Name: Kenji Tanaka LIVE // Ascension Festival 2025 by Kenji Tanaka
Duration: 1 h 59 min 40 s
Description: Recording of my liveset at Ascension Festival 2025 (12pm)

*Fusion Festival - Tanzwüste Closing - Sunday 20:00-22:00*

Absolutely stunning, highly inspired, overjoyed, grateful, deeply touched and very pleased. Thank you for this wild journey and unique moments. It was incredible to have this honor.

Esshar @ Fusion Festival 2023 / Tanzwüste Closing

This was a wild and the most beautiful ride. Everything seemed like a dream.
One day before the show, I got a phone call asking if I would like to jump in to play tomorrow Saturday (29.06.24) at Fusion at the enormous and my favorite stage: Turmbühne. I couldn't believe it! My life goal was finally in front of me, with little preparation before, I improvised most of my set in front of the biggest audience I have played yet. As I am quite perfectionistic, and was super excited too, I know the transitions aren't always perfect. 

It's the love and fun that surround me while I play these tracks. I want to express my gratitude for all the support and the biggest shout out goes to all my friends, who danced with me throughout the night. I am still getting goosebumps and tears in my eyes, when listening now to the recording. Thank you! For everything. Always and forever.

Thank you for sharing this moment with me, it will forever stay in my heart.

See you hopefully next year, Mascha.

MASCHA @ Turmbühne at Fusion Festival 2024

Recording of my liveset at Ascension Festival 2025 (12pm)

Kenji Tanaka LIVE // Ascension Festival 2025


groooove & dub with me ♡ opening set, recorded at sisyphos' tunnel floor on a sunny thursday afternoon, 16-19 ♡


• LISA TBA | Sisyphos | Tunnel Opening 29.05.2025 •

Our week living at Fusion and working as stage managers for the Triebwerke stage ended with something very special: we were invited to play one of the last sets of 2025's edition of the festival at the Luftschloss stage. This served also as an unofficial closing party for the crew at Triebwerke who spent the week leading up to this working with us to make this festival a success.

Thanks to everybody for showing up monday morning and closing out this wonderful festival with such a bang. Also big thanks to the whole Triebwerke team, the Luftschloss people and last but not least Anna for trusting us with this timeslot!

Truly an unforgettable experience <3

Don't forget to follow @kowsky-music

H3VAL b2b KOWSKY @ Fusion 2025 | Luftschloss

Here is the recording of my liveset played at Coucool Festival 2025. Big thanks to Feu Folie for that amazing stage and this warm experience! And thanks to Coucool for organizing such a nice festival. The group of people you've put together for that weekend was just SWEET! <3

Kenji Tanaka LIVE // Coucool // France 2025

I had the pleasure of playing at Sisyphos on Saturday night 23.08, from 1–4am in the Hammahalle.
The energy on the dance floor was absolutely electric and I had such an amazing experience sharing those hours with you all.
Big love to everyone who came, danced, and brought their energy; it truly made the night special.

fr 22.8 - mo 25.8 ohne stop
in der blase der extase

Stallo @ Sisyphos Hammahalle 2025

I need to find the original Ableton file. 

ELTORR - DUSTY

https://soundcloud.com/user-416343128

Dein Genre/Sound?
Psychedelic Techno / Psytrance / Darkpsy

Wo kommst du her?
Berlin

Wie lange legst du schon auf?
seit 2020

Wie war dein Weg bisher?
Ich bin seit 2015 leidenschaftliche Raverin und habe schon immer ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die Künstler:innen hinter der Musik gelegt. Mich hat von Anfang an fasziniert, was DJs an den Decks erschaffen können. Irgendwann habe ich mir dann selbst Equipment für zuhause besorgt – und seitdem verbringe ich regelmäßig stundenlange Sessions damit, neue Sounds auszuprobieren.
Mein erster richtiger Auftritt war das Opening Set auf dem Hochzeitsrave sehr guter Freunde – ein unvergesslicher Moment. Danach kam die erste Podcast-Anfrage, und Set um Set habe ich zu meinem eigenen Sound gefunden. Angefangen habe ich mit klassischem Techno, inzwischen liebe ich die Fusion aus verschiedenen Subgenres von Techno und Psytrance und baue mir so meine eigenen kleinen Soundwelten. Am liebsten spiele ich auf kleineren, privaten Raves von Freund:innen, wo die Stimmung familiär und frei ist.

