Yoji, often styled as YOJI according to official publications, (formerly known as Yoji Biomehanika with aliases such as Mutant DJ, Ozaka Oz, Bionico, Biomehanika and The Arcade Nation) is a Japanese trance

Trance music

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/hard trance

Hard trance

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 DJ. He is characterised by his striking clothing style, manner of entertaining behind and in front of the turntables, and style which he calls "Tech Dance". His residency at Giga in Japan has also given him a big following in his home country. Yoji has also played at events in the US, including Southern California's Electric Daisy Carnival

Electric Daisy Carnival

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 in front a crowd measured in the tens of thousands.

Style

Yoji's style of music has changed throughout his DJ career, starting off in Trance music in the 1990s before moving into the tougher variant of Hard Trance by the start of the 2000s. He produced many Hard Trance anthems here, including his most well known tracks of "Hardstyle Disco" and "Samurai".

In 2007, Yoji dropped his previous 'Yoji Biomehanika' alias and changed to his current style with the release of "Techy Techy". Yoji calls the style Tech Dance and can be described as a mix between Hard Dance and Techno, mainly characterised by its speed, offbeat rhythms and energy. Further accentuated by Yoji's energetic performance style, Tech Dance has become a genre in its own right, with artists such as Joe-E, Vandall & Remo-con all producing this style of music. The latest releases on Yoji's Hellhouse label have been in this style of music.

Albums

• Technicolor NRG Show (2001)
• Greatest Works (2002)
• Tales From the Big Room (2004)
• X Years of Hellhouse (2010)

Mix compilations

• Vible 03
• Vible 01
• Tech Dance Euphoria
• The Future of Hard Dance 1 & 2
• Music for the Harder Generation Volume 2
• Goodgreef: Album 3 (CD2 only)
• Pharmacy Vol. 4 - Reign in Blood

As Yoji (or YOJI)

• Love Is All
• More Than Rave
• Sandwich
• Surrender
• Don't Wake Me From The Dream (2010 Summer Edition)
• Don't Wake Me From The Dream
• From Flower To Flower
• Airport
• Techy Techy

As Biomehanika

• Fade To White
• The Key (exclusive track sold after the Japanese earthquake of March 2011)

As Yoji Biomehanika

• Real Nightmare
• Go Mad
• Do The Nasty (VS Lab4)
• Seduction
• Anastasia
• Crash Boom Bang
• Look @ The Heaven
• Ding A Ling
• A Theme From Banginglobe
• Hardstyle Disco
• Never End
• Rain
• Samurai
• Monochroma

As Mutant DJ

• Hardhouse Raver
• B-Raver
• Amsterdam Waar Lech Dat Dan? (Remix of Euromasters - Amsterdam Waar Lech Dat Dan)

In collaboration with Romeo Toscani

• R&R
• Wanna Fuckin' Dance?
• Six Hours
• Acid Spunk
• Vulcania (Yoji Biomehanika & Romeo Toscani Remix) - Dave 202
• Blackout (Yoji Biomehanika & Romeo Toscani Remix) - Dark By Design
• Acid Flash (Yoji Biomehnaika & Romeo Toscani Remix) - A*S*Y*S*

Remixes

• Organ Donors - Cutting Edge (Yoji's Tech Dance Retouched Ver.) (to be released, shown on Vible 03)
• Organ Donors - Makes Girlies Wet (Yoji's Tech Dance Retouched Ver.) (to be released, shown on Vible 03)
• As If In A Dream (Biomehanika Rework) - Night Liberator
• Theme Of Arcade Nation (Yoji Remix) - The Arcade Nation
• Eternal (Yoji Remix) - Eternal Rhythm
• Talkin' Talkin' (Yoji's Hoover Added Edit) - George-S
• Purity (Yoji's Tech Dance Remix) - Joey V
• Concentrate (Yoji Rework) - Night Liberator
• G-Sigh (Yoji Remix) - Remo-con
• Game (Yoji's 140Bpm Tech-dance Re-rub) - Ayumi Hamasaki
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
  
  
• Game (Yoji's Vocal Remix) - Ayumi Hamasaki
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
  
  
• Game (Yoji's Instrumental Remix) - Ayumi Hamasaki
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
  
  
• Existence (Yoji Remix) - Scott Attrill
• Time to Time 2007 (Yoji Remix) - Atomizer
• Dark Angel (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Blutonium Boy
• Concept Of Love (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Lab4
• The Philosophy Of Religion (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Nish
• Get Up Get Down (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Eurotrash
• Wildstyle Generation (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Trance Generators
• X Bass (Yoji Biomehanika With Mc Magika
  MC Magika
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   Hardstyle Remix)- IK
• Hands Up (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Arome
• Fire On The Moon (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Chris C
• Till Tears Do Us Part (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Heavens Cry
• Ligaya (Yoji Biomehanika Remix) - Gouryella
• Iguana (A Different Starting Mix/Yoji Biomehanika Hellhouse Remix) - Mauro Picotto

External links

• HellHouse Recordings
• Official Radio Show
• Yoji Biomehanika discography at Discogs
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