Shot Of Love

Age Yoshida a.k.a COM.A (pronounces same as coma). Born in england but raised in HongKong and New Jersey and now residing in Tokyo, Japan. Com.a (pronounced same as 'Coma')started ROM=PARI When he was only 18 he with his brother Joseph Nothing(planet-mu) released two critically acclaimed records of highly inventive and abstract drill and bass on the belgium label SubRosa. After two full tours with AsianDubFoundation and AudioActive, ROM=PARI broke up and Age Yoshida gave birth to his solo and started solo project under the alias COM.A (Named after a much loved japanese candy) After many compilation appearances and foundation building releases such as a split 12' on FatCat's classic split series and countless internet trading of his tracks which were also popping up on dj mixes and playlists worldwide and often featured on Skam's mysterious and seminal 'Disengage' radio shows, COM.A started his own label NOTEK REC and on January 2001,released his Debut album 'DreamAndHope' and the follow up remix album 'We are the pervert' Along with his brother joseph nothing and artists like Bisk and nobekuza takemura , com.a is one of the first and most inventive japanese electronica/idm musicians. Hailed by many as the japanese equivalent to groundbreaking uk artists like aphex twin and squarepusher, Com.a is sounding the warcry as the leader of a laptop gang all over japan which will be broadcast worldwide via Tigerbeat6.