DJ BAKU (Japan) & GUESTS - INKCOHERENT FRI 10 OCT

DJ Baku
Meet DJ Baku, the Lil Wayne of Tokyo. Baku has been gaining momentum on the Tokyo music scene under the influence of hip-hop heavy weight DJ KRUSH since the early 90s. He has been crafting his experimental sound under the care of Krush for a few years and seems to have exploded on to the music scene as from nowhere.
He's played both domestically and internationally alongside the masters including GOLDIE, AMON TOBIN, D-STYLES - and collaborated with artists such as Q-BERT, and KID KOALA. Fans in Japan consider him to be amongst the finest DJs to come out of the new generation, following in the footsteps of pioneers such as DJ KRUSH.
Baku has long been creating a buzz and is slowly becoming a dominant figure on the horizon of the Tokyo music scene. His passion for scratching began after he saw the 1992 film Juice starring Tupac and Omar Epps. The film prompted him to test out his skills at the turntable at the age of sixteen and began deejaying. Taking his musical career to the next step he formed a group Hannaya with fellow MCs Yoshi and Romi. The group’s career was short lived and Baku headed back to the title of DJ.
For a few years Baku tried to gain recognition through gigs and DJ battles but more often then not found himself turned down being told his scratching style was too harsh. After struggling with his unappreciated style, Baku decided to push his sound into the world via mix-tapes. Baku promoted his talent through various mix-tapes and managed to scrounge up some fans and respect.
Utilising a guitar wah-wah pedal, hooked up to turntables, Baku gets the most out of his riffs during intense and energetic sets. He never ceases to wow audiences with mixes that combine metal, drum 'n' bass, electonica and hip hop and that express a wealth of emotion.

Since the release of Kaikoo, Baku went on to release a documentary under the same title, which exposed underground Tokyo hip-hop and shedded light on some drastically overlooked talent. Numerous hip-hop events have been organized under the “Kaikoo” name with the help of Baku to support and reveal raw talent lurking on the outskirts of hip-hop’s VIP arena.
Baku moved on to release two full records, Spin Heddz in 2006 followed up by his sophomore effort DHARMA DANCE in April of 2008. Both albums were incredibly well received by fans, the public and critics. Baku’s sound has been described as boundary-breaking and genre-defying. Whatever label you may choose to brand his sound with it will likely only touch upon one facet of his exceedingly diverse sound.
Baku’s instrumental basis is exceedingly similar to that of Girl Talk’s. Girl Talk is a mash-up heavy weight often sampling around 20 songs and cramming them into one seamless, flowing track. While Girl Talk has mastered this skill with prerecorded tracks, Baku packs the same musical punch but with an original recording. He pulls out all the stops, combining everything from metal-esque guitar riffs and Irish rock band worthy scream samples to thuggish bass beats and 80s dance electronic accents. Baku has a skilled hand at flawlessly blending unimaginable combinations of sounds together to produce a sound sure to leave an impact.