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RECORD SHOP rare groove Special DJ Showcase : Lucas Benjamin

  • 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Friday May 01, 2026
  • PIOPIKO | Ace Hotel Kyoto
  • Ace Hotel Kyoto 245-2, Kurumayacho, Nakagyo-Ward, Kyoto
  • Free

Lucas Benjamin

Lucas Benjamin is an Amsterdam-based DJ, promoter and true musicologist. He’s part of the infamous Ghetto Funk Collective, started his own record label in 2017 called Wicked Wax, co-founded a music platform during Covid named Steppin’ Into Tomorrow and organized plenty of club nights, live concerts, documentary screenings & gives music lectures and DJ classes.
In short, a person living music in its totality.

ルーカス・ベンジャミンはアムステルダムを拠点に活動するDJであり、プロモーター、そして真の音楽学者です。彼は著名なGhetto Funk Collectiveの一員であり、2017年には自身のレーベル「Wicked Wax」を立ち上げました。さらにコロナ禍には「Steppin’ Into Tomorrow」という音楽プラットフォームを共同設立し、クラブナイトやライブコンサート、ドキュメンタリー上映の企画・運営に加え、音楽講義やDJクラスも行っています。

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