Studio Apartment
Sound

What he plays

Two decades of house records behind him, and a set that still gets built the long way round.

Deep House

Where the catalogue starts

The records that put him on Beatport and Traxsource. Vocal-led, warm, built around singers rather than drops. King Street Sounds, Defected, Nervous.

Afro House

Where it went next

"Sun Ra Was Right" and the N.E.O.N run. Percussive, spacious, and the reason a new generation of DJs found the name.

Melodic & Progressive

Where the sets go

The territory of the Stil Vor Talent and DAYS like NIGHTS releases, and of the nights shared with Patrice Baumel, Kevin de Vries and Space Motion.

In the room

What to expect live

Built as an arc

Sets are shaped over their full length rather than assembled from peaks. Openings are used as openings.

Records, not just tracks

Two decades of vocal house sits underneath the newer material. Singers turn up where you do not expect them.

Club-first

A career anchored at WOMB rather than on festival main stages. The room is the unit of measurement.

Programmed by curators

Booked repeatedly by the people who build line-ups: WOMB, ZEROTOKYO, ZOUK, Yogibo META VALLEY, A Summer Story, Afterlife.

Masanori Morita
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