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Originally from Tokyo, BudaMunk moved to LA in 1996 at the age of 16 and soon began his career DJing and making beats. In 2004 he established and began performing as DJ and producer for the Keentokers with MCs Joe Styles and OYG. The Keentokers soon joined forces with Live Radio and became the Soul Jugglerz and continued performances in the LA underground scene. As a producer he built together with other notable local producers and became a champion at one of the first beat battles held at the Scratch DJ Academy in LA. He returned to Tokyo in 2006 and released several projects from labels such as Jazzy Sport and Dogear Records. He was again crowned champion at an Akai sanctioned beat battle held in Tokyo and has become a positive influence in Japanese hiphop scene. He teamed up with musician mabanua to form Green Butter and continued to take more people on his sonic journey. He also created music for TV ad campaigns while still making his own music, working collaboratively with other producers, MCs, and musicians. In 2014 he released the album "Soul Quest" with his longtime brethren Joe Styles from Delicious Vinyl. In 2017 he was featured in an instrumental project "Baker's Dozen" by Fat Beats Records. Currently he has many more unannounced projects in the works.
京都出身。LAやDetroitのビートシーンに影響を受け2010年よりビートメイクに着手。あらゆるサウンドを無差別にサンプリングしながら、ドロップやSEを多様したダイナミックな展開で聴かせるビート郡は聴く者にオリジナルと呼ぶに相応しいグルーヴを体感させ、90'sHIPHOPの空気と現代エレクトロの世界を同居させたサウンドプロダクションは唯一無二。 国内外の様々なアーティストとのイベント出演、THE NORTH FACE CUPや京都市夜観光推奨企画、NikeとSOPHの共同ブランド"F.C.Real Bristol"への楽曲提供、BLUE NOTE×EPISTROPHのコンピレーションアルバムへの参加、Native Instruments社の"EXPANTION"の開発参加、国内随一のビートプログラム"Table Beats"のディレクション、Daichi YamamotoのライブDJなどをこなしながら、2020年より本格的に作品のリリースをスタートさせ、感度の高いのビートメーカーやミュージシャンにも高評価を得ている。
Born in Niigata and raised in Queens, New York, Kojoe kickstarted his career in 2007 when he contracted with a New York independent label RAWKUS. Following his participation in the compilation project "Rawkus 50 Mixtape Vol.1" ", the label soon saw its doors shuttered indefinitely, and after returning to Japan in 2009, Kojoe; blending English and Japanese, performed amongst several artists using his high-skilled rap styles. Thus, establishing a unique presence in the Japanese scene with his completely independent style. Kojoe's success continued to grow as he received overwhelming support from peers, thrusting his career forward as he released works under various names and labels and expanded his outreach through links with OLIVE OlL and Slack. November 2017 brought the release of his album titled "here". "here" demonstrated his talent as a mix engineer, earning Kojoe a feature on the cover of the magazine "Sound & Recording". In 2018, the album "2nd Childhood" was released at a remarkable speed of 9 months following the previous project. Demonstrating not only rap, but a further polished beat and production skill over his previous work as well. 2019 has already seen the launch of the new project "DemoTape". A cassette tape produced venture by Kojoe with BUPPON and ellowBucks, requiring one-shot rap and REC skills. With future works by other artists certain to be on the way. Kojoe simply does not stop pushing forward and all focus will be placed on his next move in 2019.
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