Taku Takahashi
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is a Japanese DJ
and record producer, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the group M-Flo
. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s
, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex
, and has produced songs for musicians such as Crystal Kay
, Ami Suzuki
and Rie Fu
, and remixes for Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki
. He has formed the record labels Tachytelic Records and TCY Recording.
Taku Takahashi has occasionally rapped in his songs, such as on M-Flo's songs "Get On!" and "The Rhyme Brokers," and occasionally sung vocals ("I Wanna Be Down," "Love Long and Prosper").
, with his father employed in the construction industry. He attended high school in Tokyo, at St. Mary's International School
, along with Verbal
. In 1992, the pair formed a rap rock
band called N.M.D. in 1992, in which Takahashi wrote the music and performed the drums. The band received many offers from major record labels after their live performances, however as Verbal did not see being a rapper as a practical career, these offers were turned down. The pair went their separate ways after high school, with Takahashi travelling to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
in 1994, attending Occidental College
, and Verbal to Boston
. Takahashi tried majoring in physics, philosophy and Asian Studies with little success. He enrolled in a local music school, beginning his career as a DJ and songwriter.
Takahashi returned to Japan in the mid 1990s, and formed a musical unit with a female vocalist, called Love Soul. Sending a demo tape of this group into Artimage management led Takahashi to meet Masaji Asakawa from the DJ group GTS. Takahashi began producing music full-time, and in 1998 recorded a cover of Barbra Streisand
's "The Way We Were
" with Verbal, when he returned to Japan for winter break. This song, followed by "Been So Long," featuring vocals from Lisa
, were well-received by Asakawa, leading the trio to form a group called M-Flo, officially debuting in 1999. The group's first release, "The Tripod E.P.," debuted in the top 10 on the Japanese singles chart. The group achieved great success in 2000 and 2001 with the songs "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again," with the former selling more than 220,000 copies, and the latter approximately 390,000 copies. The band's second album, Expo Expo
, debuted at #4 on the charts.
In 2002, Lisa left M-Flo to follow a solo career, causing the band to begin releasing albums with a variety of famous vocalists. This led to Takahashi working on collaborations with a variety of artists. His first notable produced singles were Crystal Kay
's "Hard to Say" and "Boyfriend (Part II)" in 2002/2003. At the same time, he created a production label, Tachytelic Records. An audition was held to find vocalists for Takahashi to produce, with the grand winner being songwriter Emi Hinouchi
. Between 2002 and 2003, the label produced only six releases: Emi Hinouchi's first four singles and debut album, along with a DJ mix tape created by Takahashi called Tachytelic Night: Welcomes You to the Far East. However, none of the releases were very successful, with all of the releases charting under the #100 mark on Oricon
charts. The label continued to promote events, such as the regular Tachytelic Night DJ set events, and Takahashi's production of the Pro Evolution Soccer 6
theme song, Ukatrats FC's "Win and Shine." However, after 2006 the label ceased to exist.
Takahashi continued working full-time with M-Flo until mid 2007, when the tour for the group's fifth album Cosmicolor
finished and M-Flo ceased regular activities. Since then, the group has released a strong of compilation albums, such as greatest hit albums and outside collaborative work compilation albums. Since then, Takahashi has regularly produced songs and remixes for musicians, including several Western musicians (Calvin Harris
, Lady Sovereign
, The Ting Tings
). He has participated in many DJ events, including his self-produced Orthosync events, and many House Nation events. In 2008, Takahashi became a member of Ravex
, a three DJ group formed for the 20th anniversary of the Avex music group. The group's resulting 2009 album, Trax
, was much like M-Flo's later labums, featuring a collection of vocalists from across Avex record labels.
In 2010, Taku Takahashi launched his second record label, TCY Recording, featuring dance music artists who base themselves on MySpace
music. He also began working as a music director, for the Gainax
animated series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
, which began airing in October 2010.
In 2011, Taku Takahasi filled in for Kissy Sellout's radio show on BBC Radio 1 as part of "Jaguar Skills
and His Amazing Friends." His ten minute mix included remixes of songs from his time with m-flo and the Godzilla theme.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the group M-Flo
M-flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee Verbal.Former member Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career, and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over three albums, including the...
. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s
2000s in music
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, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex
Ravex
Ravex is a Japanese electronic music group, consisting of Shinichi Osawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka and Taku Takahashi. Established to mark the 20th anniversary of the Avex label, their productions are usually based on collaborations with other artists on the label...
, and has produced songs for musicians such as Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan...
, Ami Suzuki
Ami Suzuki
is a female singer, songwriter, actress and DJ from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s....
and Rie Fu
Rie fu
, born on January 11, 1985, in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She resides in Tokyo but frequently travels to the United Kingdom to record and promote her work.-Personal life:...
, and remixes for Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
. He has formed the record labels Tachytelic Records and TCY Recording.
Taku Takahashi has occasionally rapped in his songs, such as on M-Flo's songs "Get On!" and "The Rhyme Brokers," and occasionally sung vocals ("I Wanna Be Down," "Love Long and Prosper").
Biography
Taku Takahashi grew up in YokohamaYokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, with his father employed in the construction industry. He attended high school in Tokyo, at St. Mary's International School
St. Mary's International School
St. Mary's International School is a Catholic school for boys located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The primary language of instruction is English. It offers the International Baccalaureate program.-History:...
, along with Verbal
Verbal (rapper)
Verbal is a Japanese third generation Zainichi Korean hip-hop MC, who debuted in 1998 as a member of the J-Pop hip-hop duo m-flo....
. In 1992, the pair formed a rap rock
Rap rock
Rap rock is a cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with various forms of rock. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
band called N.M.D. in 1992, in which Takahashi wrote the music and performed the drums. The band received many offers from major record labels after their live performances, however as Verbal did not see being a rapper as a practical career, these offers were turned down. The pair went their separate ways after high school, with Takahashi travelling to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1994, attending Occidental College
Occidental College
Occidental College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or "Oxy" as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast...
, and Verbal to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. Takahashi tried majoring in physics, philosophy and Asian Studies with little success. He enrolled in a local music school, beginning his career as a DJ and songwriter.
Takahashi returned to Japan in the mid 1990s, and formed a musical unit with a female vocalist, called Love Soul. Sending a demo tape of this group into Artimage management led Takahashi to meet Masaji Asakawa from the DJ group GTS. Takahashi began producing music full-time, and in 1998 recorded a cover of Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
's "The Way We Were
The Way We Were (song)
"The Way We Were" is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, scored by Marvin Hamlisch and performed by Streisand...
" with Verbal, when he returned to Japan for winter break. This song, followed by "Been So Long," featuring vocals from Lisa
LISA (musician)
is a Japanese-Colombian singer and producer better known as LISA. In 1999 she formed the Japanese urban contemporary group M-Flo with Verbal and Taku Takahashi. Daughter of a Japanese father and Afro-Colombian mother, LISA met her fellow band members while attending international school in Tokyo...
, were well-received by Asakawa, leading the trio to form a group called M-Flo, officially debuting in 1999. The group's first release, "The Tripod E.P.," debuted in the top 10 on the Japanese singles chart. The group achieved great success in 2000 and 2001 with the songs "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again," with the former selling more than 220,000 copies, and the latter approximately 390,000 copies. The band's second album, Expo Expo
Expo Expo
Expo Expo is the second studio album from the Japanese hip-hop group M-Flo. Remixes of songs from this album were released as Expo Bouei Robot Gran Sonik.- Track listing :#正門 #Prism#東門...
, debuted at #4 on the charts.
In 2002, Lisa left M-Flo to follow a solo career, causing the band to begin releasing albums with a variety of famous vocalists. This led to Takahashi working on collaborations with a variety of artists. His first notable produced singles were Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan...
's "Hard to Say" and "Boyfriend (Part II)" in 2002/2003. At the same time, he created a production label, Tachytelic Records. An audition was held to find vocalists for Takahashi to produce, with the grand winner being songwriter Emi Hinouchi
Emi Hinouchi
is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo....
