Matthew "MZA" Sekiya: Transcending Beats and Boundaries

Born in Saitama, Japan, but having grown up in Singapore, Matthew "MZA" Sekiya has built a life immersed in music. MZA is a beatmaker, a DJ, a record label founder, a radio show host on HKCR, and a big part of the Japanese jazz blog ZŪJAGO. All of this is in addition to his day job as a vinyl and music lifestyle manager. While MZA's style initially paid homage to early 90s to 2000s American hip hop, Japanese rap, and downtempo, it has evolved over the years to include elements of house, techno, reggae, hardcore and jungle.

In this episode, Matthew reveals an interesting tidbit about his label roster. Discover how he finds creative freedom by using aliases to distinguish his music projects. James and Matthew delve into his label, Yen Disco Soundsystem and discuss the driving forces that motivate him to keep pushing forward while juggling different roles. Matthew shares how he continues to find musical inspiration in vintage Japanese gear and instruments. The expanse of Matthew’s craft has no bounds to genre or space, but he continues to explore his roots in Singaporean culture as well as Japanese heritage in the process.

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