Akio Nagase has been played on NTS shows including Channeling w/ Ivan Smagghe & Nathan Gregory Wilkins, with This Is Dub (Acid Power Mix) first played on 3 September 2019.

Akio Nagase is a DJ / Producer, born in Osaka, Japan. He started making music in 1995. In 1999, he started his own party Makedub with Atsuko Masumoto at Namba Rockets in order to present a wide range of dance music that is not limited by existing genres, while maintaining a focus on Dub, Techno and Acid House. He has invited many DJs and artists from Japan and abroad such as DJ Kensei and Luke Vibert. At the same time, he also produces music, and has released many works from domestic labels such as Sound-Channel and Rudiments. He has participated in compilations of SF Recordings and Part2Style, which he runs under the direction of SoulFire, and has also provided numerous tracks for the domestic reggae and DUB scene, including remixes of Green Green Green. As a Dj, he has played with Carl Craig, Mad Professor, Basic Chnnel, Depth Charge, TheOrb, Zion Train, Damon Wild, Stive Bicknell, Pole, Deadbeat, and many more artists across genres. He plays. He has been active as SOUND ON SOUND, a minimal techno based band, as well as a buyer for Makedub Records, which deals in used club music records,

In 2018, he released his "Delusion EP" on Chillmountain Records, hosted by Dj Gr○un Dirt, and in 2019, his "Like A Acid House EP In the same year, Nicola Cruz played on Boilerroom's "Like A Acid House EP" on the last tune of the album, VIETNAM ACID. That same year, Nicola Cruz played the final tune on Boilerroom's VIETNAM ACID from the "Like A Acid House EP" and He has also remixed Nicola Cruz's remix album "Siku Reworks" as a remixer.

In 2020, Funk Bast*rd will release his "Roots Magic EP" on Darker Than Wax in Singapore, and he will also be providing mixes for Tim Sweeny's BIS Radio.