A Tech/Tribal House producer, the resident DJ of Shangri-La party at Ageha,Tokyo and DJing around Asian countries. Remix releases from Stereo Productions, Beatfreak Recordings, Ole Music, Undergroovy Productions & Mix CDs from Bedrock, EMI(Singapore), Universal(Japan) etc.

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DJ SAWA, well-known as one of the top djs in Tokyo club circuit, has been supporting cutting-edge House music in Japan since mid 90's. His cd 'Progress+Transcend', which is the first Progressive House mix cd ever made in Japan, was highly acclaimed as "a totally hypnotic musical journey", and selected as one of the best compilations of the year 2000 from the press. He was also known as a organiser of his own party 'Club Lovely' and 'Sublimation' @Yellow, Liquid Room and Womb during 1995-2002, played with djs/artists like Satoshi Tomiie, John Creamer, Evolution, Salt Tank, Slacker, Tarrentella+Redanka etc. In March 2002, his fresh set rocked the global industry clique at Pioneer/Bedrock party @Miami Winter Music Conference when he played with Way Out West, Chris Fortier and DJ Hyper. Following the success, his cd 'Compiled and mixed by DJ SAWA' was released from John Digweed's respectable label Bedrock, affirming that he is one of the most trustworthy House djs in Tokyo.

Since 2004, he has been devoting his passion to spin at Asian circuit parties, as he started his residency in Tokyo's biggest gay party Shangri-La at the super-club Ageha with guest djs like Tom Stephan, Chus & Ceballos, Oscar G, Ralph Falcon, DJ Paulo, Hernan Cattaneo, Tedd Patterson, Smokin Jo, Peter Bailey and Richie Santana. He had played 3 times at annual Nation party in Singapore and Phuket during 2004-2006 and his mix cd 'Nation.04' debuted at No.3 on HMV Dance chart in Singapore. In June 2005 Channel[V] featured his interview & live set in Kuala Lumpur which was aired worldwide. Also he has been playing in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Bangkok, Jakarta, Auckland, Christchurch, San Srancisco and so on. In 2006, he released the mix cd 'Welcome to Shangri-La' from Gate Records Japan, a hybrid mixture of Progressive, Electro, Funky and Tribal House, with a touch of glamorous nightclubbing.

The year 2012 was the milestone in his career, as he finally started his music production which had been highly anticipated. His first ever made remix 'Stephane K, DJ Koutarou.A - Speaker (DJ Sawa Shangri-La 4am mix)' was quickly picked up by DJ Chus and released from Stereo Productions(on the album "New York Underground"). More remixes and original productions are coming out from Beatfreak(Spain), Ole Music(Spain), Undergroovy(France), Afire Sound Syndicate(Japan) and Bass Works Recordings(Japan). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.