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A-Sides has become a highly respected producer/DJ over the past 5 years. He has been producing music since 1990 and has
released over 300 tracks to date. As well as running his own labels Eastside, Fuze and Diagram he has found time to record
for other labels such as Metalheadz, Valve, True Playaz, Bingo, Innerground, Reinforced, Advanced, and many more. A-Sides
has also taken on a lot of remix work in his time, most notably the massive remix of 'Waterhouse Dub' by Digital. Further remix
productions include those for Pivotal, Skunkrock Productions and the legendary Brazillian percussio ...read more
A-Sides has become a highly respected producer/DJ over the past 5 years. He has been producing music since 1990 and has
released over 300 tracks to date. As well as running his own labels Eastside, Fuze and Diagram he has found time to record
for other labels such as Metalheadz, Valve, True Playaz, Bingo, Innerground, Reinforced, Advanced, and many more. A-Sides
has also taken on a lot of remix work in his time, most notably the massive remix of 'Waterhouse Dub' by Digital. Further remix
productions include those for Pivotal, Skunkrock Productions and the legendary Brazillian percussionist Dom Um Rumao.
The past 2-3 years have been A-Sides most successful to date. To start off, there was the release of Eastside Jamz Vol.
2, an Eastside Records compilation with contributions by high-profile producers such as Peshay, Digital & Spirit, Total
Science, Calibre and A-Sides himself in collaboration with MC Fats. In 2003 A-Sides released among many other tracks, his
much anticipated single 'What U Don't Know' featuring the vocal talents of MC Fats and Regina (July 2003) and followed this
was his first ever solo album, Follow The Groove (Oct. 2003) with further productions featuring MC J-Eye and his Sci-
Clone partner Nathan Hines. A-Sides can like no other combine soulful vocals with rolling breaks and his heavy trademark
bass, thus making his tracks work extremely well on the dancefloor. A quality that a variety of top DJs have long noticed. A-
Sides tracks appear regularly on playlists of big name DJs like Grooverider, Fabio or Andy C.
And when A-Sides is not in the studio he finds time to hold down a busy DJ schedule. He has extensively toured the globe
and has played in countries such as Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Holland, Belgium,
Canada and The United States where he holds a guest residence at New York City’s Direct Drive. But also a variety of less
obvious places like Iceland, Estonia, Slovenia, Israel, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Australia, Spain, Puerto Rico, Russia,
South Africa, Japan and New Zealand have experienced the force that is A-Sides.
A-Sides is known for his tight mixing skills and technicality as a DJ. And with most high-profile DJs in the scene playing his
tunes on dubplate, A-Sides is spoiled for choice in return as he gets loads of fresh material from them. This is mirrored in his
versatile track selection. He plays across the board with his sets combining a mixture of all drum & bass flavours but A-Sides
versatility as a DJ also enables him to play specially requested sets if need be.
Based in Tokyo, Makoto Shimizu, better known as simply Makoto, is Japan’s chief drum & bass ambassador. After completing
an Acoustic Engineering major at Nippon University, Makoto first signed with LTJ Bukem's legendary Good Looking Records
back in 1999.
Since then he has gone from strength to strength, releasing a long string of quality music in the form of singles and EPs, but
also on the famous Earth and Progression Sessions compilation albums. 2003 saw the release of his much
anticipated debut album, Human Elements; thie album was widely praised for the transition of 70s soul into the 21st
century. Makoto also released Progression Sessions Japan Live 2003 with Deeizm, which was recorded live from Space
Lab Yellow in Tokyo.
2005 - 2006
Makoto is now ready to spread his wings. With both remixes and original music already out or set for release on labels such as
Renegade Recording, Liquid V, Bingo, Hospital and Innerground as well as a second album, Believe In My Soul, due for
release on Good Looking very soon, the future is looking bright for the Tokyo native.
As for deejaying, Makoto, together with Deeizm MC has travelled across the world (the U.K., Europe, America, Brazil,
Australia, Asia and Japan are just some of the places they have visited) and has become one of the most sought-after DJs on
the drum & bass circuit.Makoto’s sets are characterised by the same jazzed-out and soulful music that he is known for as a
producer. « hide |
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