. Between 2002 and 2003, the label produced only six releases: Emi Hinouchi's first four singles and debut album, along with a DJ mix tape created by Takahashi called Tachytelic Night: Welcomes You to the Far East. However, none of the releases were very successful, with all of the releases charting under the #100 mark on Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
charts. The label continued to promote events, such as the regular Tachytelic Night DJ set events, and Takahashi's production of the Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 is one of Konami's highly successful Pro Evolution Soccer franchise...
theme song, Ukatrats FC's "Win and Shine." However, after 2006 the label ceased to exist.
Takahashi continued working full-time with M-Flo until mid 2007, when the tour for the group's fifth album Cosmicolor
Cosmicolor
Cosmicolor is the 5th studio album by M-Flo, released on March 28, 2007 on the Rhythm Zone label.According to the official website, the album is the last release in the "M-Flo Loves" series, which started back in 2003 with "Reeewind! / M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay." As a response to that, the album...
finished and M-Flo ceased regular activities. Since then, the group has released a strong of compilation albums, such as greatest hit albums and outside collaborative work compilation albums. Since then, Takahashi has regularly produced songs and remixes for musicians, including several Western musicians (Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
, Lady Sovereign
Lady Sovereign
Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...
, The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...
). He has participated in many DJ events, including his self-produced Orthosync events, and many House Nation events. In 2008, Takahashi became a member of Ravex
Ravex
Ravex is a Japanese electronic music group, consisting of Shinichi Osawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka and Taku Takahashi. Established to mark the 20th anniversary of the Avex label, their productions are usually based on collaborations with other artists on the label...
, a three DJ group formed for the 20th anniversary of the Avex music group. The group's resulting 2009 album, Trax
Trax (album)
is the debut album from Japanese electronic music group Ravex.-CD:# "I Rave U "# "Rock U feat. Namie Amuro"# "Just the Two of Us feat. Tohoshinki"# "House Nation feat. Lisa"# "Bangalicious feat. Anna Tsuchiya"# "Believe in Love feat. BoA"...
, was much like M-Flo's later labums, featuring a collection of vocalists from across Avex record labels.
In 2010, Taku Takahashi launched his second record label, TCY Recording, featuring dance music artists who base themselves on MySpace
MySpace
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music. He also began working as a music director, for the Gainax
Gainax
is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
animated series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gainax. It aired nationwide between October 1, 2010 and December 24, 2010 on BS NTV and was also simulcast on Nico Nico Douga and Crunchyroll...
, which began airing in October 2010.
In 2011, Taku Takahasi filled in for Kissy Sellout's radio show on BBC Radio 1 as part of "Jaguar Skills
Jaguar Skills
Jaguar Skills is a British DJ who has gained notoriety since 2002 for his eclectic 'Mash it up like Y.B' style mixtapes. Jaguar Skills has released a number of mixtapes through various outlets, including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, and now has a weekly 10 minute mix on The Trevor Nelson Show...
and His Amazing Friends." His ten minute mix included remixes of songs from his time with m-flo and the Godzilla theme.
