RAHA (Beat In Me, Ooooze / Tokyo, Jp)

1. Who is Raha?

Promoter and DJ based in Tokyo. He finds his way in music in a minimal, techno and deep house scene. He is also an organiser of event called "Beat In Me" that brings to Tokyo Romanian DJs like Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu.

2. How did you start to spin records?

I had been organizing a party since long time and one day I felt that I want to make people dance with my own DJ sets.

3. 5 records that had strongest influence on you.

There are many o them, some of them even from 20 years ago.

・Sade - Cherish The Day

・Lalah Hathaway featuring Mop Top Crew - Baby Don't Cry (PV)

・D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

・Donny Hathaway - What's Going On

・WAR - GALAXY

・GRANDMASTER FLASH - They Said It Couldn't Be Done

・EPMD - SO wha cha sayin'

・all the records of James Brown

4. 5 favourite record stores.

・Technique

・Space Hall

・Freebase

・Misbits

5. 5 artists that inspire you the most.

・Petre Inspirescu

・Rhadoo

・Ricardo Villalobos

・Fumiya Tanaka

・Praslesh

・Premiesku

6. 5 record labels that you admire.

・[a:rpia:r]

・Understand

・All Inn Black

・U-More

・Sylphe

・RAL

・Perlon

・UGold Series

・Yojik-ConCon