APE MECH aka Ape Mechanix/ CRATE_APE / ApeFACE/ Ape Minimal first bought first turntables and mixer from Pachinko prize money, first records from 100 yen bargain bins in Shibuya, Tokyo. Worked up the ranks from kitchen DJ to gigs at notorious Tokyo venues Bar Bul*let's, Bar Aoyama, Hachi, Club Asia, Shinjuku Loft, SDLX, 20000v, Osaka Bridge, Muryoku-musen-ji, Yoyogi Outdoor Stage, Yoppakura, Club Yellow (Space Lab Lounge + Mainstage), Star Pine's Cafe, Aoheya, SOFT, Spike's Bar, Penguin House, Club Asia-P, Ebisu Milk, Ruby Room, Earthdome and Enjoy House Hazelwood/Vashon Island Music Festival/Vashonistas in SeattlePNW/ Peace House/ Bar Yaksa in Chiang Rai performing with E.D.O Echo Soundsystem, L?K?O, OWKMJN, Hazuressive, Missing Man Foundation, Carib Rocks, Coppe (Mango+Sweetrice), Codhead, , Cannibalism Ghandi Band, DJ Cloud, Montage, Britches, and a few others as a DJ or a turntablist/vocalist in projects such as Fallopian Disco Force/Sand for Days /Beat Galore Friction/Alternates.