dj Smiley Mike was the name given to me by the late 90s underground trance scene in and around Vancouver. By the time I started to DJ in '94, I had already been frequenting Vancouver's underground warehouse parties for a few years. Just as it was back then, I have a fierce passion for electronic music and especially trance.

In the mid-to-late 90s I became involved with a group loosely known as The Spirit Circle, DJing at various underground parties and outdoor gatherings, many of which were set up in the forests around Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. My musical taste covered a broad range of trance, but my favourite style is still that middle ground where driving hard, acid-lined trance meets with epic breakdowns and builds. 

After first DJing for CiTR in 1994, I returned in 2001 to launch Trancendance, my own weekly radio show dedicated entirely to trance. The show is unique in that it still broadcasts live over FM airwaves, in addition to Internet stream and podcast. Now in its 17th year, listenership has spread internationally with a community of over 49,000 fans and large followings in Mexico, India, Europe and South America. 

Today, I play mainly progressive and full on psytrance. My music library has gone digital, but I still play on Technics 1200s with vinyl control records. I attack every mix as though it were a live mashup, constantly creating new sounds with the help of live effects and samples. 

http://www.facebook.com/djsmileymike
http://trancendance.net/

Likes music, stories, tea, and has many dreams.

Draws comics.

Kenichiro Nishihara 

Composer / Arranger / Producer

Representative, Music Level Production “UNPRIVATE ACOUSTICS” (UNPRIVATE Corp.)

Since 1996, he has arranged, composed and produced music in a wide range of genres, centering on fashion.  In 2008, he released his first album, “Humming Jazz,” and in 2010 his second, “LIFE.”
He has collaborated with the Folklove series and corporate brands, as well as shown his capabilities in a wide range of productions and projects, including producing compilations of musical pieces and artists.

Based on dance music, his smooth, jazzy sounds of comfort and sense of melody featuring the piano have been a strong influence not only in Japan, but all around the world, with many of his works succeeding on the hit charts.
With the start of his new project, “ESNO,” in 2012, he is in pursuit of the potentials in new music that cannot be defined by genre.
His first ESNO album, “Visionary,” was released in September 2012.



西原 健一郎 （Kenichiro Nishihara）

作曲家・選曲家・プロデューサー

音楽レーベル・プロダクション "UNPRIVATE ACOUSTICS" （アンプライベート株式会社）代表

1996年よりファッションを中心に幅広い分野の音楽で選曲・作曲・プロデュースを手掛け、
2008年には1stアルバム 「Humming Jazz」、 2010年には2ndアルバム 「LIFE」 を発表。
Folkloveシリーズや企業ブランドとのタイアップ企画、
またコンピレーションへの楽曲提供やアーティストのプロデュースなど多岐にわたる作品・プロジェクトで手腕を振るっている。

ダンスミュージックを基調とし、心地よさを追求したジャジーでスムースなサウンド、
ピアノをフィーチャーしたメロディーセンスは日本国内のみならず世界的に強く支持され、多くの作品がヒットチャートをにぎわせている。
2012年には新プロジェクト" ESNO "をスタートさせるなど、ジャンルにとらわれない新たな音楽の可能性を追求している。
2012年9月 最新作 ESNOの1stアルバム「Visionary」 を発表した。


http://unprivate.jp/
http://unprivate.jp/archives/90

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