Was ist dir an einem Safespace wichtig?
Ein Safespace bedeutet für mich, dass jede Person sie selbst sein darf, ohne bewertet oder übergangen zu werden. Mir ist wichtig, dass wir aufmerksam miteinander umgehen, die Grenzen anderer respektieren und unsere eigenen klar benennen können.

Möchtest du gerne der Welt noch was sagen oder mitgeben?
Seid nett zueinander - du weißt nie welchen Sturm jemand gerade durchlebt.

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Geometrix

IMPROVISED LIVE TECHNO
Psychedelic / Groove / Techno
Berlin | Germany


If you love techno, you can't vote right. On a real techno floor, you can be free no matter who you are, if you respect the freedom of all others. Right politics stand for the opposite. if you want this culture to sustain, please get informed and stand up against this oppression.  
So FCK AFD! and be loud against all the populist, right-wing parties around the globe.  They promise you a better future, but history can teach you better. <3

🌎 Booking & Contact:
Kenji.Tanaka@loft.contact

View, Watch, Listen:
www.instagram.com/kenji_tanaka_official
www.youtube.com/@KenjiTanaka_LIVE
www.kenjitanaka.bandcamp.com

My Family: "BonkerSquad"
👉www.soundcloud.com/maldaneben
👉www.soundcloud.com/vaianamusic
👉www.instagram.com/bonkersquadberlin

Meet me here 2025:
01.03.25 BonkerSquad Salöön Berlin
06.04.25 Sisyphos Berlin
16.05.25 Rosa Greifswald
17.05.25 Secret Rave
24.05.25 Choose Jonny Knüppel Berlin
31.05.25 Accension Festival
27.06.25 Fusion Festival Tanzwüste
26.07.25 Coucool Festival France
03.08.25 Garbicz Festival Poland
16.08.25 Compact Madnass Festival Germany
22.08.25 Entropie Festival Germany
27.09.25 Exit Hamburg
11.10.25 Monopol Basement
18.10.25 Südpol Hamburg
02.11.25 Sisyphos Berlin
21.11.25 Jonny Knüppel Berlin
06.12.25 tba Rostock 


My approach to my music: 
I love loopy and trippy techno. When dancing, I love to let go of everything around me and enter into a deeper dialogue with myself. At this stage, I am 100% in tune with myself. This works for me when the groove drives me and the elements I hear are interesting but not too intrusive. That's exactly what I love to create on the floor.

To achieve this and also to create the necessary element of surprise, I combine different loops randomly and blindly. Since I never know exactly what will happen, I am also surprised and inspired by it. 

If you want to see how it works check out my youtube channel. www.youtube.com/@KenjiTanaka_Official




My instruments:
-Drums (TR8S)
-Bass (Modular)
-Rumble Bass (TR8S)
-Atmos (Fieldrecorder, Drumrack, Ableton)
-Synth 1 (MicroMonsta 2)
-Synth 2 (Polysix VST, Ableton)
-Vocal Samples (Ableton)
-Misc Samples (TR8S)


More nerdy Information:
For each of these instruments, I have prepared about 30 different loops, most of them 1 bar long.
Using the Streamdeck and a self-built ‘Max for Live Tool’, I can select a completely random loop for each instrument with the push of a button. The tonality can be set. To make sure it’s not completely random, I can choose between different categories, such as chords/arpeggiator.
I can control the complexity of the loop using controls.

All instruments run through Ableton (RME Fireface UCXii). With the help of ‘Launchcontrol’ and 2x ‘Midifighter Twister’, I can control all the parameters that are important to me. Filters, reverb, random delay and pitch effects glue everything together.

When playing, I rely on my intuition. I can sense what should happen 2-4 bars in advance. If I feel like I want to hear a new chord pattern, I press a button and let myself be surprised. If I like it, I develop it further. If I don’t like it, I move on.

Since the whole structure is improvised, I am correspondingly excited before the gigs. Because almost nothing can be planned in advance. My biggest clue is whether I dance. If I get myself to move and get lost, I am happy with what happens.

Kenji Tanaka LIVE // Ascension Festival 2025

Kenji Tanaka

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