Gonno

ZIPANG ART EDITION 2023

-Artist info-
Gonno (WC / International Feel / Ostgut Ton)

ジャパニーズ・ハウス/テクノを代表するDJ/プロデューサーとして国内外で活躍。
これまでにInternational Feel、Beats In Spaceなど海外のレーベルを中心に数々の作品
を発表し、近年ではベルリンのOstgut Tonより Nick Hoppnerとの共作“Fantastic
Planet””Lost”2作のEPをリリースしている。またJeff Millsや石野卓球のリミックス、
JUNYA WATANABE MAN FALL/WINTER 2022のコレクションムービーで使用された
瀧見憲司とのJamiroquai”Virtual Insanity”のリエディットワークも話題を呼んだ。
2015年にリリースされた2ndアルバム”Remember The Life Is Beautiful”はPitchfork
やResident Advisor等の海外メディアでも紹介され、日本のMusic Magazine紙に年間
ベストディスクにもランクインされた。
2018年にはドラマー/パーカッショニスト増村和彦とのアルバム”In Circles”で、アシッ
ディかつメロディックなシンセサイザーとアフロ・ビートを通過した生ドラムの実験性の
高いコラボレーションを発表。ライブアクトとして現在も精力的に活動している。
その幅広いキャリアから成る物語性溢れるDJプレイは世界各地で評価が高く、ベルリン
Berghain12周年(Panorama Bar)やクロアチアDekmantel Selectors等の国外イベン
トに出演、近年ではヨーロッパ以外にもアメリカ/オセアニア/アジア等へのツアーも精力
的に行う。その傍らBoiler RoomやDekmantelPodcast,Beats In Spaceなどのポッドキャストシリーズにも不定期にDJミックスを提供している。

Gonno is without a doubt an integral part of the current wave of house and

techno in Japan. His releases have not only appeared on reputable local labels
but have also made their way humbly over to the continent.
Gonno always manages to bring an acidy and melodic flavor to his DJ and live
sets while still staying true to his house and techno roots. Without fail he draws
ravers in with eclectic sounds and the lost art of storytelling behind the decks/
machines.
As a result of his infectious sets he’s been playing as a DJ around the world
such as UK, EU, US, China, South East Asia, India and Australia since now.
Gonno’s release “Acdise #2” on International Feel Recordings in 2011 was his
break point to get wider audience, even before its release the EP had frequent
play from so many DJs such as Laurent Garnier, James Holden, Francois
Kevorkian, Tim Sweeney and Todd Terje, and still continues to be a phenomenal
long seller. It’s no exaggeration to say “Acdise #2” is the year’s best Japanese
techno tune.
In 2015 Gonno released a full-length solo album for the first time in ten years
entitled “Remember The Life Is Beautiful” from Endless Flight which gained him
wider recognition and appraise from international audience. His remix of Jeff
Mills’ “Light Of Electric Energy” was included in Mills’ album “Where Light
Ends,” and other works include his solo EP “The Noughties” on Tim Sweeney’s
Beats In Space Records, and a collaboration EP with Berlin’s Panorama Bar
resident Nick Höppner “Fantastic Planet” on Ostgut Ton.
While he'd been touring many countries, he did some remix for the label such
as Cocktail D’Amore Music (Berlin), Public Works (San Francisco), Jin (Taipei)
and Butter Sessions (Melbourne) etc. Also collaborating with a Japanese
drummer Kazuhiko Masumura as "Gonno x Masumura", and putted their album
“In Circles” in 2018 on P-vine records Japan. They focuses the fresh impacts
between the electronics and the african-infruenced drums as UK Jazz iconic DJ
Giles Peterson immediately introduced their track on his radio program at
Worldwide FM.
Before 2020 that Covid-19 era started, he had been used to tour arounds
energetically like he appeared on Croatia's Dekmantel Selectors, playing at
Berghain in Berlin several times in a year, also the annual mini-touring in
Canada - US. Meanwhile, the collaboration with Nick Höppner returned and
their latest EP “Lost” on Ostgut Ton came out late in 2019.
At the moment Gonno concentrates composing and recording more and his
upcoming works will be unveiled soon.