Owner's Manual - Roland

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Profiles of Pattern Composers
B.U.S [Build Up Swing]
Okada Hideki, born in 1966, debuted in 1995 with a
Japanese house garage unit named Swell Emotion
[DOHB disk/Epic], and is a highly acclaimed creative
talent of house music.
He has signed a contract with the Paratone label, and
released an album as the solo project “B.U.S.” His work
has appeared in the radio and TV charts, and has been
praised by DJ TOMO, YO-C, DJ Shinkawa and others.
He is also active as a producer for the YO-C solo album.
He is one of the most talked-about house creators in
Japan today, partially due to his highly successful
remixes in 1998 of Debra Morgan, and the group “Every
Little Thing.”
Bjoern Bojahr
Bjoern Bojahr is a germany based young sound designer
and music producer.
He is also getting a reputation as one of the main
reviewers of the german KEYBOARDS magazine. He has
been into synthesizers for years and does lots of
multimedia-projects in his studio. He can be reached at
mail@bjoernbojahr.de
Hans-Joerg Scheffler
Born and raised in the Ruhrvalley, one of the largest
industrial areas of europe, Hans interest in noise and
rhythm came quite naturally.
Today he runs his own company Digital Audio Design
and creates patches and patterns for Roland Synthesizers
and Grooveboxes.
Visit him online at www.DigitalAudioDesign.de
HEIGO TANI
Active in the techno unit “Co-Fusion,” a collaboration
with Japan’s well-known techno DJ “DJ WADA,” and
has also released an album from Sublime Records.
MASA
Psychedelic Trance DJ / Artist
Active since the beginning of the 90’s in live and DJ
performance at parties both in and outside of Japan.
Masa has also released numerous works as a creator, and
collaborates frequently with artists around the world. He
has also been responsible for music production and
effects for commercials, events, and videos. In addition,
he created internal patterns and preset sounds for the
Roland MC-505 and 307. Listeners are captivated by his
four-dimensional sound unbound by stereotypical ideas.
Naoki “GigBag” Matsuura
Naoki began musical activity in 1983 during his
university days. As a bassist, he participated in
numerous live and studio sessions. Subsequently, he
took a break from his performance activities and began
creating MIDI data and working as a producer. At
present, he is the chairman and producer of Prest Ltd.,
which produces desktop music and other digital content.
Cappadocia Productions
Electronic sound tinkerers based in Japan.
Also active as an art performance unit named
GIGAHERTZ.
Also involved in the development of products such as
the Roland MC series.
E-mail:RXN00541@nifty.ne.jp