Review by ShashkinApr 20, 2001(edited over 11 years ago)
The two brothers Shuya Okino and Yoshihiro Okino are Kyoto Jazz Massive. They are well-known DJs, producers, club-runners and remixers – not only in Japan. Their future jazz blend of Jazz, Bossa, Latin and House is not a trainspotting one, they are definitely the ones of the pioneers and originators in Japan since the late Eighties. For example the club-night "Kyoto Jazz Massive" is one of a real legend! Their regular club-nights in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto exist since the early nineties, and their concept of playing old and new full spectrum sets was and still is a similar concept to regular jazz-orientated club-nights like the Mojo-Club (Hamburg), Bar Rhumba, the old Talking Loud days @ Dingwalls (London), or Into Somethin' (Munich).
They also collaborate extensively with the Jazzanova boys out of Berlin, appearing on their Remixes album and also reworking several Jazzanova tunes.
They also collaborate extensively with the Jazzanova boys out of Berlin, appearing on their Remixes album and also reworking several Jazzanova tunes.