Songpot · Amsterdam Dance Event 2026

Tomiie plays house built on long arcs, clean drums and a lot of low-end discipline. The records around him run from dark, dubbed-out grooves to smoother, vocal-led cuts, with piano and chord work sitting just under the surface. At ADE, expect a DJ set with proper build rather than peak-hour smash-and-grab.

More about Satoshi Tomiie

He came up in the late-1980s house network around Frankie Knuckles, and his debut single "Tears" is one of the scene’s core records. He later worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto and has kept a foot in Chicago/New York house through releases on his own Abstract Architecture and labels like No.19, Kaoz Theory and Yoyaku-related imprints.

A story

He toured and played keyboard for Ryuichi Sakamoto in the early 1990s. In their own words

Playing

• 2026-10-23 22:00 · Love On The Rocks · Klaproos · hosted by Love On The Rocks
• 2026-10-25 15:00 · Berg Audio · Noorderlicht · hosted by Berg Audio

Labels

Start here

• Full Lick (1999) · SMEJ Associated Records / INCredible
  The pivot into darker, longer-form club writing.
• Tears (1989) · FFRR
  His first essential house record with Frankie Knuckles.
• Love In Traffic (2001) · INCredible
  Big, vocal-led Tomiie at full stretch.

Worked with

• Frankie Knuckles duo partner · source
• Kelli Ali featured on "Love In Traffic" · source
• Tomoki Tamura release collaborator · source

Read

• Under the gun: Satoshi Tomiie Resident Advisor, 2008
• Satoshi Tomiie dESu Resident Advisor, 2005
• Def Mix & Saw Recordings in Ibiza: Interview with Satoshi Tomiie Resident Advisor, 2005
• Satoshi Tomiie - Miami WMC Perspectives Resident Advisor, 2003
• Satoshi Tomiie - A Class Act Resident Advisor, 2002
• Satoshi Tomiie - Jam #1 Resident Advisor, 2018
• Satoshi Tomiie - 512 Jam Resident Advisor, 2017
• Satoshi Tomiie in New York Resident Advisor, 2009
• Satoshi Tomiie in Singapore Resident Advisor, 2009

For fans of

Kerri Chandler, Frankie Knuckles, Ron Trent, Hector Romero

Official links

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