KATSU ARAI
(空心才楽団/PLUS RECORDS)
At an early age he learned piano from his mother who was a pianist, and became fascinated by the world of classical music. Due to the sounds he was exposed to in his childhood, he frequently uses piano riffs on his tracks and DJ SETs .
In the late 1990s he was influenced by JOSH WINK and developed an interest in Techno.
While living in Tokyo from 1994 to 2005 he started DJing all around the city. His music selection, which is always concentrated on the dance floor, is based on his experiences at various parties, and he relies on this experience in order to select the music which is most necessary in the moment. He later moved his base of activity to his hometown of Utsunomiya and presided over SOUND A BASE NEST which was the driving force behind the northern Kanto underground club scene. He started PLUS UTSUNOMIYA in 2008, and established the foundation of the Utsunomiya TECHNO scene. In 2013 he made his first appearance as a Japanese DJ at the “Nature One” Century Circus stage, which had over 60,000 attendees and is one of the biggest music festivals in Germany. He has experience playing in 7 countries and 12 cities, mainly in Europe and Asia. In 2012 he began working as a producer and released Invation with PLUS RECORDS.