Apparel Radio show #256

BRISA

We're happy to host BRISA as the next guest of our famous Apparel Radio Show. Based in Fukuoka Japan, DJ/producer BRISA started his career in 1997 after being strongly influenced by acid jazz and house music in the 1990s. He started producing his own music in 2004 and has since released music worldwide, including in Japan, the UK, the US, Germany, France, and Italy. His work has been met with positive feedback from artists including Jazzanova, Danny Krivit, Joe Claussell, DJ Yellow, Tom Middleton, Gilles Peterson, and Lefto. BRISA released his debut album Elevation Perception on Geneon Entertainment. The album was a huge success and featured cross-genre collaborations with Monday Michiru, Paul Randolph, and more. This led to him playing at one of the biggest jazz/crossover festivals in Tokyo, the Tokyo Crossover Jazz Festival (2012). In 2013, he had a string of releases on renowned labels like Jazzy Sport, Reverse, and Best of Records. Support for these releases began at the promotional stage from artists Lefto, Simbad, Kev Beadle, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Toshio Matsuura, Cosmopolyphonic, block.fm, and more. In May 2014, he released “Rollin' / GIMMELUV” on Bandcamp and it was immediately picked up by Gilles Peterson for BBC Radio 6. His next release, “Perfect World / Speak To Me,” also received support from Lefto, Eddy Ramich, Mad Mats, and Lay-Far.