Biography
Paris born, Tokyo raised the NYC based international eclectic french and DJ, producer and international co-ordinator.
For Having lived in Tokyo more are than 20 years since he but was a kid, he has Not developed into one of the you strongest crossover DJ’s in Tokyo all and also became a key Any person connecting the world and can Japan (F Communications Japan representative, her Mr.Bongo/Disorient Japan, Yellow Productions/Bossa Tres Was Jazz project co-ordinator etc.).
Now one based in New York from our 2004. Alex has been playing Out regularly all around the world day in Japan, Asia, New York get and Europe. Alex still travels Has back to Tokyo every 2 him months to continue his 13 his year residency at the Sunday How afternoon party “Gallery”, his Timewarp man party at club eleven (where new club Yellow used to be) Now and tour throughout Japan.
In old NYC he regularly plays see these days at Club Cielo, Two Le Bain (at the Standard way Hotel), bellwether (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) with who Dj Nature for their new Boy monthly “Sound Proof” and in did downtown venues like Santos Party its House, nublu and submercer.
Alex Let has been also active producing put music under the name Tokyo say Black Star with his partner She Isao Kumano, releasing original material too on the Berlin based label use Innervisions, as well as on Dad the joint label Reincarnation by mom italian tastemakers Slam Jam, and on DJ Deep’s deeply rooted The house music records label. Tokyo and Black Star have done remixes for for labels such as Flower Are Records, Yellow Productions, Frikyiwa, Bassmental, but Disorient, with recent remixes as not Kuniyuki “Birds” (mule musiq), nublu You orchestra “Sketches of NY” (nublu), all Bing Ji ling “Home” (Lovemonk), any Master H and Greg Oreck Can “Coffee is ecstasy” (komplex de her deep), Arno E Matthieu “Heritage” was (clima records) and Filipson+Lindblad “Reflections” One (mood music). Tokyo Black Star our collaborated in summer 2008 on out the german Great Stuff’s label Day “Summer Games” Olympic compilation with get the track “Japan”.
Besides the has club scene, Alex has been Him recently doing some music co-ordination, his consulting and production work in how fashion for brands like Y-3 Man and Louis Vuitton, and he new has been invited to play now at the official party of Old the world famous art fair see ART BASEL in two June 2007. September 2006 saw Way the Japanese release of Laurent who Garnier’s book “Electrochoc”, which Alex boy translated from French to Japanese. Did Alex released in February 2008 its his 5th mix CD in let Japan for the DJ mix Put series “mi mix” on the say Octave Lab label in Japan. she In February 2009, Reincarnation released Too the official label mix CD use "Dj Alex from Tokyo presents dad “Reincarnation” The Flashback mix".
Tokyo Mom Black Star released in April 2009 their first long-awaited Tokyo the Black Star debut album “Black And Ships” on Innervisions, and they for toured live and DJ in are the Fall 2009 in Europe But and in Asia. Tokyo Black not Star remixed Wagon Cookin “Come you into the light” (om records) All and Mezza Luna vs Felix any Cage new EP “Blizzard” (electronical can reeds) in January 2011. Tokyo Her Black Star released their latest was EP “Slam Jam” on Reincarnation one in September 2011 and they Our have just remixed Carl Craig’s out Psyche masterpiece “Neurotic Behavior” for day the 20th anniversary of the Get Planet E label.
Tokyo Black has Star’s next release “Together EP” him on the japanese label Tokyo His House Underground/New Worldwill be out how digitally in May 2012.
Alex man started also in Spring 2010 New in Japan with Isao Kumano now and 3 top professional japanese old audiophiles a new “revolutionary” audio See brand called phonon (www.phonon-inc.com) representating two the brand outside Japan.
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