Well it’s just that I’ve listened to a lot of music over the years and I was raised in Tokyo and combining all those elements is expressed in my sound. It’s that simple. What is expressed in my music is a result of those various influences. And hopefully my personality is infused in it. You know, the whole thing is just a combination of a lot of different elements that are me. – DJ Krush

“Jazzy Drift in Tokyo”

01. Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush – Seki
Ki-Oku (Instinct Records, 1999)
02. Cut Chemist – The Garden
The Audience’s Listening (2006)
03. Jazzanova – Behold These Days (Berlin ’74)
Belle Et Fou (Sonar Kollektiv, 2007)
04. The Avalanches – Undersea Community
At Last Alone(Japanese Import, 2002)
05. Fat Jon as Maurice Galactica – Pretty Pussy Kitty Kat
Humanoid Erotica(Counterflow, 2001)
06. Desmond Williams – High Speed Drift
Delights Of The Garden (Eighteenth Street, 2001)
07. Cut Chemist – Metrorail Thru Space
The Audience’s Listening (2006)
08. Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush – Sun is Shining
Ki-Oku (Instinct Records, 1999)
09. The Juju Orchestra – Kind of Latyn Rhythm
Bossa Nova Is Not A Crime (2006)

note: straight up acid jazz, no shenanigans. (Evening list?) I love this thing. I used to listen tons of acid jazz.

see also: System/Layers, happiness
image by: TommyOshima, TommyOshima