和モノディスクガイド『和モノAtoZ』『珍盤亭娯楽師匠のレコード大喜利』『和ラダイスガラージBOOK for DJ 』の執筆、「VICE CHINA」「レコードコレクターズ」「TIME OUT東京」「装苑」等の雑誌やWEBインタビュー、TBSラジオ「伊集院光とらじおと」、CSTV 『ひらめけ！デンキッキ (ココリコ田中、でんぱ組inc夢眠、ヒャダイン、吉本芸人)』、Dommune 等のメディア出演「和ラダイスガラージ」「秘境祭」「ZIPANG2018」とんかつDJアゲ太郎公式イベント「LARD CITY VOL.2」「札幌国際芸術祭2017」「北海盆踊り2019」「THE CAMP BOOK 2018、2019 」「プロジェクトFUKUSHIMA!」「渋谷ズンチャカ！」「HAGOROMO音楽祭」「大和町八幡神社大盆踊り会」「レコードコンビニ」等のイベントやフェス日本各地で拡大している、DJ盆踊りの立役者として地域の夏祭り、盆踊りに出演。
2013年にはジェフ・ミルズ "Where Light Ends" のリミックス提供を初め、NYのBeats In Space Recordsからの"The Noughties EP"、ALTZとのスプリットシングル、Calm別名義K.F.のリミックス等を次々と発表、海外公演も数年に渡り行い、同年にはロンドンBoiler Roomに初出演も果たした。
2015年には4年ぶりにInternational Feelより新作”Obscurant”を発表。従来のアシッド／メロディックな要素を残しながら、スローモーかつポストクラシカルなアプローチを意欲的に取り入れた本作も、収録曲”A LIfe With Cralinet”はVice Magazine UKの音楽チャンネル “THUMP”の2015上半期において4位に取り上げられている。
8月には自身10年振りの、ワールドワイドではデビュー作となるアルバム “Remember The Life Is Beautiful”を発表、PitchforkやResident Advisorなど海外各メディアで賛辞を得る。
Gonno is without a doubt an integral part of the current wave of house and techno in Japan. His releases have not only appeared on reputable local labels but have also made their way humbly over to the continent.
Gonno always manages to bring an acidy and melodic flavor to his DJ and live sets while still staying true to his house and techno roots. Without fail he draws clubbers in with eclectic sounds and the lost art of storytelling behind the decks/machines.
As a result of his infectious sets he’s been playing as a DJ around the world such as UK, EU, US, China, South East Asia, India and Australia since now.
Gonno’s release “Acdise #2” on International Feel Recordings in 2011 was his break point to get wider audience, even before its release the EP had frequent play from so many DJs such as Laurent Garnier, James Holden, Francois Kevorkian, Tim Sweeney and Todd Terje, and still continues to be a phenomenal long seller. It’s no exaggeration to say “Acdise #2” is the year’s best Japanese techno tune.
In 2015 Gonno released a full-length solo album for the first time in ten years entitled “Remember The Life Is Beautiful” from Endless Flight which gained him wider recognition and appraise from international audience. His remix of Jeff Mills’ “Light Of Electric Energy” was included in Mills’ album “Where Light Ends,” and other recent works include his solo EP “The Noughties” on Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space Records, and a collaboration EP with Nick Höppner “Fantastic Planet” on Ostgut Ton.
In past 3 years from then, while he’s still been touring many countries he did some remix for the label such as Cocktail D’Amore Music and Butter Sessions etc., also collaborated with a Japanese drummer Masumura and putted their album “In Circles” in 2018 on P-vine records Japan. It sounds they focuses the new impacts between electronics and afro-jazzy drums, such like resonating South London's new vibes as Giles Peterson introduced their track on BBC Radio in UK.
In 2019 he is keeping touring arounds energetically as a DJ, amongst he suppose to play at Dekmantel Selectors Croatia, Berghain, Canada and US from summer till Autumn. On top of that, the collaboration with Nick Höppner will be coming back and their new EP on Ostgut Ton. Also his some remixes will be coming out soon.
