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Tokyo/Utsunomiya, Japan

KATSU ARAI ( PLUS RECORDS / SOUND A BASE NEST )
幼少期、ピアノ教師の母よりピアノの指導を受けクラシックを通じて音楽に触れる現在の彼のDJ setの中で必ず耳に残るピアノの旋律はその影響と言える。1990年代後半JOSH WINKに影響を受けTechnoに傾向。常にフロアを意識した選曲は多種多様なパーティーにより培った経験を元にアウトプットされ、その瞬間最も必要な音を提供する。北関東アンダーグラウンドクラブシーンを牽引するSOUND A BASE NEST を主宰。08年SHIN NISHIMURAと共にPLUS UTSUNOMIYAをスタート。13年6万人を越えるドイツ最大級のFes "Nature one" Century Circus stageに日本人DJして初の出演を果たす。ヨーロッパ、アジアを中心に世界7カ国30都市でPlay。
He was influenced by Josh Wink and started to play Techno in late 1990.He outputs his experience that he has played at varied parties by playing the tracks which the crowds want the most at the very moment.In 2008, he started one of the famous Tokyo label PLUS RECORDS label show case party Plus Utsunomiya with Shin Nishimura to make Techno scene bigger there. In 2009, he opened a new club, SOUND A BASE NEST. That created new club scene in Utsunomiya again.In 2010, he played in Shanghai for his fist DJ in overseas. in 2013 He played "Nature one" Century Circus stage first of Japanese