TAKAAKI ITOH (Sendai, Japan)
website:
http://www.takaakiitoh.com
バイオグラフィ (日本語)：
これまでに50を超えるEPリリース、世界19カ国100を超える都市でDJ、ライブを経験。名実共に日本を代表するテクノDJ。そのハードかつストイックなサウンドスタイルでヨーロッパを中心に世界中に多くの信者を持つ。
95年に本格的にトラック制作を開始、97年,当時ＵＫアンダーグラウンドテクノ界の一人だった Electacom レーベルの Damon Valero に見初められ、初のアナログ盤EPをリリース。当時の他の日本人ＤＪアーティスト達が目指していたものとは全く異質の「完全DJ仕様のトラック」「日本人離れしたグルーヴ感と音色使い、音質」と評価され Daz Saund、 Jay Denham、Ministry Of Sound のレジデントＤＪなどのチャートに挙げられ、「ワールドクラス」なトラックを作れる新しいスタイルの日本人DJ，アーティストと評される。
03年には自身のレーベル"WOLS"をスタート、当時の Tresor のレーベルスタッフの Mark Snow 氏をして、「今までの多くのテクノの価値観を破壊し、彼らのその目を見開かせたトラックである」と絶賛される。その後も、ハンガリーで行われた Mayday in Hungary やスペインの最も有名なクラブ La Real などといった各国の大規模のイベント、フェスティバルに出演。各国メディアからは「ジャパニーズ・アンダーグラウンドキング」との名称が与えられる。04年はポーランド、ハンガリーの最大規模のフェスティバルで Jeff Mills などと共ににインターナショナルDJとして競演。2005年7月にはアムステルダム最大級の野外フェスティヴァル Awakenings に出演を果たし、集まった3万人のクラウドを熱狂の渦へと巻き込んだ。トラックとDJプレイに一貫する、『テクノが持つビートをストイックに探求』、そして『音に妥協を許さないそのスタイル』に加えて『ハードコアな、いままでのテクノをさらに前進させる、独自のインダストリアル観を持つビート』に特化したそのDJ/LIVEプレイはクラウドに新鮮な衝撃を与え、熱狂させている。
1996年に盛岡でマンスリーのテクノpartyを立ち上げた後、2000年に仙台に活動の場を移す。
現在はCLUB ADDでのテクノイベント＜LOGIC>でレジデントＤＪを務める。
BIOGRAPHY (English):
Techno hit Japan hard in the early 1990s. Surprised, Takaaki Itoh was quickly impressed and intrigued with this new sound. The unique style of beats revealed the gateway to a new world of underground music in Japan - something he had never heard before. Surprise slowly gave way to addiction when Takaaki Itoh was exposed to the sounds of such artists and labels as Underground Resistance, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Hardfloor, Sven V䴨, Harthouse, Warp and Rising High. This was his sound, and deciding he just couldn't get enough of it, in 1994 Takaaki began to organize his own techno parties in his home of northern Japan. By providing a fantastic lineup, his parties quickly became a success.
In 1996, having decided that it was time to start making his own tracks, Takaaki Itoh emerged to purchase the vital instruments to begin production. After sending out three finished projects to various labels, Electracom UK was fortunate enough to put Takaaki?s first material out. This moment was something he will never forget, as he was finally able to hear his own music on vinyl. Several releases followed with Electracom as his tracks began to appear in magazine DJ charts in well known DJs from around the world.
In 2000, Takaaki Itoh made his European debut in Slovakia. People recognized that he had his own style. His Japanese style of techno was pure, unique and underground - nothing that had been heard before in Europe. His reputation and popularity quickly spread all over the continent. He was becoming recognized as Japan's most underground and respected techno DJ.
