all done…!! by Kota Suzuki

Karaoke / Instrumental Versions and downloadable link are available on band camp. https://2kaiproductions.bandcamp.com/album/hold-on

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DJ .Kota: Holdon - John Lennon Cover

LOBOTOMY - COCOA CIGARETTE


Produced, Written, & Arranged by Lobotomy at Kamagaya
Additional Productions at 2kai Booth, Tokyo by Lobotomy and DJ .Kota
Mixed by Lobotomy and DJ .Kota
Creative Directions by 2kai Productions


The Lobotomy new track… it's his dedication toward the legendary Miles Davis' "Blue in Green" … sounds so simple, but very deep and beautiful to me. Even he is into some ravey electro stuffs, he always looks at his origin and his own interpretation of electronic music with black music elements. - Kota Suzuki (DJ .Kota / Melting Pot)




LOBOTOMY - COCOA CIGARETTE

Kota Suzuki - acceptance

Sound from gdT / December, 2014

All Done by Kota Suzuki

This is a track about my real story. Three days ago, I went to a dentist office and then I encountered medical error. The dentist dropped 30mm needle inside of my mouth, and it fell out to my stomach through throat. I was sent to a bigger hospital, and was at operating room for a couple of hours. Fortunately, thank to nice doctor at the hospital, the needle was found and immediately removed. 
You know, this is a really big problem, and I was scared to death. This song is about my experience. When I was heading to the hospital, gamelan music was in my head. And I had to go to the hospital ASAP, because the needle might have dropped to 'the worst place.'  This experience became this track; high-speed, gamelan-taste, asian techno track.

I spent three and a half hours to create+mix+mastering this track. It's a kind of instant release, didn't realized that I release a new track under this "dot kota" identity. 

DJ .Kota - Needle in My Stomach

Originally Released in 2007. 
Melting Pot Album is downloadable at -> 
http://www.filefactory.com/file/4i0ls2nnqlmx/n/Salad_Bowl_Online_Pack.zip

Produced, Written and Arranged by Melting Pot
Recorded and Mixed by Kota Suzuki at 2kai Booth, Summer 2007. / V’s HotSpot, Summer 2007.
Kota Suzuki (Synthesizer Programming, Sound Prog, Electronics, All Instruments)
V (Additional Instruments, Sound Prog. )
Remix Productions and Mastering by Kota Suzuki at 2kai Booth, 2011 February - April.
Pro-Tools Production Assistance by bD and His Crew



This became one of the best song by me. Many people told me that they love this song, and so much surprised at. Because I was a cheesy electro house deejay then, they didn’t realize that I can write scores, arrangement, playing instruments etc... I guess I spent over a month to finish this recording. I still remember so much of this song. This song comes from “Firecracker” by Martin Denny. One night in 2007, I was playing the song on the piano. But, then, one crazy old men disturbs my time. It was such an awful moment. That’s why I tried to find how I counter his unreasonable matters. That was to play the song more harder and louder. I played it very quickly and used some dissonances. I guess I repeated playing the song over an hour. Every time I played it, I tried changing some melody lines and chords. Then, I could make an composition. This is how the thing happened. I was a bit surprised at Atsushi Degawa’s quote, “I thought it’s an homage to Kenji Ozawa’s song, included on the album.” ... I never thought of the song then, but exactly, the melody line is very close...  Ah, I need to mention that the arrangement is inspired from Van Dyke Parks. I saw his performance in July, 2007. :)
For this issue, I prepared a new version. It’s not the new interpretation nor renovation by me. The aim is to mix more accurately and reduce unnecessary noises. Never add any sounds. Never deduct any from the original multi-data. Re-mixing was extremely  difficult. The new mix was inspired so much from “A Long Vacation by Eiichi Ohtaki” , 2011 remastered edition.  (2011)


MELTING POT - THEME OF MELTING POT (2011 Remaster)

FLOYD IS MY MAN

Produced and Arranged by Kota Suzuki
Composed by __________
Recorded and Mixed by Kota Suzuki at 2kai Booth
Project Directions by Atsushi Degawa and Kota Suzuki
Special Thanks to Lobotomy (Tomoya Takano) and Makoto Shinada for his contribution and support. 

DJ .Kota (All Instruments, Strings Arrangement + Sound Programming)
Another Guy (Vocal)


DJ .KOTA - FLOYD IS MY MAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6FzKtggic


Hawaii - place of Martin Denny's exotica music, conquered paradise, Elvis Presley's movie series and some memorable gigs, surfer's Mecca...

Those are my imagination toward the place. Though I had been there many times, most past stays were with all family member (and sometimes relatives) and times we spent was so occupied at pool that I didn't have any chances to have my own time. At this stay,

1st Day: Arriving Honolulu. Hired limo for hours and went to North Shore, Izumo Taisha, Garlic Shrimp lunch, brief shopping

2nd Day: Sunday Brunch with glasses of Champagne and Cocktail. Beach and hotel pool, Going to Ala Moana center. Korean beef steak dinner.

