Musician and DJ Career
In an interview with the Straits Times on Razor.tv, Saito revealed that his moniker was an amalgram created by combining the Japanese state nagasaki as a fictional surname with the family name of Saitō Hajime (Rurouni Kenshin) as a first name. He allegedly came up with the name as both a means of masquerading as a ethnic Japanese to rebrand himself and gain more show opportunities while in Australia. Saito originally used the moniker "DJ Renegade" initially before switching to the present Japanese pseudonym.
DJ Residencies
| Year | Event Name | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Radium Labs | Gilkisons Dance Studio | Australia |
| 2003 | The Haven | Old Brizzy Bar | Australia |
| 2004 | The Adrenalin Experiment | Big Apple Club and Bar | Australia |
| 2006 | Ghast | Gashaus | Singapore |
| 2006–2007 | Heart of Darkness | Gashaus | Singapore |
| 2007–2008 | Alternation | DXO | Singapore |
| 2008 | Dark Friday | LEGENDS @ Orchard | Singapore |
| 2009 | Dark Friday | Night and Day Bar | Singapore |
Saito formed a now-defunct Electronic Body Music/Futurepop outfit Divine9 with Chad Zarkk Ostrowski (guitarist and vocalist) and Glenn William Wallace (bassist) in Perth, that failed to achieve much success. The band failed to pass the first leg of the 2005 "Next Big Thing" band competition. Chad left the band due to a no-show at the competition date and Shane Ross was an emergency stand-in vocalist. The band would undergo a line-up change, adding members of Perth Cover band Airbag (band); Shane Ross (Vocalist), Steve Balaban (Guitarist) and Tim Fikas (Drummer). Nagasaki brought the new Divine9 on a promotional tour in Singapore for the December of 2005, playing at Home Club (2005-12-22), IJ Studio (2005-12-23) and a newly opened Gashaus (2005-12-24). During Flow!, Saito brought Divine9 over again as the headlining act for the festival on the main stage of Ministry of Sound Singapore, this time replacing Steve with Shannon Noll's guitarist Leigh Siragusa.
Saito was ultimately more successful with solo Disc Jockey work, with notable performances such as opening for Sheep on Drugs (2003-07-05 at The Rosemount Hotel, Perth), Interlace (Sweden) on 2006-03-30 at Home Club, Singapore during their phoenix Tour, Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot (2007-09-20 at DXO during Alternation, Singapore), DJ Panic (Pure Industrial, UK), resident DJ of the world's longest-running Goth Nightclub, Slimelight at Bridge Bar on 2008-09-05 as well as a back-to-back ("Versus set") set with Eskil Simonsson, frontman of Covenant (band) (Sweden) on 2008-10-03 at Dark Friday and opening for Angelspit's Zoog and DestroyX on 2009-12-05
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