As of 2001 he was getting offers to perform at large clubs and festivals all over Europe, including Cosmic Trip and Svojsice in the Czech Republic, The Darkside in England, MTW in Germany, Awakenings and Reactor in Holland, Mayday and Sziget in Hungary, La Real and Code in Spain, Boomerang in Slovakia, Projekt in Belgium, as well as events in Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia. Slovenia.. Promoters wanting him, party people loving him, Takaaki Itoh took the next step and started his own label Wols. Passion led to success and Takaaki became recognized as the top of the next generation of techno music.
By 2005 Takaaki Itoh has released over 50 original productions on many different european labels like Sheep, Tsunami, Warm Up, Theory, MB Selektions, Integrale Muzique, etc. He?s also developed a reputation for remixing globally established techno artists such as Gennaro Le Fosse, Oscar Mulero, Christian W? and more to come. His demand is rapidly growing beyond his Asian and European roots, to places like South America, Australia, the US and Canada.
== DISCOGRAPHY ==
TAKAAKI ITOH-ETHIOPIA-ASIAN DYNASTY
TAKAAKI ITOH-BROOM AFTER BROKEN LIFE-ASIAN DYNASTY
Takaaki Itoh - tba - MB Selektions
Takaaki Itoh - tba - Wols 04
Takaaki Itoh - Going with the Flow - Black Codes
Takaaki Itoh - No World EP - Disclosure
Takaaki Itoh - You Found Out it Goes Back To Endless Reality EP - Wols
Takaaki Itoh - Sweet Revenge (Tsunami Reliefe Volume 4) - Abiotic
Takaaki Itoh - Scatha - 2ndroom
Takaaki Itoh - Touch Me, I?m Sick - Zoreks
Takaaki Itoh - Tokyo Sound System - New Smell
Takaaki Itoh - I Will Understand the Reason for Violence - MB Selektions
Takaaki Itoh - Clench your Wench - Sheep
Takaaki Itoh - We are the Attack - Deafmosaic
Takaaki Itoh - Killing All Anarchists - IM
Takaaki Itoh - Nobody Can Take what Everybody Owns - Wols
Takaaki Itoh - Death Report - Soleil
Takaaki Itoh - Beautiful People EP - Mainout
Takaaki Itoh - How the Fuck Can I Relax - Sheep
Takaaki Itoh - Nightmare Continues - Sheep
Takaaki Itoh - Untitled - Wols
Takaaki Itoh - Untitled - Recycled Sound
Takaaki Itoh - Body Electric - Tsunami
Takaaki Itoh - Put - PVC
Takaaki Itoh - Where is Tsvetan - PVC
Takaaki Itoh - Untitled - PVC
Takaaki Itoh - Identity - Continual
Takaaki Itoh - Untitled - Fylo
Takaaki Itoh - Old Park - Housedust
Takaaki Itoh - Pot - PVC
Takaaki Itoh - Box EP - Majesty
Takaaki Itoh - Action EP - Majesty
Takaaki Itoh - Question EP - Stimulus
Takaaki Itoh - Flow EP - Stimulus
TAKAAKI ITOH-NUMBER-ELECRACOM
Takaaki Itoh - Tap EP - Electracom
Takaaki Itoh - Two Way EP - Electracom
Takaaki Itoh - Answer EP - Electracom
Takaaki Itoh - Primitive Stream EP - Electracom
Takaaki Itoh - Eleckee EP - Electracom
Takaaki Itoh - Byte EP - Electracom
Remixe:
Gennaro Le Fosse - tba - Convolute
Rumenige - Fast Food - Antidandruff
Go Hiyama - Anonymous Structure - Asian Dynasty
Milos - M Case - !"@.*!%
Oscar Mulero - CV is Dead- Warm Up
CHRISTIAN WUNSCH- No Man's Land - Tsunami
Olga+Jozef - O+J
Probe - No Way for the Impact Driver - Mainout
Rumenige-#8-Numb
Leo Lycra-Agent
Patrik Skoog-Dragon-Native Diffusion
Max Duley-Mute Embrace-Arc
ANGELA FLAME (AsianDynasty Singapore)
JIN HIYAMA (Tokyo, Japan)
