[KINKA PROFILE]
KINKA began his career as DJ in 1990.He also started creating his music in the late 90's
with the other Japanese fellows and they has released as acca, BWALA, KEY OF
KNOWLEDGE, MONKA. He has put lots of his pieces out on his unit's albums, singles, remix
works and the compilation albums from the the wide-ranging labels from both nationally
and internationally until today.In 2000, KINKA as KEY OF KNOWLEDGE with ZEEEKO has
released "GARDEN" which enthuse the dance floor all over Japan and it's been playing as a
tribal dance music anthem. "GARDEN" has licensed and contained with the outputs by
BLAZE and NICKODEMUS on the compilation album by Sonid Denso in Spain .In 2002,
KINKA as KEY OF KNOWLEDGE has released an album "WORLDS END GARDEN".At the
same time he worked with JUZU a.k.a MOOCHY for the other unit MONKA which has a
theme, the five elements refer to Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Wood, and has made their
pieces in line with the theme.acca with NORI (DUBSTRAKT) started in 2002 ,which is Water,
Dub and Minimal as the keywords, and has released some singles "MINAMO", "HAZE", "VAPOUR/SPRINKLE", "aquanote ep" and their album "SHOWCASE". Soon after releasing
"HAZE", they received a rush of offers for their live performance. They has launched their
shows in many parts of Japan since then, and presented a new form of the tribal music.
In 2006, KINKA has released the first solo album "BEADS" which reflected his musical
backbone. Some of the tunes included the album has been highly acclaimed by the artists,
DJs and the music writers with major exposure. At the same time the tunes has licensed by
the label both of inside and outside of Japan and they has contained on the MIX CDs and
the visual products.KINKA has maintained energetic his activities as DJ and recently performed in collaboration with the poetry reading artists, the acoustic musicians. Also
acted with BIGGA BUSH (ex ROCKERS Hi-Fi), FREDERIC GALLIANO, TERRE THAEMLITZ is
still fresh in our minds.As his future plans, he is expecting to release his new album other
than his remix and collaboration work with the artists both domestic and overseas.
[DISCOGRAPHY]
