Taku Takahashi
Taku Takahashi | |
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Also known as | Taku, Startak |
Born | Yokohama, Japan | 29 March 1974
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Taku Takahashi (高橋 拓, Takahashi Taku, born 29 March 1974; stylized as ☆Taku Takahashi) is a Japanese DJ and record producer who debuted in 1997 as a producer of the hip hop group
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", "Toxic Sweet").
Biography
Taku Takahashi grew up in
Takahashi returned to Japan in the mid-1990s, and formed a musical unit with a female vocalist, called Love Soul. After sending a demo tape of this group to Artimage management, Takahashi met Masaji Asakawa from the DJ group GTS. Takahashi began producing music full-time, and in 1998 recorded a cover of
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.[6] Between 2002 and 2003, the label produced 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 successful, with all of the releases charting under the #100 mark on Oricon charts.[5] The label continued to promote events, such as the regular Tachytelic Night DJ set events, and Takahashi produced 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
In 2010, Taku Takahashi launched his second record label, TCY Recording, featuring dance music artists such as
In 2011, Taku Takahashi filled in for
Discography
Albums
Year | Album Information | Oricon albums charts [5] |
Reported sales [5] |
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2003 | Tachytelic Night: Welcomes You to the Far East
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138 | 3,900 |
2010 | TCY Rec Special Pack EP Vol. 1
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TCY Rec Special Pack EP Vol. 2
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: The Original Soundtrack
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10 | 30,000 | |
2011 | After 5 Vol. 1
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88 | 1,200 |
TCY Rec Special Pack Vol. 3
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2012 | TCY Rec Special Pack Vol. 4
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2013 | EDM World Presented by ☆Taku Takahashi
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Produced singles
Release | Artist | Title | Notes | Chart positions | Oricon sales [5] |
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Oricon Singles Charts [5] |
Japan Hot 100*
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1999 | Kirari | "Last Piece" | Music, arrangement | 26 | — | 54,000 | Kaleidolife |
2000 | K. | "Under the Same Sky" | Music, arrangement | — | — | — | Kaleidolife |
2002 | Crystal Kay | "Hard to Say" | Lyrics, music, arrangement | 26 | — | 45,000 | Almost Seventeen |
Emi Hinouchi | "Magic/World" | Lyrics, music, arrangement | 112 | — | 3,900 | Dramatiques | |
2003 | Crystal Kay | "Boyfriend (Part II)" | Arrangement | 23 | — | 33,000 | 4 Real
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Emi Hinouchi | "Crying" | Arrangement | 134 | — | 2,000 | Dramatiques | |
"Freak!" | Arrangement | 192 | — | 600 | |||
"Painful" | Arrangement | 135 | — | 700 | |||
2006 | Melody | "See You..." | Music | 19 | — | 13,000 | Be as One |
Ukatrats FC | "Win and Shine" | Co-wrote lyrics/music, produced group | 48 | — | 6,000 | We Love We [We Love Winning Eleven] | |
Kozue Ayuse | "Kimi no Yasashisa" (君の優しさ, "Your Kindness") | Production | 63 | — | 3,400 | A♥K | |
2008 | Rie Fu
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"Romantic" | Co-wrote music, arrangement | 100 | 66 | 800 | Urban Romantic |
2009 | Sowelu | "Material World" | Co-wrote music, co-arranged | 106 | 92 | 900 | Sowelu the Best 2002—2009 |
Ami Suzuki | "Reincarnation" | Co-wrote music, co-arranged | 42 | — | 3,700 | Ami Selection | |
2010 | Minmi | "Hibiscus" (ハイビスカス, Haibisukasu) | Co-arranged | 27 | 30 | 7,000 | Mother |
2012 | Miliyah Kato | "Heart Beat" | 14 | 8 | 26,000 | True Lovers | |
2013 | Ayumi Hamasaki | " Merry-Go-Round "
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Co-wrote music, co-arranged | 5 | 13 | 37,000 | Colours |
*Japan Hot 100 established February 2008. |
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 |
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1999 | Double | "Make Me Happy" | Music, arrangement, piano | "Shake" |
J Soul Brothers | "Follow Me (M-Flo "Lab of Soul" Remix)" | Arrangement | "J Soul Brothers" | |
2000 | K. | "Little Wish" | Arrangement | Kaleidolife |
Kirari | "Kokoro Yasumete" (心やすめて, "Take a Holiday for My Heart") | Music, arrangement | Kirariddim | |
Cleopatra | "Yes, This Party's Going Right (M-Flo Mix)" | Arrangement | Steppin' Out | |
2001 | Ayumi Hamasaki | "Wishing (Taku's Chemistry Mix)" | "You" (12 cm single, re-release) | |
Hikaru Utada | "Distance (M-Flo Remix)" | "Final Distance" (single) | ||
K. | "Sora no Mukō e" (空のむこうへ, "To the Other Side of the Sky") | Music, arrangement | Keynote | |
"Saigo no Cyder" (最後のサイダー, "Final Cyder") | ||||
2002 | Taku Takahashi | "Modulation" | Opening theme song | Mohōhan: The Copy Cat Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
