Kabuki aka Jan Hennig belongs to the most experienced German drum 'n' bass DJs. He founded the Precision Breakbeat Research label together with his partner Mainframe and also manages the label Spectrum Works to offer us musical experiments below the drum 'n' bass speed limit. Kabuki began his curriculum in music as a student on classical guitar at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt. He also studied jazz theory, aural training and composition at the American Institute of Music in Vienna, the European version of the famous Hollywood Musician's Institute. Travelling between Germany and Japan on a regular basis, Kabuki used to work as a sound designer for Sony Playstation and widened his range of interest by producing people like Vikter Duplaix or Cleveland Watkiss, released on labels like Sonar Kollektiv or Reinforced and last but not least his remixes for various artists like Sabrina Setlur or Rocker's Hi-Fi. The name Kabuki, by the way, is Japanese for a classical theatre genre. The single syllables of the word also have their own signification and symbolise music, dance and technique, all words that have something to do with the job of a DJ. And that is what this man is first and foremost. And a brilliant one we may add.
Click to watch the video of the artist's lecture session at the Red Bull Music Academy.
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