As part of RA2122, our ongoing celebration of 21 years of club culture, we'll be featuring some of our favourite DJs from around the world, highlighting the parties or clubs most important to their lives in dance music. 

The first time we featured DJ Nobu on the RA Podcast, over ten years ago, we called him "one of Japan's best DJs." In hindsight, i think we can all agree that the country qualifier is no longer necessary: he's one of the world's best DJs, bar none. An absolute master at curating and mixing techno, Nobu has helped to inspire a Japanese school of techno that is psychedelic, hypnotic and often very pretty, without losing the genre's oomph or edge. And he's more popular than ever around the world, playing some of the best parties and clubs in pretty much any country or city you could name.

But DJ Nobu's roots and heart are close to home. Frustrated with techno in the Japanese capitol, he created his own party in his neighbouring hometown, Chiba, where nightlife was less pretentious and the vibe was a little looser. Future Terror quickly became known as one of Japan's premiere techno parties, and paved the way not only for Nobu himself, but many other Japanese DJs who Nobu and his later partner Haruka gave the chance to shine. The party also recently celebrated its landmark 20th anniversary with its first-ever party in London.

This mix is a direct tribute and encapsulation of Future Terror, what Nobu calls a "condensed story" of the series focusing on the more outré elements at the fore—an "awareness of techno" with plenty of more leftfield tracks thrown in. What follows might be a little gentler than you'd expect from Nobu, but it's all top-tier techno mixed with an expert hand.

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RA.855 DJ Nobu

2022/09/10 -OTSUKIMI- Open Set 1st Hours

recorded Live DJ mix at THE LABYRINTH 2010.

THE LABYRINTH 2010

TASCAM DR-40

Techno Set Live Mix on Modulation Now! at Chika Ikkai 2023.04.15

2023.05.27 PARAMOUNT2023 - DJ NOCO
PM 23:00 〜 AM 1:00 DJ mix
✪ Mastering by TAAAHHH ( PARAMOUNT / OtOdashi )

2023.05.27 PARAMOUNT2023 - DJ NOCO

We released an opening set for the pre-party of  “rural” performed by KAPI, which is based at “CLUB SHAFT,” one of the most famous music clubs in the Tohoku region, and has been holding events that happen a crossover of different genres. This low-flying set of down-tempo music that included some compound time signatures and experimental sounds, gently loses your sense of time.

東北地域随一の名箱〈CLUB SHAFT〉を拠点としながら、同地域で異なったジャンルのクロスオーバーを引き起こすイベントを続けてきたKAPIによるrural前夜祭のオープニングセット。随所に散りばめられたエクスペリメンタルサウンドと変拍子も含まれた味わい深いダウンテンポが優しく時間感覚を喪失させます。

KAPI at rural 2024

If you were lucky enough to be there, DJ Maria's deep, transcendent trip likely remains etched firmly into your memories. Her legendary Saturday evening set has rightfully earned its place as a celebrated piece of Monument Festival’s history. Reflecting on her experience, she shared:

“..One of those unforgettable memories is Monument Festival. It was one of the best festivals of my life, and I am truly grateful for the opportunity to perform in such a dream-like setting..”

Dream-like is the perfect way to describe her sound. Her set was a seamless blend of techno, trance, and acid—timeless and yet completely attuned to the moment. If you weren’t there, well..today’s your lucky day. 

Take a trip back to the forest and relive the dream today.


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Monument Festival 2024: DJ MARIA.

bonnie_1st.mix

Industry Core

F. System

It is improvisational and recorded through Ableton Jam. No mastering or edit done. Hope you guys like it.

Sunday Jam

Clinger

NOCO (PARAMOUNT)
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NOCO (PARAMOUNT)

Since ’95, NOCO has been navigating the people into a state of trance with dance music.  She intricately maps out a world that dives deep down into the farthest corners of Techno and Trance.  The very essence of NOCO is the one-off experience, never playing the same set twice.  Currently, she continues her self-exploration as one of the organizers and resident DJ of the open-air party PARAMOUNT that has been running since 2013.