DJ SHO-HEY(OCTAGON/The garden/KBJ)
OCTAGON web http://www.octagon.sakura.ne.jp/
The garden web http://www.kbj.saloon.jp/kbj/index.html
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/djshohey
Sho-hey is one of the most popular DJs around Tokyo. In his youth, he was a bass player and performed in various live houses in the city. After his live music career, he gained interest in electronic music and started out as a DJ in the electro scene. Since then, he has played in several Tokyo clubs andoutside parties. He has also started his own party called [Octagon] , which has been gaining popularity since its foundation in 2001.
The Octagon party is an original kind of event which creates an exhange between fineart musicians and designers. The venue for the parties has changed to the Obi lounge on the 1st floor in the infamous club WOMB in Shibuya and takes place once every two months. The Ocatagon party has sucessfully brought together original artists and real lovers of dance music. Recently, Sho-Hey has formed [the Garden] organization. One of the goals of the organization is to bring in local Djs from Japan to promote the dance music scene from within the Japanese society.
Sho-Hey`s DJ style represents his wide range of house music, original mixes and inteligent combination of music that creates an underlying story understood by Djs and other artists. Sho-Hey has had a constant music career in Japan and continues to play in famous clubs like WOMB, YELLOW, AIR, ageHa, and collaborates with top artists such as MARCUS(MINILOGUE), DOMINIK EURBERG (TRAUM), Randall Jones(mynt music), and Ko Kimura. Sho-Hey remains as the backbone of the dance music scene in Tokyo.