ZHU — Hakuba Iwatake, Nagano (Cercle), 2020

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Why this recording

Shot in the Hakuba mountains in Japan in partnership with Snow Machine, this Cercle set is billed as a “Blacklizt” set. The timestamped tracklist published by Cercle shows a DJ layering his own songs over other people's tracks: “Faded” laid over a Klunsh track, “My Life” with Tame Impala in BLOND:ISH's remix, the unreleased “Risky Business” at 1:07, then an Outkast rework to close. The video ends with an interview with ZHU, from 1:42 onwards.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelCercle
Source statusOfficial — broadcaster or organiser
Uploaded
Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

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Published on September 9, 2026 by Simon Janvier

Live DJ set filmed in the snowy mountains of Hakuba Iwatake, in Japan’s Nagano prefecture, for Cercle in 2020, where American artist ZHU delivers a Blacklizt set in a spectacular setting. Known for his nocturnal aesthetic and his house tinged with deep and techno, ZHU unfolds an immersive selection, between dark pads, deep bass and hypnotic builds, in dialogue with the Japanese alpine landscape. Cercle, a global reference channel for its live sets filmed in exceptional locations, delivers a polished production blending performance and grandiose scenery. This filmed live concert illustrates the aesthetic of 2020s electronic music, between sonic elegance and a sense of spectacle. The multi-track capture, played live, offers a dive into ZHU’s energetic world, ideal for discovering contemporary melodic house and deep house. A filmed live DJ set to savor for the coherence of its sonic journey, the depth of its atmospheres and the striking beauty of its snowy environment.

Setlist

  1. Benno Blome - Spherical Aberration (Jiggler Remix)
  2. JMO - Arcelia (Avoure Remix) & ZHU & partywithray - Came For The Low
  3. Jiggler - Stairs & Rodriguez Jr. - An Evidence Of Time (Claude VonStroke Remix)
  4. Denis Horvat - Noise feat. Lelah & ZHU - Palm of My Hand
  5. Marcus Meinhardt - Duke (Jiggler Remix)
  6. ZHU & Tame Impala - My Life (BLOND:ISH Remix)
  7. MXV - Einrude (Tantum Remix)
  8. Sascha Braemer - Megan (Original Mix)
  9. Billie Eilish - everything i wanted (Rauschhaus Edit)
  10. Paul Deep - Dogma & ZHU - In the Morning
  11. Moonwalk - Galactic (Original Mix)
  12. Lunar Plane - Olappa
  13. Ivory - Pfauneinsel (Original Mix)
  14. D-Formation & Rick Pier O'Neil - Odisey (Original Mix)
  15. ZHU - Risky Business (inédit)
  16. Klunsh - Anyway (Original Mix) & ZHU - Faded
  17. WO-CORE - Zelda (Original Mix) & ZHU - Good Life (vocals)
  18. Jam & Spoon - Follow Me (Jerome Isma-Ae Extended Remix)
  19. Rafael Cerato & Haze-M - Perihelion (Original Mix) & Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
  20. Zimmz - Pragmatic
  21. 2pole - Run feat. Ursula Rucker (Original Mix) & ZHU - Moves Like Ms. Jackson (reprise d'Outkast)

Personnel & credits

  • ZHU — DJ
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