Max Essa
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Biografía
- Originally from the U.K, Max lives and works in Japan as a DJ and producer for labels such as Is It Balearic? Recordings, Razor N Tape, Hell Yeah! Recordings and Jansen Jardin.Max Essa has been active as a DJ and producer since the early 90s, initially releasing music on labels including Warp Records and Paperecordings and DJing alongside the infamous D.i.Y Sound System. His later work, for labels like Is It Balearic? Recordings, went on to be play-listed by legends such as Andrew Weatherall and David Mancuso, gaining him a devoted following and DJ bookings around the world. Albums for the Japanese major label, Victor Entertainment ('Vacations Never Taken' 2015) and Music For Dreams ('Lanterns' 2018), plus EPs for the Italian label, Hell Yeah! Recordings and a constant stream of remixes for labels like Compost, Ubiquity, Faze Action and Leng, have shown him to be a deeply imaginative and prolific producer. Since 2008 he has been based in Japan where he plays regularly at clubs and events around the country, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. From 2010 - 2023 he was a resident DJ at the Lone Star parties, and later the Zim Zam Zu! events at the legendary, Bar Bonobo and for over a decade has been a resident at the ever popular, Aoyama Tunnel in Tokyo.̸2024 Max Essa - Washoe Zephyr EP (Is It Balearic? Recordings) Max Essa & Eddie C - We Live In The Hills EP (Razor N Tape) Arno E. Mathieu - Temps Libre (Max Essa Remix) (Compost Records) Jona Jeffries - Es Camp (Max Essa Romantic Break Mix) (Apersonal Music) 2023 Canebrake - Major Barbara (Max Essa Remix) (Palms & Charms) Dr Bronzer - Wet Dreams (Max Essa Remix) (Is It Balearic? Recordings) Kito Jempere - Closing Shift At The Jazz Cafe feat. Jimi Tenor, Starving Yet Full, Ÿorik (Max Essa Remix) (Kito Jempere Records) Ron Mochi & DJ Agos - Jog Day Afternoon/Marsella 25 (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Lipp Nyemann & Oja Hendryks - Upslope Daytime (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Bang Bang Ritual - Big Galletta (Whyte Rabbit Dub) (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) 2022 Max Essa - Fingers & Thumbs/I Can't Sleep (Original Dub Version) (Jansen Jardin) Tigerbalm - Kete (Max Essa Dub Remix) (Ubiquity) Bang Bang Ritual - Dark Afternoon/Wave 2 The Rhythm (Dub Version) (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Minus Yogis - Bubble Strokin' (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Minus Yogis - Sanctuary Alicante (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) 2021 Max Essa - Jules Y Cynthia/Jigsaw Moon (Is It Balearic? Recordings) Max Essa - Miró In The Bathroom LP (Jansen Jardin) Max Essa - Painting of The Day EP (Balearic Ensemble) Minus Yogis - Posing In Western Style (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Kito Jempere, Jimi Tenor, Minako Sasajima - 思考気雲 (Max Essa Remix) (Kito Jempere Records) Coyote - Ranura De Marihuana (Max Essa Remix) (Is It Balearic? Recordings) Rasmus Faber X David Harks - Never Enough (Max Essa Remixes) (Paper Recordings) The Vendetta Suite - Neon Secrets (Max Essa Remix) (Hell Yeah Recordings) 2020 Max Essa - The Great Adventure EP (Hell Yeah! Recordings) Max Essa - Black Market Launderette/The Cowboy Rembrandt (Jansen Jardin) Max Essa - Magic (Jansen Jardin) Okinawa Delays & Max Essa - I Can't Sleep (Archipelago Records) Bang Bang Ritual - Can't Go On Without Ya (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Oto No Wa: Selected Sounds of Japan 1988 - 2018 (Compiler) (Music For Dreams) 2019 Max Essa - Barkhan Dunes EP (Palms & Charms) Max Essa - Play Stops Rain (Dream Chimney) Private Agenda - Aura (Max Essa Remix) (Lo Recordings) Minus Yogis - Starboard Dancer (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Natural Hugh - Bare Groove Parts 1 & 2 (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Blue Moon Athletic - Faded Memories of The Milky Way (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Oja Hendryks - Practical Navigator EP (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) 2018 Max Essa - Lanterns LP (Music For Dreams) Max Essa - Han Zon Roc (Midori Coup) (Hell Yeah! Recordings) Max Essa - Themes From The Hood, The Cad & The Lovely (Deconstructed By Balearic Demand) (Hell Yeah! Recordings) Minus Yogis - Long Shore Yellow (Producer) (Jansen Jardin) Karel Arbus & Eiji Takamatsu - Mizugumi (Max Essa Remix) (Jansen Jardin) Kito Jempere - Ampa (Max Essa Remix & Dub) (Hell Yeah! Recordings) Joe Morris - Cloud Nine (Max Essa Remix) (Wonder Stories) Sth Notional - Beyond The Outside (Max Essa Remix) (Archeo Recordings) Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - 100 Fevers (Max Essa Remix) (Peace & Rhythm)
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