Karafuto aka Fumiya tanaka

daedum · Post by **daedum** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:31 am

Anyone have any idea about this guy? in 2001 I caught him playing as Karafuto in tokyo, and it was one of the best minimal sets ive heard. Right in the middle he broke into some jazzy stuff (and was wondering what was up.. sounded good but a bit weird). I talked with him later and told me about his torema label. I have yet to see any of his tracks in American record stores. But i bought a mix CD in tokyo that was good. When he plays under his real name, Fumiya Tanaka, its the more hard drummy techno.. and probably the best known dj in japan.

kexie · Post by **kexie** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:15 pm

hmm...never heard..

thomasjaldemark · Post by **thomasjaldemark** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:31 pm

yeah, heard this mixcd, http://www.discogs.com/release/167985 which is really really great. you guys should check it out.

tzusing · Post by **tzusing** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:56 pm

he has stuff on tresor and also his floor people tension on torema is awesome! i like this guy a lot a lot..

jar · Post by **jar** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:16 pm

that mix CD is really good, very highly recommended!

g · Post by g » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:56 pm

normally Fumiya doesn't play what you'd call minimal. he's more dark/hard. brummie-ish.
good dj. some good productions. questionable sampling ethics.

hotpace · Post by **hotpace** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:04 pm

g wrote:normally Fumiya doesn't play what you'd call minimal. he's more dark/hard. brummie-ish.
good dj. some good productions. questionable sampling ethics.

Not any more I don't think. Heard him djing about a year ago in Leeds and he was minimal then as well. Used to be harder years ago.

daedum · Post by **daedum** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:23 am

im assuming that his two monikers are for seperate styles of music.