Locus has been active since 2008.

Prior to the group's formation Astro(MC/Vocal) was associated with hip-hop/rap culture heavily influenced by his little brother and his former collaborative group of artists called the Dirtyneez, which included members located in Detroit, Ann Arbor, North Carolina, Atlanta, and Tokyo.
After working as a MC and producing a few tracks for his first duo No Future, which disbanded after his partner departed the country to pursue his dream, Astro forms a MC duo with his kid brother, DNA. Over a few years of playing shows and meeting the greats like Chance, Baatin, Miss Corona, Yoshi, Black Milk, Elzhi, Spier1200, he became aware that he needed to grow his skill as a rapper and an entertainer. Astro was looking to change his game. That is when Astro approached Ajekt and QP.

Ajekt (DJ/Programming), who was a Nine-Inch-Nail-listening-Weezer-covering-Rivers-Cuomo-wannabe throughout high school days, came to the US for college to study audio engineering in Miami, FL. During the 4 years of living in subtropical South Florida he developed his eclectic musical taste through deejaying at college radio station, where tracks from DFA, Domino, 4AD, Ninja Tune, Warp and Thrill Jockey were on heavy rotation, and spinning 12-inch UK Breaks/Tech House vinyls at house parties. After moving to Michigan due to job transfer, he joined a J-Pop cover band, where he met QP as a band member and also met Astro when the band had its first performance.
While he enjoyed playing mainstream Japanese music that he never expected to learn, he gradually realized his true passion towards electronic music. When the cover band broke up, he got an urge for creating his own music at least once in a lifetime (Yes. He is also a huge fan of Talking Heads!) and asked Astro and QP to work on a project combining rap and electronic music, somewhat reflecting the musical culture of Detroit and the diverse musical influences of the three artists.

QP(bass/programmer)
His music carrier started back in 1999 when he joined/co-founded a rock band called “JAM2” in Tennessee. Even though they were just a young novice band, they were booked to play at a local music festival and attracted large crowd of passionate rock fans. They left the stage with an massive impression. Moving back in Tokyo, Japan,  he formed a new band called "Rock On". The band performed at several well-known live music venues in Tokyo as the bands gained a reputation and many fans through word of mouth among their community. However, QP felt unmotivated with the tepid environment in Japan. He was eager to expose his passion in a challenging yet inspirational situation, then  he decided to move to Detroit to fulfill his desire. As he grew his roots to the state of Michigan, he formed a band with local talents called "Hoola-Hoop", another success. Around the same time he started recording and producing music for fellow artists through which he met Astro. He has also spent considerable time contributing to his community by organizing annual local music festival and volunteering as a sound engineer for many events. After Hoola-Hoop had to disband due to key band mates' departures from Michigan, he joined another band where he met Ajekt.

Then....
Locus was born.
A collective mind of musicians with different musical background searching for our own unique sound through trial and error, we have put out various types of music, now creating more danceable tunes and setting fire on the dance floor. Experimenting with sounds and collaborating with artists who specialize in their own genres of music. We have had many chances to work with talented artists, sharing passion and love for music, yet we are still on our journey to create something extraordinary and new to the listeners. We are trying to establish fan base in metro Detroit area, Japan, and wherever the Internet can take our materials to;) The bands music is heavily influenced by hop-hop, rock, electronic music, pop, j-pop. The mask represents our alter ego, separating ourselves from their daily life to portray a character more fitted to the image of Locus and our songs. The purpose of our mask originally was to have an edge and mysteriousness to appearance on stage, as well as to hide our faces to have the audience hear and feel the music rather than focusing on who we are as an individual. We also want to send out a message that we all in some way are wearing a mask everyday trying to fit in to our own community, a facade, a front...etc.
We just want to say that out loud by physically wearing a mask and making it obvious.

Locus met Aya Higuchi, the most recent featuring artist, through Astro's daytime job a few years ago as his client. Last year, Locus created a demo track of "Original Message", a song in Japanese to send a goodbye /thank you/good luck message to all our friends and family who have left this State to pursue their dreams, recomposing the classical masterpiece "Canon in D" by Pachelbel. Aya heard it and we started talking about collaborating our talents.

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