Yoji (DJ)

Yoji Biomehanika
Background information
Origin Kobe, Japan
Genres Hard Trance, NRG, Hard Dance, Tech Trance, Tech Dance
Years active 1990-present
Labels Hellhouse, Hellhouse Digital, dieTunes
Website

Yoji Biomehanika, also known as YOJI, Mutant DJ, Ozaka Oz, Bionico, Biomehanika and The Arcade Nation is a Japanese trance/hard trance DJ. He is characterised by his striking clothing style, manner of entertaining behind and in front of the turntables, and energetic style of music. Whilst his residency at GIGA in Japan has also given him a big following in his home country, Yoji has also played at events in countries around the world, including Southern California's Electric Daisy Carnival in front a crowd measured in the tens of thousands.[1]

Style

Yoji's style of music has changed throughout his DJ career, starting off in Trance music in the 1990s before moving into the tougher variant of Hard Trance by the start of the 2000s. He produced many Hard Trance anthems here, including his most well known tracks of "Hardstyle Disco" and "Samurai".

In 2007, Yoji dropped his 'Yoji Biomehanika' alias and changed to a new style of music with the release of "Techy Techy". Yoji calls the style Tech Dance and can be described as a mix between Hard Dance and Techno, mainly characterised by its speed, offbeat rhythms and energy. Further accentuated by Yoji's energetic performance style, Tech Dance has become a genre in its own right, with artists such as Joe-E, Vandall & Remo-con all producing this style of music. The latest releases on Yoji's Hellhouse label have been in this style of music.

Early on in 2012, Yoji announced via his Ameba blog that his Hellhouse label was being shut down to make way for a new label project entitled "dieTunes". The official site and the label itself was launched in June, with the first 3 official releases in July that same year.[2][3]

In early 2015, Yoji announced on his Ameba blog, website and other social media outlets that he was moving back to his previous alias of Yoji Biomehanika after feeling that he had drifted away from Tech Dance and back to more "big room" sounds. With a studio album in the works for release in June 2015 [4] and an artist album celebrating 25 years of his work in music, Yoji also announced a new single to be released around the same time.[5]

Discography [6][7]

Albums

Mix compilations

Singles

As Yoji Biomehanika

As Yoji (or YOJI)

As Biomehanika

As Mutant DJ

As Bionico

As The Arcade Nation

In collaboration with Romeo Toscani

As George-S with YOJI

Remixes

As Yoji Biomehanika

As Yoji Biomehanika & Romeo Toscani

As Yoji (or YOJI)

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
  2. ↑ http://ameblo.jp/yoji-hellhouse/entry-11257646548.html
  3. ↑ http://www.dietunes.net/
  4. ↑ http://ameblo.jp/yoji-hellhouse/entry-12018353748.html
  5. ↑ http://ameblo.jp/yoji-hellhouse/entry-11982197020.html
  6. ↑ http://yoji.dj/en/disc
  7. ↑ http://www.trackitdown.net/recordlabel/132624/dietunes.html
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