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MV014 Kazuma Onishi

Bio

Kazuma Onishi is a Japanese DJ & Producer based in Melbourne, Australia.

With a strong gravitational pull towards Groovy Techno, Kazuma has a diverse range and taste in music, often playing Minimal House, Deep House, and Breakbeats. Using a unique and interesting style of mixing developed over years of playing different styles, including hip-hop, R&B, and Trance, Kazuma often finds unique and new ways of blending tracks and genres. As a producer he is able to incorporate loops and samples into his sets, drawing on his wide array of inspiration to create a multi-layered groove and colourful journey. His music is often hypnotic, spacey, and high energy with a driving sense of direction balanced with trance-inducing melody.

Kazuma has played at Australian festivals, Strawberry Fields and Earthcore, as well as a myriad of Melbourne underground parties in venues such as My Aeon, Brown Alley, New Guernica, onesixone, Loop, Boney, Subclub and Bottom End.

Kazuma is also a co-founder of club events; Tokyo Love Hotel and Translate.

Tracklist

Iori – The Fountains
Donato Dozzy – Vaporware 05
Temudo – The Beholder
Jeroen Search – Rejection Rate
Sandro Galli – UFO Sonar
Kevin Ferhati – Oculum
Hyper Binary* – Depths
Toru Ikemoto – DONT PLAY 119
Direkt – Relay
Adiel – Melodica
Ed Hale* – Anschauung
Border One – Crude 01
Chontane – Arakis
Fergus Sweetland* – Muffy
Minimal Default – Synchronize
Sam Duties & Ketch – Head to Head
Connor Wall* – Unnannouced Visitor
Kazuma Onishi* – Mizumawashi
Jauri – Caruru
Eisen (Kazuma Onishi* Remix) – 562
no.name – Grind

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