TOMO HIRATA EXPLAINS THE JAPANESE EDM SCENE – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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TAIKO OUT NOW ON DJ CENTER RECORDS (FRANCE)
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Tomo Hirata, the EDM pioneer from Japan just released his latest offering on DJ Center Records from France. International praise from top notch DJs followed so we had a little chat with him about his past, the current scene and EDM in Japan.
You have an upcoming release on DJ Center Records called 'Taiko' In this release you feature the Taiko, which consist of a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments. How did you come up with that idea? It sounds very fitting.
I think the EDM scene is the most global music scene in the world. But I couldn't find any Japanese EDM acts on the map, so therefore I tried to put a Japanese mark on it and decided to use the Japanese traditional drum like the flag on Tomorro