Canadian music producer and DJ Ryan Hemsworth is always on the move. He's zig-zagged across North America, Europe and Australia multiple times over the last two years, an endeavor he has said is "such a crazy luxury, but the most exhausting thing as well." His upcoming trip to Japan, however, is special.
"I'm scared and excited. This is a trip I've wanted to make for so damn long, and now it's finally happening," Hemsworth says via e-mail while on tour in Europe. "I guess I'm just going to buy every video game I can and eat sushi until I explode."
He's also got some shows to play, starting on Oct. 10 with a show at Daikanyama Unit in Tokyo. He'll then move on to Nagoya and Osaka over the weekend. Hemsworth's forthcoming tour of Japan feels like a long time in the making, as few critically embraced Western acts in recent memory have been as upfront about their love of Japanese music and pop culture. And he's turned the spotlight on smaller Japanese electronic producers.