Artist: DJ Krush
Genre(s):
Acid Jazz
Trip-Hop
Rap: Hip-Hop
Electronic
Drum & Bass
Acid Jazz
Trip-Hop
Rap: Hip-Hop
Electronic
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Jaku
Year: 2004
Tracks: 15
Live In Moscow
Year: 2003
Tracks: 17
Untitled 7th Cd
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
The Message At The Depth
Year: 2002
Tracks: 11
Connecting. Spetial Relis
Year: 2002
Tracks: 19
Zen
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
Spetial Relis (Coma)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 19
Holonic The Self Megamix
Year: 1998
Tracks: 18
Milight
Year: 1997
Tracks: 28
Yeah / Dig This Vibe (Remixes)
Year: 1995
Tracks: 2
DJ Krush
Year: 1995
Tracks: 12
Code4109
Year:
Tracks: 19
Japanese turntablist and producer DJ Krush is one of the few island-nation throw-ups to be embraced by the global rap music world. Releasing material through Sony in Japan, Mo'Wax and Virgin in the U.K., and Axiom, Shadow, and A&M in America, Krush's wise firebrand of experimental, (largely) instrumental hip-hop has been praised by everyone from hard-core underground hip-hop 'zines like The Bomb to the spick-and-span offices of Rolling Stone and Spin. Beginning as a sleeping accommodation DJ in the mid-'80s following the Japanese leg of the Wildstyle circuit, Krush touched into mobile DJing, patronage up rappers, and eventually solo production. Although his Japan-only debut freely mixed elements of R&B and sulphurous nothingness with the beefy breakbeat spine of mid-tempo hip-hop, Krush's work has since tended more toward the filch, applying heavy personal effects and sampling handling to thick, smart breaks, layered, near ambient textures, and subtle, imaginative scratching. Krush came to larger clap in the mid-'90s through his association with the London-based Mo'Wax label, which released his Purely Turntablized in 1994 and Meiso in 1996, both reissued stateside by A&M. While Turntablized is closer to a compendium of DJ tools, Meiso is a retrovert of sorts to his before work, including rappers such as Guru and CL Smooth on a few tracks and incorporating a wider variety of implemental sounds and atmospheres. In add-on to 1997's Milight, Krush too featured on a identification number of various-artists collections, including Mo'Wax's storied Headz, as well as Altered Beats and Axiom Dub (both out on Bill Laswell's Axiom mark). Kakusei appeared on Mo'Wax/Columbia in 1999, followed by the mix albums Code 4109 and Tragicomical the following year. Zen Buddhism from 2001 was filled with client MCs while The Message at the Depth from 2003 featured far fewer and focused on instrumentals. Jaku landed in 2004, and two eld later the Stepping Stones collection featured Krush remixing highlight from his back catalogue.
CASSANDRA WILSON
