Remember those strange techno-ambient sounds on the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix prequel, The Animatrix? They belong to Satoshi Tomiie, one of Japan’s most successful DJs. Tomiie should be a familiar ...

Although he first landed on the scene in 1989 with his classic Frankie Knuckles collaboration "Tears," it would be another decade before Satoshi Tomiie emerged in the national dance-floor ...

This tends, of course, to be a thin veil for inevitably middle-class commentators' neuroses and noble savage view of musicians – and it never involves any examination of who listens to the music in ...

Picture this itinerary: Ibiza, Milan, Athens, Prague, and London. For underpaid desk jockeys like ourselves, it sounds like the makings of a fantasy Eurotrip that we’ll never be able to afford. But ...

The Japanese DJ behind the all-time house classic "Tears" released his second full-length, New Day, in June. Songs We Love: Satoshi Tomiie, 'Thursday, 2AM' Satoshi Tomiie released his first house ...

NEW YORK, April 26, 2018 — Legendary Japanese DJ Satoshi Tomiie performs a live set at Asia Society’s 2018 spring Gala Asia in America: Celebration of the Arts. The event honored Tomiie and other ...

There are some people whose careers in music birth new genres that ultimately change music history forever. Frankie Knuckles is one of those people. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., before moving to Chicago, ...

Although he first landed on the scene in 1989 with his classic Frankie Knuckles collaboration “Tears,” another decade would pass before Satoshi Tomiie implanted himself in the national dance-floor ...

This tends, of course, to be a thin veil for inevitably middle-class commentators' neuroses and noble savage view of musicians – and it never involves any examination of who listens to the music in ...

Japan’s electronic-music scene remains a fanatical one, with a long history of genre-defining artists who could hold their own with any of their U.S. and U.K. counterparts. Japan’s scene is a bit more ...

DJ Satoshi Tomiie (due at Vinyl Saturday, September 19) is a truly distinctive voice in house music. The Tomiie sound is built on tribal percussion circling crisp, steady beats — driving, but not too ...