Albums
| Year | Album Information | Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... albums charts |
Reported sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tachytelic Night: Welcomes You to the Far East
|
138 | 3,900 |
| 2010 | TCY Rec Special Pack EP Vol. 1
|
— | — |
TCY Rec Special Pack EP Vol. 2
|
— | — | |
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: The Original Soundtrack
|
10 | 30,000 | |
| 2011 | After 5 Vol. 1
|
88 | 1,200 |
Produced singles
| Release | Artist | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Oricon sales |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Singles Charts |
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... * |
RIAJ RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads .... digital tracks* |
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| 2000 | K. | "Under the Same Sky" | Music, arrangement | — | — | — | — | Kaleidolife |
| 2002 | Crystal Kay Crystal Kay Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan... |
"Hard to Say" | Lyrics, music, arrangement | 26 | — | — | 45,000 | Almost Seventeen Almost Seventeen Almost Seventeen is Crystal Kay's third album.- Track listing :- Charts :- Release history :... |
| Emi Hinouchi Emi Hinouchi is a Japanese urban music singer-songwriter. She was formerly signed under King Records' sub-label Venus-B and Taku Takahashi's Tachytelic Records. She is best known for writing songs for Heartsdales and for her collaborations with M-Flo.... |
"Magic/World" | Lyrics, music, arrangement | 112 | — | — | 3,900 | Dramatiques | |
| 2003 | Crystal Kay | "Boyfriend (Part II)" | Arrangement | 23 | — | — | 33,000 | 4 Real |
| Emi Hinouchi | "Crying" | Arrangement | 134 | — | — | 2,000 | Dramatiques | |
| "Freak!" | Arrangement | 192 | — | — | 600 | |||
| "Painful" | Arrangement | 135 | — | — | 700 | |||
| 2006 | Melody | "See You... See You... "See You..." is the seventh single by melody. under the Toy's Factory label released February 15, 2006. It was produced by Taku Takahashi of M-Flo. The single stayed on the Oricon for 5 weeks and peaked at number 19. To date, the single has sold 13,070 copies.... " |
Music | 19 | — | — | 13,000 | Be as One Be as one -CD:# Be as One # See You... # De ja Vu # Realize # Close Your Eyes: English Version # Promises # Dear Love # Take a Chance # Next to You # Stay with Me # Gift of Love... |
| Ukatrats FC | "Win and Shine" | Co-wrote lyrics/music, produced group | 48 | — | — | 6,000 | We Love We [We Love Winning Eleven] | |
| Kozue Ayuse | align="left"| | Production | 63 | — | — | 3,400 | A♥K | |
| 2008 | Rie Fu Rie fu , born on January 11, 1985, in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She resides in Tokyo but frequently travels to the United Kingdom to record and promote her work.-Personal life:... |
"Romantic" | Co-wrote music, arrangement | 100 | 66 | — | 800 | Urban Romantic Urban Romantic Urban Romantic is J-Pop singer Rie fu's fourth album, released April 8, 2009.- Track listing :#Something In My Head#Sunny Days#Hey I'm Calling Up#ビジネス... |
| 2009 | Sowelu Sowelu better known by her stage name, Sowelu, is a Japanese pop/R&B singer signed onto Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone.- History :Her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which did very well in the charts, and was later featured on the Relaxin’... |
"Material World" | Co-wrote music, co-arranged | 106 | 92 | — | 900 | Sowelu the Best 2002—2009 |
| Ami Suzuki Ami Suzuki is a female singer, songwriter, actress and DJ from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s.... |
"Reincarnation Reincarnation (song) Reincarnation is Japanese singer Ami Suzuki's 16th single with record label Avex Trax, and 31st overall. It was produced by Taku Takahashi better known as being part of hip-hop duo m-flo. The B-side Dub-I-Dub is a cover by Danish pop duo Me & My. The single was released in CD and CD+DVD versions... " |
Co-wrote music, co-arranged | 42 | — | — | 3,700 | — | |
| 2010 | Minmi Minmi is a Japanese hip-hop, soca, and reggae musician, as well as a singer-songwriter and record producer. She is the first soca artist from Japan. Since 2007, she has been married to , a member of Japanese reggae group Shōnan no Kaze.... |
Co-arranged | 27 | 30 | 8 | 7,000 | Mother | |
Other appearances
Below are songs featuring input from Takahashi away from M-Flo (i.e. without Verbal, or without Lisa circa 1998—2002).| Release | Artist | Title | Notes | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | K. | "Little Wish" | Arrangement | Kaleidolife |
| 2001 | Ayumi Hamasaki Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to... |
