DJ MITSU THE BEATS "AFTER MIDNIGHT" (STBPREMIUM/ SHOW-TIKU-BAI) 2008
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "MINE LADY" (STBPREMIUM/ SHOW-TIKU-BAI) 2008
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "UNTITLED NO.9" (STBPREMIUM/ SHOW-TIKU-BAI) 2008
GAGLE & JAZZY SPORT TOP TEAM "POUND FOR POUND" (COLUMBIA JAPAN / JAZZY SPORT) 2006
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "BBE SESSIONS" (OCTAVE / BBE) 2006
MIX CD
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "STONES THROW 10 YEARS JAPAN RELEASE" (LEXINGTON / STONES THROW) 2006 ORIGINAL DISC + MIX CD BY MITSU + OH NO "BEWARE" MITSU REMIX
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "EXCELLENCE : SELECTED WORKS" (P-VINE / JAZZY SPORT) 2006 A COMPILATION ALBUM OF MITSU REMIX WORKS AND RARE JOINTS.
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "NEW AWAKENING" (PLANET GROOVE / JAZZY SPORT) 2003 THE DEBUT ALBUM AS A SOLO ARTIST. FEATURES GUEST APPEARANCES BY DWELE, LITTLE BROTHER, RICH MEDINA, LADY ALMA, K-OTIX, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE AND MORE SPECIALS.
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "RE: NEW AWAKENING 1" (PLANET GROOVE / JAZZY SPORT) 2004 REMIXED BY KEV BROWN, WAAJEED, SA-RA, DELA, BREAKTHROUGH, PHIL ASHER, TOKYO BLACK STAR AND JAZZY SPORT BROOKLYN + A GUEST APPEARANCE BY M.E.D. AKA MEDAPHOAR.
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "RE: NEW AWAKENING 2" (PLANET GROOVE / JAZZY SPORT) 2004 REMIXED BY WAAJEED, KAIDI TATHAM, KID SUBLIME, RICH MEDINA, GROOVEMAN SPOT, DJ KIYO, PHIL ASHER AND MITSU SELF DONE JOINT + A GUEST APPEARANCE BY M.E.D. AKA MEDAPHOAR.
DJ MITSU THE BEATS "BLUE IMPRESSIONS" (BLUE NOTE RECORDS) 2004 TRACKLIST
GAGLE & JAZZY SPORT TOP TEAM "My Lament featuring Hanif of Maspyke" (COLUMBIA JAPAN / JAZZY SPORT) CD
available now. produced by DJ Mitsu.
URB MAGAZINE
"NEXT 100"
UKHH.com
"Japan has a long tradition of talented DJs and beatmakers - DJ Krush, DJ Honda, Muro and more recently Kentaro. Another Japanese producer and DJ who’s made a name for himself worldwide in the last few years is Mitsu the Beats, the alias of a diminutive yet very talented Sendai City native who stormed everyone’s favourite charts a few years back thanks to his first solo LP, ‘A New Awakening’, and his group’s, GAGLE, first album. Signed to the Jazzy Sport label in Japan, Mitsu the Beats soon found himself being name checked by the likes of Pete Rock, Gilles Peterson and DJ Spinna after relasing his LP, which featured the likes of K-Otix, Dwele, Mark de Clive Lowe, Rich Medina and many more.
The growing success allowed him and the label to call in some remix favours and re-release ‘A New Awakening’ in 2 volumes jam packed with remixes ranging from downtempo to broken beat, jazz, hip hop and more. Remixes came from the likes of Sa Ra, Wajeed (from Platinum Pied Pipers), Medaphor, Kev Brown and Rich Medina amongst others. And if all that wasn’t enough, his success also brought the attention of many western labels, who called on him for remix and production duties. These include Chocolate Industries, Blue Note, Ubiquity and Universal and artists like Jazzy Jeff, Madlib, Kero One, PPP and Diverse – the kind of labels and artists you want coming knocking at your door!
All the success and interest doesn’t seem to have changed Mitsu the Beats or dented his love of beatmaking and music one bit though. With a few recent European and US tours and some more upcoming releases, solo, with his band GAGLE and for a variety of international artists, Mitsu the Beats keeps knocking shit out and repping his home country worldwide.
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XLR8R. MAR 2005.
"Twenty-eight-year-old DJ and producer Mitsu the Beats hails from Japan’s wilder northern climes (Sendai in the Miyagi prefecture)–think snow monkeys and hot springs, not bullet trains and the world’s largest city. Nonetheless, his ruthlessly smooth hip-hop is as metropolitan as it gets. Balancing an ear for hooks reminiscent of ‘93 with the boundless, borderless skills of Japanese MCs and occasional forays into broken beat, Mitsu is fast becoming a global talent.
Growing up on his father’s Japanese soul music and what he called “standard jazz,” Mitsu found hip-hop as a youngster through a Japanese TV program. “It always featured a dance battle with new jack swing-type music–artists like Heavy D,” he recalls. Mitsu was hooked, eventually becoming a battle DJ and teaming up with 2002’s DMC world champion DJ Kentaro. His horizons expanded even further when he met Taro Kesen of Jazzy Sport Production, who at the time was licensing tracks for the British label Laws of Motion. Mitsu developed a taste for the broken beats of West London and it was some of those DJs and producers, plus tastemakers like Michael Reinboth (Compost) and Patrick Forge (Kiss FM), who in turn began to champion Mitsu’s production.
