Artist description Some say, "His shitz are totally insane." Some say, "He's got mad midi skillz..." One of his friends says, "Yeah, finally a song that I can relax and get laid to..." No matter what you hear about MIDI MASTA jointz, there's no doubt his shits are, in fact, dangerous. Experiences in various places like Japan (14 years), Malaysia (1 year) and the U.S. (6 years) had influenced his style of music. Moving around the globe from one place to another like a nomad, Kohei (MIDI MASTA) started writing and producing music for his own enjoyment when he was in San Diego, California. He started out with some cheap equipments and softwares like Midisoft Recording Session, Voyetra Orchestrator, and Yamaha XG Soundboard. In the year 1998, he gathered some of his friends from Southern California and formed, "Cyber Xs," an internet based band. In spite of the fact that they never practiced nor played live (they just recorded using Kohei's comp), some of the songs by Cyber Xs (all produced by Kohei) managed to run up to top of the charts on MP3.COM (ex: "Cyber Files" - NO.3 on Hardcore Punk Chart, "Greedy Skeleton" - NO.3 on Hardcore Punk Chart, "Turns Me On" - NO.3 on Hardcore Punk Chart, "Cyber Files (I Am Gonna Remix)" - NO.1 on Illibient Chart). Kohei is still brining strange flavored joints to the world, while attending a university in Tokyo, Japan. He recently upgraded his studio, and is working on his next album, "Look What You Made Me Do."

Music Style Techno, hip hop, rap, trance, r&b, etc.

Musical Influences People I meet. Things I see. Music I listen to.

Similar Artists none

Artist History Influenced by his family, he's been playing musical instruments since he was in kindergarten. Now at age 20, he's about to bring in something that will blow up ya ears!!

Group Members MIDI MASTA Kohei Oda

Instruments INSTRUMENTS - Novation SuperNova II Polyphonic Synthesizer Keyboard, Roland HP 2700 Digital Piano / AUDIO EQUIPMENTS - Denon Precision Audio Component/Stereo Casette Tapedeck DRS-640 (Horizontal Loading Mechanism/Dolby B-C NR HX Pro), Kenwood Compact Disc Player DP-900, Pioneer Photoelectric F.G. Servo (Turntable) / MIXER - Behringer Eurorack MX 1604A (12 track mixer) / EFFECTOR - Nikkodo Digital Processor w/Digital Key Controller Dep-2000K / MICROPHONE - Sony dynamic microphone F-PV16, Uni-Directional Mic DM-20SL / MONITOR HEADPHONE - Sony Dynamic Stereo Headphones MDR-Z600 / MONITOR SPEAKERS - KLH AUDIO Systems Model 403 A / AMPLIFIER - Kenwood Digital Integrated Amplifiere DA-1100EX (320W) / COMPUTER - PC (SPC 2000XN) - CPU Pentium m4/2GHz, RIMM 512 MB Memory, 80GB HD + 30GB HD, M-Audio Audiophile 2496, Steinberg Cubase VST 5.1, Steinberg Cubase SX, Native Instrruments Battery / MIDI INTERFACE - Edirol UM 550 USB MIDI Interface

Albums MIDI MASTA Rises, Mix Zone, Reversed, Look What You Made Me Do (Out in 2003)

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Additional Info http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Kikyo/3850/

Location Setagaya, Tokyo - Japan

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