Tsuruda

Thomas Jay Tsuruda Born August 9 1991 Was Immersed In Music As Soon As He Could Read. Starting With Piano Lessons As A Child And Violin And Vocal Training Soon To Follow He Is No Stranger To Classical Training And The Self Discipline That Comes With It. Tsuruda Attended A Classical Music School From Kindergarten To 8th Grade And Spent His Childhood Experimenting With Every Instrument He Could Get His Hands On. Due To His Early Involvement With Music It Comes As No Surprise That Thomas Fell Into The World Of Producing At The Young Age Of Fifteen. With Influences Like Madlib And Flying Lotus Tsuruda's Style Is Diverse Elegant And Complex. Disregarding All Genres He Isn't Afraid To Push The Boundaries Of Electronic Bass And Hip Hop Music. His Live Sets Are Always A Unique Surprise And Have Taken Him Around North America Sharing The Stage With Some Of The Biggest Names In The Game. Tsuruda Made His Vancouver Debut With Ekali And High Klassified In May 2015 Shortly After His Legendary Sunrise Set At Emissions Music Festival With G Jones And Slow Magic. He's Also No Stranger In The Bay Area Of California Holding Down Stages With Penthouse Penthouse Sweater Beats Zeke Beats Mikos Da Gawd Woolymammoth And Many More. He's Headlined Shows And Other Festivals Such As Infrasound Across The Midwest. You Can Also Catch Tsuruda Spin Every Week At His Friday Night Weekly In Hollywood Ca At The Club Dirty Laundry. To This Day Tsuruda Is More Focused On Producing Music Than Ever. With 5 Full Length Self Releases Under His Belt And Many Other Singles On Various Labels Darker Than Wax Team Supreme Tsuruda Is Considered An "OG" By Many Of His Fans And Peers. And He Doesn't Plan On Stopping Anytime Soon. read less