Gontiti is a Japanese world music

World music

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 guitar

Guitar

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 duo formed in 1978 by Masahiko "Gonzalez" Mikami (born 30 December 1953 in Osaka, Japan) and Masahide "Titi" Matsumura (born 6 September 1954, also in Osaka). Gontiti's music incorporates a number of styles, including bossa nova

Bossa nova

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, flamenco

Flamenco

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, and classical music

Classical music

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.

Recordings

As of 2007 Gontiti have recorded more than thirty original albums and compilations. Most of their recordings have been for Sony and Epic Records

Epic Records

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. The duo have also provided music for a number of Japanese films, most notably the 2004 Hirokazu Koreeda

Hirokazu Koreeda

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 film Dare mo shiranai, released in English-speaking countries as Nobody Knows.

Discography

Album	Year Released	Label
ANOTHERMOOD+Wakiyaku de arutomo shirazuni	1983	Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
Physics	1985	Epic/Sony
Sunday Market	1986	Portrait Records Portrait Records Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered....
Fuyo no Nihonjin	1986	Epic/Sony
Madame Q no isan	1987	Epic/Sony
In the Garden	1988	Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
Spirit of Gontiti	1989	Epic/Sony
Body of Gontiti	1989	Epic/Sony
Devonian Boys	1990	Epic
Fingering Christmas	1990	Epic/Sony
KIT	1991	Epic/Sony
Muno no hito (Original soundtrack)	1991	Epic/Sony
Gravity Loves Time	1992	Epic/Sony
Nichio ha dameyo (Original soundtrack)	1993	Epic/Sony
Bonobono (Original soundtrack)	1993	Epic/Sony
VACANCES	1994	Epic/Sony
Black Ant's Life	1995	Epic/Sony
Live	1996	Sony
Easy Busy	1997	Sony
Duo	1997	Sony
Strings with Gontiti	1998	Sony
Red Box	1999	Sony
Best of Gontiti Works	1999	Unknown
GUITARS	2001	Pony Canyon Pony Canyon is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...
Made in Ukulele	2002	Sony
Gontiti "best"	2002	Epic
A Magic Wand of "Standards"	2002	Sony
Gontiti Recommends Gontiti	2003	Sony
Gontiti 25th anniversary CD	2003	Unknown
Nobody Knows (Original soundtrack)	2004	Pony Canyon
XO	2004	Sony
Otona no natsu yasumi (Original soundtrack)	2005	Unknown
garyuu hitosuji	2006	Unknown
Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking) (Original soundtrack)	2008	Unknown

External links

• Official website (in English).
• Gontiti Fan's Web Site (in English).
• [ Gontiti] at Allmusic.
• Titi Matsumura and Gonzalez Mikami at Internet Movie Database
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