grooveman Spot a.k.a DJ KOU-G

[ENBULL/Jazzy Sport/TettoryBLK / DJ・Producer]

2003年リリースしたMix Tapeで多くのフォロワーを生み出し、
12'「grooveman Spot EP」が話題を呼ぶ。
2006年 1stソロアルバム [ETERNAL DEVELOPMENT]リリース。
翌年リミックスアルバム
[RE: ETERNAL DEVELOPMENT (Gold Star, Silver Star)]をリリース。
その後、Tetorry BAD(Tettory BLK+Simbad)アルバム「Unite」、
国内外のリミックス、Tettory BLKとしての様々なプロデュースワークを手掛ける。
2009年には初のニュージーランドツアーを行い
現地ラジオ番組にも出演し大きな反響を得た。
セカンドアルバムの音源は既に発売前からGilles Peterson、
Leftooをはじめとした海外DJ達もプレイ！
世界が注目する新鋭ビートメイ カー／プロデューサーの一人。

約４年ぶりとなる待望のセカンドソロアルバム
「Change Stuations」を2010年春リリース！

Hailing from Sendai in the north-eastern Tohoku region of Japan, Grooveman Spot a.k.a DJ Kou-G caught the musical bug as a teenager, first as a hip-hop dancer and then a DJ, influenced by the likes of legendary New York mixtape DJ Funkmaster Flex and Japan's own godfather of hip-hop and b-boy breaks DJ Muro - the "King of Digging".

Inspired by Muro's homegrown hip-hop group Microphone Pager, Grooveman Spot formed the duo ENBULL in 1996 with MC U-Zipplain. Mentored by legendary Japanese DJ and beatmaker DJ Watarai and influenced by American hip-hop heavyweights Pete Rock and DJ Premier (Gangstarr), Grooveman Spot's production talents established the group and producer a strong following in their homeland. Four albums and three mini albums later, ENBULL are entrenched in the Japanese hip-hop scene, and having launched their own label Enbrain Records in 2007 are an independent force to be reckoned with. Their new album Bohemian was released in Japan on Enbrain Records in July 2009.

Having swapped beats and ideas for many years with fellow Sendai hip-hop head DJ Mitsu The Beats (producer for GAGLE), the two ended up as label mates for their eclectic, acclaimed solo albums, which were produced for Jazzy Sport and released on affiliated label PlanetGroove. On his debut album Eternal Development (2007) Grooveman Spot's solid beats were matched to international collaborations with Medaphoar a.k.a MED (Stones Throw), Capitol A, Count Bass D, Miss Jack Davey (J*Davey), Grap Luva, MC Invincible and O.C., and Japanese vocalists U-Zipplain, Hunger (GAGLE), Raythought, Mahya and Yoshika. The album and two CDs worth of remixes gained Grooveman Spot a reputation internationally as an up-and-coming Japanese producer to check for.

Grooveman Spot produced half-a-dozen of Eternal Development's tracks with Jazzy Sport founder Masaya Fantasista, teaming up as the production unit Tettory BLK. Together they produced an album for Japanese female r&b vocalist Mahya, before teaming up with London-based French producer Simbad as TettoryBad to record the album Unite in 2008 with guests vocalists including Ty, Paul Randolph and Fatima. Grooveman Spot has recently returned to solo productions, releasing the Detroit beatdown house-inspired "Neuralgia/D.D.E" 7" and the double A-side single "Two Things/Down To You" on PlanetGroove in late 2008 (the latter featuring vocalists John Robinson a.k.a Lil Sci and Musinah). and his new solo album #2 [CHANGE SITUATIONS], with a guest list including Grap Luva, Eric Rico, Kissey Asplund and more.
(Thanks to The Jewel School!)