3rd Day: insomniac situations due to jet lag etc... , Beach and Hotel pool, Ala Moana center, Italian dinner.

4th Day: Visiting Kailua and Lani Kai beach, driving around areas, Sunburn allergies, Going to Ala Moana, pretty nice Japanese dinner.

5th Day: Visiting Honolulu aquarium, walking around Waikiki area, Much shopping

6th Day: Leaving.


Hawaiian Islands are apparently conquered by Westerners and now it's a part of the United States. Paradise concept was NOT built by native Hawaiian, their everyday life was taken away and replaced to rewritten scenario and lifestyle... This is just a brief opinion of me, though some may feel so disgusting. (Sorry if you felt so, I never intend offending anybody.)  Things global companies do at Hawaii, such as Delmonte's closing pineapple plantation to pursue economic profit more made me very complicated emotions. Also, such as the newer Trump tower and housing developments designed for rich people.  Waikiki's no longer a town for Hawaiian people.

Though some bad things happened inside and outside of my body, it was very striking that I could spend days without negative information - such as post 311 issues, nuclear issues, economic issues, etc... It was the first international trip since I experienced 311. Less worry and fear toward the topics. I really enjoyed the trip and food at Hawaii. 
I will be uploading my journey video and music - "Hawaiian Mixtapes - Five Improvisational Ambients: artifact, conquer, welcome you, sunburn, and exotica" soon. More pictures can be found on my Facebook wall soon.  I hope you're gonna check the thing. 

At JAL aircraft, Kota.


DJ .KOTA - HAWAIIAN MIXTAPE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

LA FEMME CHINOISE
Composed by Yukihiro Takahashi
Original Recording by Yellow Magic Orchestra 1978.


Produced, Arranged, Performed, Mixed, Mastered…. ALL DONE by DJ .Kota - Kota Suzuki
Encouraged by Neutral Features and Fauntleroy Jones at FaceBook

System: SM-57 microphone, Prophet V2, MiniMoog V2, Moog Modular, Ableton Live, Logic Pro + Sculpture, Yamaha CLP-100, Korg MicroKey, Korg NanoPad, Korg Zero4, Waves OneKnob Louder, Waves L1 Maximizer, Cycling 74 Pluggo, Pioneer CDJ-400, DJ .Kota Beat Library taken from TR-808

DJ .Kota (Lead Vocal, Synthesizers, Keyboard, Electronics, Sound Programming, Beat Programming)


DJ DOT KOTA - La Femme Chinoise (YMO Cover)

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from Karaoke E​.​P., released 01 March 2013 
Composed and Arranged and Performed by DJ .Kota


"Inspired by DJ Koze and Caribou."

DJ .KOTA - HEAR THE ERRORS OF WORLD

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Dennis Wilson & Rambo Classic.

from Karaoke E​.​P., released 01 March 2013 
Composed by Dennis Wilson
Arranged and Performed by DJ .Kota

DJ .KOTA - LADY (DENNIS WILSON COVER)

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Velvet Underground Classic.

from Karaoke E​.​P., released 01 March 2013 
Composed by Lou Reed and John Cale 
Arranged and Performed by DJ .Kota

DJ .KOTA - SUNDAY MORNING (VELVET UNDERGROUND COVER)

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave (DJ .Kota Remix)

Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom Jobim) 
Original Arranged by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paulo Jobim, Jacques Morelenbaum
Original Track Appears on "Inedito" 1987 by Tom Jobim

Additional Productions by DJ .Kota
Arranged and Mixed by DJ .Kota
Mastered by 2kai Productions

DJ .Kota
(Synthesizers, Keyboards, Electronics, Samples, Percussion, Electric Piano, Sound Programming) 

So far DJ .Kota decided quitting "Beware of Needles" series, this new "Chef's Special" will be the new regular-basis content by him from 2kai Productions. This new regular project gives you his new 'interpretations' on every 25th… hopefully. 'Interpretations' mean the new track. Because of his busier schedule, we're still not sure that this new project will be released every month. It depends on him, completely. 
Anyway, we would like to move on about this first release. The first release from "Chef's Special" is his remix of Antonio Carlos Jobim. We're sure that many of you know Antonio Carlos Jobim as Tom Jobim. He is known as one of the most influential composers on 20th century, also as an originator of Brazilian bossa-nova music. The song "Wave" is one of the most famous composition by Jobim. DJ .Kota carefully checked all available version of "Wave" arranged and produced by Tom Jobim. His remix contains some loops from Tom Jobim's "Inedito" version which was released in 1987. 



ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM (TOM JOBIM)  - WAVE (DJ .KOTA REMIX)

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