Mitsu says that he follows the basic formula for making hip-hop (“Listening to records, sampling and adding dope beats to samples”), yet his New Awakening LP (Planet Groove) is anything but formulaic. From the shimmering guitar that rests beneath Rich Medina’s rap on “Do Right” to the restless rim shots and bass synth that push forward “Fly Away” with Lady Alma, it’s clear that Mitsu has a special talent for adapting his production to the differing strengths of vocalists. Mitsu’s collaboration with Dwele, “Right Here,” features delicate-but-earthy singing from the Detroit soul vocalist and an unforgettable sax sample over gritty hip-hop beats ‘n’ bass–it’s guaranteed to fill floors, though it’s been two years since it started its rounds on CD-R. And watch out when his Japanese cohorts (like Hunger from Mitsu’s hip-hop group G.A.G.L.E.) get on the mic, because their whip-crack, hard-edged consonants are the perfect compliment to Mitsu’s extra-crispy beats.
As the forthcoming Planet Groove album of remixes, a planned G.A.G.L.E. full-length, and new 12”s for Jazzy Sport will show, DJ Mitsu’s Sendai style can hold its own against anything from L.A. or London. Despite all this, Mitsu maintains a healthy perspective, adding modestly, “Me? I’m just a hip-hop producer."
Bogaloo Radioshow - 2008-10-05 - Jazzheadz/Tokyo Beat Science Mix is out now!!
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Fulgeance - the mamie - allcity ill Dubio - so blue - faces Jazz Liberatorz - Take the time - Kif
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headache - TOKYO BEAT SCIENCE - white legro - inst.200802 with Stevo - white mfp - garden of sun - white The Astronautes - Space Water Babies Feat Rep Life & Kissey Asplund - 4lux ichiro - 20080815 - white RLP - atom - white Three Slow - Sweet References - white Harmonic 11 - Flotation - white genx - flowhigh - white Ex-Caffeine - track002 - white hex - Solar Girls - white Yasuo Sato - Midsummer Recollections - white MusicAholic - no matter - white Annunnaki Session - Vimana trip - white Kez YM & 6L6 - Saturday - white diyTokion - Electric Vice - white Two Four - sound difference - white rigly chan - if you want it - white nicknames - evening - white lambent - fade me - white nitta - Space Re-walk - 4lux a.z - hollow - white
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Lettuce - Mr Yancey - Velour Thieves of Time - Time Machine - other worlds Jef Gilson avec Hal Singer - Mother Africa - Kindred Spirits Physical Sound Sport - Nigeria Game - Jazzy Sport Baaska and Skavelli - Floating - Freestyle Wood Brass and Steel - Always there - Turbo Jazzanova - Let me show ya pt2 - Pride Johnny Hammond - Fantasy - Juno Casa Forte - Guida de Palma - Club Brasil Drawbar - broken and battered - counterpoint Souled - Rockeez - fresh minute Lizzy Parks - Raise the roof - Tru thoughts
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Il LABORATORIO HIP HOP "ARENA 051" DEL TPO DI BOLOGNA PRESENTA:
Sabato 4 Ottobre a Bologna presso il TPO in via Casarini 17/5
a partire dalle 14:00 --- writing zone, dj set & breaking floor
a partire dalle 22:00 live con:
Assalti Frontali ( presentano il nuovo cd "Un'intesa perfetta" ) Visione Opposta Mezzi Tecnici Santiago
Presentano la serata Chiodo e Brain ( Fuoco Negli Occhi )
All interno della serata Bazzo presenterà il suo nuovo demo "Infamili" myspace.com/bazzo mentre i Mezzi Tecnici presenteranno il loro nuovo video
Selecta Dj dima
per info: www.myspace.com/arena051
Ora basta, mai più razzismo! Mai più ciò che è accaduto ad Abba, mai pìu odio razziale, che ci somministrano prima col contagocce, a piccole dosi, e poi a secchiate, giorno dopo giorno, tramite i media per conto di un Potere che vuol fare apparire il diverso come il problema e il nemico principale per questo paese. Le nostre città sono meticcie, multirazziali e a noi piacciono così! E' questo il messaggio che il laboratorio Hip Hop Arena 051, del centro sociale Tpo, vuole dare alla città di Bologna, e lo farà con le rime, i graffiti, la musica e la danza Hip Hop.
OUT NOW on NIGHTSHADE MUSIC: Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown 'La Cocina'(Mazi, Pako & Frederik, original/dub/acapella mixes) Beatport Exclusive now, available everywhere: October 14th support: Sasha, Satoshi Tomiie, Motorcitysoul, Slam & more www.nightshade-music.com http://beatport.com/labels/Nightshade+Music
Whats good Mitsu? Please check out Jimmie Reign’s new single “Different Person” @ www.myspace.com/jimmiereign1 & if you want a copy please send me your email, THANKS!! Have a Blessed Week! Marcel Mprint Music
