DJ Krush live in concert.
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DJ Krush

7
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

74
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Critic Consensus

Based on 7 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that DJ Krush is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with decent shows overall. DJ Krush concert reviews describe live shows and performances as abstract and ambient.

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Star Trip Hop (feat. M.caroselli) (9 August 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
Tokyo, Japan (7/29/1962)
Bio
DJ Krush (Hideaki Ishii) was born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. Gifted producer & DJ with a superb sense in mixing and composing his sound who's been greatly received in the international club scene.
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Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

January 16, 2016
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The crowd who gathered at the Woolly Mammoth (14 Jan) showed there is still an appreciation for turntablism, with Japanese trip-hop pioneer DJ Krush the headline act.

Exclaim (Canada)

November 1, 2004
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Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, Canada

Exclaim (Canada)

March 1, 2003
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The Godfather of abstract hip-hop still has some tricks left up his sleeve and a large Sunday night crowd greeted his every sonic twitch with resounding approval.

SF Weekly (USA)

February 3, 2010
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DJ Krush Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 Mighty Better Than: Staying home to watch Blade. DJ Krush came all the way from Japan and all he got was the caprice of San Francisco's fans. The pioneering figure in Japanese hip-hop, Krush is now nearly 50. Last night he spun out ambient noise patterns and samples that

The 405 (UK)

October 8, 2009
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London, UK

The Georgia Straight (Canada)

October 7, 2004
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Krush is the godfather of abstract hip-hop, a producer whose penchant for meditative rhythms and sinister atmospheres gave rise to such artists as DJ Shadow, El-P, and their legion of descendants.

Soundvenue (Denmark)

July 2, 2004
67
%
Copenhagen, Denmark

Past critic reviews published in

The Scotsman (Scotland), Buzz Magazine (UK), Birmingham Live (UK), The Guardian (UK), Americana (UK) and more

Image Credit

Jhayne [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons