
Last December around Christmas, NYC recorded the 6th biggest snowfall in history, blanketing the entire east coast in snow and paralyzing the streets. So what did we do in the face of a blizzard? We went outside and shot a music video. To create the effect of “swimming through a vacant city,” I initially considered [...]

Do you know what’s going on in Iwai-shima? I first heard Cruel World in 2006 on Danny McEvoy’s web page and after exchanging emails, I offered to do a remix. At the time I was heavy into recording my Japanese album Waikyoku, so I put together a version using live instruments, then added a rap [...]

Two years ago, director Sou Ootsuki took Luv(sic) part2 and made a youtube-only promotional clip for his Aho na Hashiri (translates to Silly Runnings) DVD. The strange video, even by Japanese standards, went viral collecting over 1.5 million hits to date. Click the link at the very bottom if you haven’t seen it already. Although [...]

Report from the annual NAMM convention in Anaheim, CA held during January 13-16, 2011. Hip Hop Slam LA correspondent Shing02 and host Yamato Kaneko visit McDSP, STOKYO, Fairlight, Emulator, Reactable, Serato, Vestax, Scratch DJ Academy and other interesting booths. Amoeblog article found here

(Marcos Alonso of Reactable gives a demo, then Shing02 gives it a go for a session) This was my first time touching the reactable after years of checking it out online. Needless to say, I was very impressed by how advanced and refined the interface was. Anybody willing to put down 12K for this toy? [...]

directed by Shing02 written by Kakumakushaka, Shing02, Hisomi-TNP, Mouthpeace, Eleven, Meiso produced by Kakumakushaka, mixed by Shing02 samples “Rokkasho” by team 6 This video is for a song that was recorded in 2006, but it was important for me to do a video for it in 2010. You can read why at the end of [...]

Junzo has been working on this debut album “Viral Strike” for a few years now, here’s a debut single off his opus slated to come out in 2011. Respects to my man Naomichi Hosoya and his crew, DJ Icewater for the cameo, and the city of SF! full credits