such as TTC, Lightning Bolt, and Jason Forrest.
Through collaborations with boundary-pushing figures including OOIOO, Original Love, KILLER-BONG, and Keiji Haino, he has continually explored the outer limits of the turntable as a musical instrument.
This rare balance between adventurous experimentation and artistic coherence has made him a truly distinctive presence within the scene.
In 2008, he released Borshakaal Brakes, the debut original album by Oigoru, a project formed with U-zhaan, the tabla player of ASA-CHANG & Junray.
Since then, he has continued to pursue his work at his own pace, following a path uniquely his own.
Guajiros 2001 are two souls united by music and diggin’.
They share not only their collection of vinyls but also a particularly unique passion and musical vision.
Francisco Giucci and Lorenzo Piriz Pereira have forged a path together where the roots of candombe, Latin, Afro, Funk, Jazz Fusion, and rare grooves merge, complemented by Hip Hop samples and any hidden gem that only they can find.
From an early age, each absorbed diverse influences – Francisco immersed himself in the world of sound and experimentation, while Lorenzo inherited an intriguing collection from his artist parents.
Both found in Barrio Sur and in candombe the very essence of their identity.
Yet, there is a certain magic that unfolds when they merge their trajectories, transforming them into a duo that transcends the sum of their parts.
Guajiros2001 is born from the track “Guajira2001” by Juan Pablo Torres, which they cherish as an anthem within their collection.
A Yamanashi based musician, artist, and improviser who combines songwriting and improvisation, focusing on ambient works influenced by folk music.
After spending several years studying in Ireland and the UK, she returned to Tokyo in 2019 and has since been active as both a solo artist and collaborator.
Her recent releases on labels such as Longform Editions, Lontano Series, Healing Sound Propagandist, Ftarri, and Cosima Pitz demonstrate a distinctive approach to vocal ambient, blending ethereal vocals with environmental sounds to evoke a sense of formlessness, immersion, and expansiveness.
Jesus Weekend is the solo project of musician Seira Nishigami, originally from Hyogo and based in Kanagawa.
Blending keyboards, electronic and acoustic instruments, environmental sounds, and voice, she creates distinctive soundscapes that invite listeners into a meditative experience where the sense of time seems to warp.
Her debut EP Rudra no Namida in 2021 gained support from listeners in Japan and abroad, with the cassette edition quickly selling out at record stores.
In 2023, she released Murmurs as the first title on the Kankyo Records label.
In 2024, she released a cassette featuring an original case by plant-dye artist Kodama, expanding her unique world not only through sonic exploration but also through physical expression that incorporates a craft-oriented approach.
Born in 1986 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, and currently based in Sendai, he is a DJ and organizer.
He has organized numerous parties and is currently behind “LOOP” at CLUB SHAFT, and has performed at major festivals in Japan such as rural 2024 and Unsound Osaka.
While his sets are rooted in deep techno, his musical range is broad, drawing on a wide spectrum of sounds and selecting them according to time and place to create honest and deeply immersive floors.