"Wishing (Taku's Chemistry Mix)" | "You You (Ayumi Hamasaki song) -Track listing:# "You"# "You" # "Wishing" # "You" # "You" # "You" # "You" -Live performances:*June 6, 1998 - Utaban - You... " (12 cm single, re-release) |
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| Hikaru Utada | "Distance (M-Flo Remix)" | "Final Distance FINAL DISTANCE "Final Distance" is Hikaru Utada's 8th Japanese-language single and the 1st single on her Deep River album. "Final Distance" is the first song that Hikaru Utada's ex-husband Kazuaki Kiriya filmed the music video to. This is also the first time that Hikaru Utada has worked with M-Flo. The song... " (single) |
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| K. | align="left"| | Music, arrangement | Keynote | |
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| 2002 | Momoe Shimano | "Violet Nude (M-Flo's Soulstive X-tended Mix)" | Guest Re-Control | |
| 2003 | Amin | "Shanghai Boogie Woogie (Chāosù Jìnhuà de Táiběi Remix)" (上海Boogie Woogie (超速進化的台北リミックス) "Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... Boogie Woogie (Really Fast Evolving Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... Remix)") |
Arrangement, with Asuka Sakai | "Ōki na Kawa to Chiisa na Koi" (single) |
| Mic Banditz | "What's Your Secret?" | Arrangement | Sixth Sense | |
| Crystal Kay | align="left"| | Music, arrangement | 4 Real | |
| Emi Hinouchi | "Hey Boy..." | Arrangement | Dramatiques | |
| 2004 | Ryohei Yamamoto Ryohei Yamamoto , born December 30, 1974 in Kyoto) is a Japanese R&B singer, also known as just Ryohei. He debuted as "山本領平" under Warner Music Japan on 2003 with single "Almost There". Prior to that, on November 2002, he was featured on a track "Why Not?" by Fantastic Plastic Machine... |
"Let It Flow" | Co-wrote music | Take Over |
| 2006 | Crystal Kay | "I Know" | Arrangement | Call Me Miss... Call me Miss... -CD track listing:- DVD track listing :- Charts :- Release history :... |
| 2007 | Marcia | "Amor...Saudade (Versao em Portugues) (Tachytelic Remixed)" | Upper's Flava Remixes of Watanabe Hit Tune | |
| 2008 | The Ting Tings The Ting Tings The Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford... |
"That's Not My Name That's Not My Name "That’s Not My Name" is the third single by British duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written "with me ranting about my frustrations with the record industry." The song was originally released as a double A-side with... (Taku Takahashi Mix)" |
We Started Nothing We Started Nothing We Started Nothing is the debut album by the English New Wave duo The Ting Tings. It was released by the Columbia Label Group on 19 May 2008 in the United Kingdom. The US edition has a different cover image in several background colours.... (Japanese Edition) |
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| 2009 | Anna Tsuchiya Anna Tsuchiya is a Japanese singer, lyricist, actress and semi-retired model.Tsuchiya was born to a Japanese mother and an American father of Polish-Irish descent from Buffalo, New York. In her earliest years, she spoke English and Japanese... mush up Taku Takahashi |
"Sweet Rishi Boy" | Music, arrangement | "Brave Vibration" (single) |
| Calvin Harris Calvin Harris Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"... |
"I'm Not Alone (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Ready for the Weekend (Japanese Edition) | ||
| Lady Sovereign Lady Sovereign Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males... |
"Jigsaw (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Jigsaw (Japanese Edition) | ||
| Crystal Kay | "Over and Over" | Music, arrangement | Best of Crystal Kay Best of Crystal Kay - Charting and release :"Best of Crystal Kay" entered the Oricon Daily Chart at #2, and sold 26,929 units that day. The album ultimately dropped to #3 on the Weekly Chart, behind Superfly's Box Emotions and the third week sales of Arashi's All the Best! 1999-2009, selling 87,669 copies... |
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| Sawa Sawa (singer) is a Japanese techno-pop singer and songwriter who debuted in 2008 on the indies label Cyclops. In 2009, she signed onto Sony Music Entertainment Japan and joined its sublabel, Epic Records.-Biography:... |
"Swimming Dancing" | Arrangement | Swimming Dancing (EP) | |
| "World-Wide Tea Party" | ||||
| 2010 | Masterlink | "Traveling (Taku Remix)" | "Traveling" (single) | |
| Miliyah Kato | "Endless Love" | Arrangement | Heaven Heaven (Miliyah Kato album) -Album information:Heaven contains singles "Why, "Bye Bye" and "Last Love". It was released in two editions: a CD and a CD+DVD edition which contains a limited 52-page booklet and a DVD with the music videos of the singles, as well as the music videos for promo singles "Destiny" and "Sensation"... |