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CONTESTANTS

* Azop Corp [AIE prod]
* Betamaxnomates
* Hiroaki OBA
* Lastboss
* Naotoxin
* T3
* The Watermelon Bootleg
* Yuko Ono

JUDGES

MAYURI (METAMORPHOSE)

A pioneer of the Japanese club scene, Mayuri remains one of the most talented and influential DJs and promoters in the country. Her best known project, the « METAMORPHOSE » festival is the biggest electronic music festival in Japan. Metamorphose first began in 2000, soon establishing itself internationally as one of the best electronic and dance music festivals in the world. For the last 10 years, Mayuri has had a residency at Reboot, the most famous hard Techno party in Japan. She is also a resident at Fiercesounds, playing regularly for them in Japan & in London. She has been playing minmal / tech-house set since 2005, and released a minimal Mix CD « MUSA » in July 2007. Under the name of Red Scorpion she has made two vinyl releases and is due to release « counter current » on Dogmatit Record in Spring 2008. Mayuri’s 3rd MIX CD is also scheduled to be out in July 2008. Watch out!
Riow Arai

RIOW ARAI (LIBYUS MUSIC, SOUP-DISK, DISQUE CORD)

Artist, beat/track maker and producer Riow Arai has made breakbeat, hiphop, electronica, techno, electro releases on Japanese, English and American labels. Since 1995 he has released eight solo albums, formed a unit « RATN » with Tujiko Noriko(mego, tomlab) and collaborated with artists like rapper Nonegetic. 2007 saw the releases of « Weekend Edit Style » (Imagined Records) and his latest album « Electric Emerald » (Libyus Music). In addition to his solo work he has appeared on other compilation albums and has worked on many remix projects. He composed music for the Japanese video game « Front Mission Alternative » (Square Soft) and its original sound track album. He has performed live and played DJ sets at numerous events making his debut at NewTube. Riow Arai’s latest release, is an electronic mix CD called « Electric Over Drive » (Lesson Breed) out earlier this year.
Junichi Watanabe

JUNICHI WATANABE (ASIANDYNASTY)

Besides live and DJ work, Junichi Watanabe is active in the production of music for film, stage and radio. He is a member of Jazz band called Tokyo Drift, who use jazz as a basis to create dancable noise music. He has covered many genres including Detroit techno, house, Drill’n'Bass etc, but now focuses on creating his own expressive style of industrial techno, noise and ambient music. In 2005 he remixed T-Square’s track « Thruth » released my Sony Music. He contributed to compilation projects like « Essential Techno Vol.1″ and « Perfect Strangers Electronic » (AsianDynasty). In 2006 he did a live collabortion with Broken Haze (Insector Label, AsianDynasty). Junichi Watanabe’s unique DJ style challenges traditional methods by using DJ software to combine genres such as noise, modern music, industrial and hip-hop.
HiBiKi MaMeShiBa

HIBIKI MAMESHIBA (JET SET)

Hibiki Mameshiba works in A&R for indie label One Week Records, and is a record shop buyer specializing in Electro. He has performed alongside such artists as Mr. Oizo, Para One、Towa Tei, Sinco(SDP) and Halfby, at a great number of popular events both in Japan and abroad. He spins at events including Threepee Times at Organ Bar in Shibuya and a fresh new event called Golden Eagle at Harajuku’s UC The Lounge and is actively involved in Hip-Hop/Electro based, cutting edge dance music events. He adores cats.