Hideaki Ishi (石 英明, Ishi Hideaki), commonly known as Dj Krush, was born in 1962 in Tokyo. He's a producer and DJ known for his atmospheric instrumental productions which incorporates sound elements from nature along with extensive use of jazz and soul samples. After watching the hip-hop film "Wild Style", he was inspired, bought some turntables, and started to learn the art of turntablism. In the mid-1980s, along with DJ's and emcees like DJ Muro, he formed the Krush Posse, which made numerous appearances as a group during the rest of 1980's into the 1990s and earned recognition by becoming the first DJ in Japan to perform with live musicians. For about seven years, he produced tracks and remixes for other artists such as Monday Michiru (whom was also an emcee and singer of his during sets and an instrumental force for Krush Posse) until he finally released his first album "Strictly Turntablized" in 1994 under Mo' Wax Records which is known as the first trip-hop album ever released. It contained the hit single "Kemuri" which caught the ear of well-known hip hop DJs such DJ Premier. This album was followed by his first commercial release "Krush" in 1995, which stated his presence in the scene, and he has since released eight more. He has had recording contracts with Chance Records, Ninety Nine Records, Mo' Wax (he was the first Japanese artist to join), Apollo and Sony/Columbia. He works internationally as a producer, re-mixer, DJ and recording artist, bringing the unique flavour of Japanese hip hop to the world.   Wikipedia