Based in Tokyo, Aya representing Human Elements is a Drum & Bass DJ who has been active in the scene since 2010. She is known for her smooth, funky, and soulful playing style, delicate mixing, and groovy track selection. In 2016, she became a resident DJ for Human Elements, a label led by one of Japan's leading drum & bass producers, Makoto. This led to her playing  alongside artists such as Marky, Stamina MC, Logistics, and Tokyo Prose.

In recent years, she has organized "Nippachi Festival" for two consecutive years since 2022, a free festival limited to 100 people with a soundsystem brought to Miyakojima, Okinawa.
In 2023, she held a party in Tokyo inviting Genic , Frenquency, and Fuj, and also successfully performed for deviate alongside Itti and dreadmaul. 
In 2024, she produced "Yuragi," a sound and visual spatial production at SAKEBARO aoyama, where she presented her first Experimental Live set. She continues to be present and pushing sonic boundaries in various ways throughout the scene. 


TRACKLIST:

1  Blade - Sundayz    
2  Suv & DJ Die - Get on Down (Delayed Mix)    
3  DJ Suv - Suenos Different (Commix Remix)
4  Roni Size - It's Jazzy (Felix Road Mix)    
5  Unknown Artist - Westchester Circles
6  sp:mc - We Run Dis
7  Nu:Tone & Ernesto - Soul Flower
8  Velocity - Bird Theme
9  DJ Die - Autumn (Commix Remix)
10 Total Science & DJ Marky & S.P.Y - Soul Patrol (Marky & S.P.Y Super Jungle Remix)
11 Origin Unknown - Lunar Bass (Commix Remix)
12 Zero T & L-Side - Live n Direk
13 Savage Rehab & Saxxon - Rare Groove
14 Cronic & FD - Gorilla Glue
15 Fox & Sl8r - Skull & Crosses
16 Moving Fusion - Turbulence
17 FBD Project - Terminate (Nookie Remix)
18 MC Fats - Brand New Style V. I. P
19 Trash-B - Hyperdrive
20 Zero T - GDWI EP 8 Mike Morton
21 FBD Project - The Core (Madcap Remix)
22 Universal Project & Mortlock - Rollers Convention (2024 Mastered)
23 Photek - Age Of Empires
24 War & Total Science & Hydro - Denial
25 Savage Rehab - Neck Funk V. I. P
26 Velocity - Flip The Script
27 Makoto - Watercolour
28 Fierce & Zero T - In Circles
29 MC Conrad & Makoto - Golden Girl 2024


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Deviate Guest Mix 020 - Aya

A bass event series launched in 2018 by Berlin based DJ Sammy B with the concept to depart from accepted "normalisms"  in the breakbeat dance scene. The goal is to promote less known producers and DJ's, under-rated artists, FLINTA artists, and encourage diverse genre pushing sets without discrimination. 

Booking enquiries: deviatemate@gmail.com