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DJ Krush (Hideaki Ishii) was born in 1962 in Tokyo. At an early age, Ishii dropped out of school, and joined a local gang, and a few years later, Yakuza. After watching the film ‘Wild Style’ in the early ’80s, he was inspired, bought himself a set of turntables, and began to learn the art of turntablism. In 1987, he formed the KRUSH POSSE, which made numerous appearances as a group in late 1992 which gave him recognition for becoming the first DJ in Japan to perform with live musicians. He released his first album ‘Krush’ in 1993, which stated his presence in the scene, and he has since released thirteen more. He has had recording contracts with Chance Records, Ninety Nine Records, Mo-Wax (he was the first Japanese artist to join them), and Apollo and Sony/Columbia. He works internationally as a producer, remixer, DJ, and recording artist, bringing the unique flavour of Japanese hip-hop to the world.

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Income_Fixer wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Turntable samurai. The Truest.

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aaz05 wrote:
Saturday afternoon

MTO BOM!!!

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claudia_l wrote:
8 days ago

Similar tunes : the hotel costes g r o u p > ☆ The Hôtel Costes Group Playlists ☆ : only: full tracks | free downloads > Volume 1, Volume 2

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geeky38 wrote:
9 days ago

love the beat

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coreguy wrote:
10 days ago

come to hong kong, pleassse

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BlueGhost60 wrote:
14 days ago

Someone mentioned somewhere that he wasn't making anymore albums. Is this true? D:

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Merowinger110 wrote:
20 days ago

God²

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HungryHomeless wrote:
22 days ago

as I can see, road to nowhere is seccond of the most listened tracks. QQ

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adjertson wrote:
23 days ago

indeed

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BlueGhost60 wrote:
25 days ago

WOW THIS GUY IS AWESOME

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Oneiric5 wrote:
28 days ago

Awe man Krush. Just as I discovered you, you stoop making albums. I bought every one of them. You got me into electronic music. You bring what's needed to Hip-Hop.

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DanJG wrote:
29 days ago

I am interested to see what people think of my tracks...artist name DJGrond.

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Shinlau wrote:
30 days ago

corejewels.jp: background music by DJ Krush

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Merowinger110 wrote:
December 2009

Genius.

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itsGROSSandfat wrote:
November 2009

Can he plz come to Canberra again?

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djcratedigger wrote:
November 2009

Yo this new Metaform steez is crazy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKxTFiC7GsM

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OlavOrganist wrote:
November 2009

Enjoying this a lot.

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muleki wrote:
November 2009

(by)path finder

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Shinlau wrote:
November 2009

About First Squad OST Release( taken from the Krush website): "Arrival of the film as well as record release in Japan is still tbc"... Goddamit, so 2009 is going to be ANOTHER year with no Krush releases!

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mysecondtime wrote:
November 2009

MiguelDembora is gay! House, dude... get fuck out of here!!

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Jan 26 DJ Krush Bowery Ballroom, New York NY, United States
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