"Peace no Dilemma" (ピースのジレンマ, Pīsu no Jirenma, "The Dilemma of Peace") | Insert song | |||
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 Boogie Woogie (Really Fast Evolving Taipei Remix)") | Arrangement, with Asuka Sakai | "Ōki na Kawa to Chiisa na Koi" (single) |
Mic Banditz | "What's Your Secret?" | Arrangement | Sixth Sense | |
Crystal Kay | "Kataomoi" (片想い, "One Way Love") | Music, arrangement | 4 Real
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Emi Hinouchi | "Hey Boy..." | Arrangement | Dramatiques | |
2004 | Ryohei Yamamoto | "Let It Flow" | Co-wrote music | Take Over |
2006 | Crystal Kay | "I Know" | Arrangement | Call Me Miss... |
Jin & Kana | "Go West -020609 Tachytelic Remix-" | Ultras 2006 | ||
Taku Takahashi | " (Is This the Way To) Amarillo "
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Fuji TV Soccer Legend 2006 | ||
2007 | Marcia | "Amor...Saudade (Versao em Portugues) (Tachytelic Remixed)" | Upper's Flava Remixes of Watanabe Hit Tune | |
2008 | Lisa
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"Bad Men!" | Ready to Disco | |
The Ting Tings | "That's Not My Name (Taku Takahashi Mix)" | We Started Nothing (Japanese Edition) | ||
Boo | "French Girl!!" | — | ||
Yoshika | "Goodbye to You" | "Stand Up" (single) | ||
Ryukyudisko | "Yume no Future featuring Kotomi (Time Is Dissing Me Remix)" (夢のFUTURE, "Dream Future") | "Top of the Island" (single) | ||
Manabu Iwamura | "Summer Carnival (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Woman | ||
Coldfeet | "Intro to Ten" | Narration | Ten | |
2009 | Anna Tsuchiya mush up Taku Takahashi | "Sweet Rishi Boy" | Music, arrangement | "Brave Vibration" (single) |
Calvin Harris | " I'm Not Alone (Taku Takahashi Remix)"
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Ready for the Weekend (Japanese Edition) | ||
Lady Sovereign | "Jigsaw (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Jigsaw (Japanese Edition) | ||
Crystal Kay | "Over and Over" | Music, arrangement | Best of Crystal Kay | |
Coldfeet | "Billie Jean (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Michael Jackson cover | Coldfeet Presents MJ the Tour | |
Sawa | "Swimming Dancing" | Arrangement | Swimming Dancing (EP) | |
"World-Wide Tea Party" | ||||
2010 | Ultras | "Ganbare Nippon! (020609 Tachytelic Remix)" (元気ニッポン!, "Go Japan!") | Ultras 2010 | |
Masterlink | "Traveling (Taku Remix)" | "Traveling" (single) | ||
Miliyah Kato | "Endless Love" | Arrangement | Heaven | |
Taku Takahashi | "What's Your Medium?" | M-Flo Inside: Works Best IV | ||
Discothèque | "Goodbye featuring Blanc. (Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Goodbye | ||
2011 | Revolutions | "SP "Break the Wall" featuring V6, Taku Takahashi | Composition and arrangement | — |
Rhymester | "Flashback, Natsu (Taku Takahashi aka The Suitboys Remix)" (フラッシュバック、夏。, "Flashback, Summer") | "Flashback, Natsu" (single) | ||
Sowelu | "I Want U To..." featuring Wise | Music, arrangement | Let Me... | |
The Lifelines | "The Lifelines" | Production | Secret Diary | |
Momoiro Clover Z | "Santa-san (DJ Taku's Christmas A-men Breaks)" (サンタさん, "Mr. Santa") | "Shiroi Kaze" (single) | ||
Taku Takahashi | "Ebi Sukui" | Hyouge Mono third opening theme, unreleased. | — | |
2012 | Iconiq
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"Ladies" | Production | — |
Passion Pit | "Take a Walk (Taku Takahashi & El Poco Maro Remix)" | Gossamer (Japanese edition) | ||
Meg | "Southpaw" | Production | Wear I Am | |
2013 | Taku Takahashi | "Searching" | Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō Original Soundtrack | |
"Biblorelo" | ||||
Minmi | "Sakura (Eien) (Tachytelic Remix)" (さくら ~永遠~, "Cherry Blossoms (Forever)") featuring Shōnan no Kaze | "Sakura (Eien)" (single) | ||
2014 | Mika Nakashima & Miliyah Kato | "Fighter (Tachytelic World Cup Brazil 2014 Remix)" | One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album | |
2017 | DJ Taku aka ☆Taku Takahashi | "Last Century Melancholic" (ラストセンチュリーメランコリック) | Music, arrangement | beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS |
2018 | Lyn | "Last Surprise (☆Taku Takahashi Remix)" | Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
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☆Taku Takahashi (m-flo, block.fm) | "The Best of Both Worlds" | beatmania IIDX 26 ROOTAGE | ||
2023 | @onefive | "F.A.F.O" | Production[11] | Classy Crush |
References
- ^ a b CROWN JEWEL (24 November 2006). "Clothes Relay [クローズリレー] - VERBALさん(m-flo ミュージシャン)". Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ a b "金剛地武志 /TOMORROW: これから二十歳を迎える若者と昔二十歳だった人々へ". J-Wave. 16 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ オウサン工房accessdate=2008-10-27. "VERBAL(m-flo)パーパル 神様の領域".
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- ^ "Tachytelic Records". Tachytelic Records. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "m-flo's Taku launches new label". Tokyo Graph. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "m-floの☆Taku Takahashi、ガイナックスの新作アニメで音楽を担当". Tower Records. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1-Friday Oct 14 2011".
- ^ "Hot 100|JAPAN Charts|Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard.
- ^ "@onefive、新曲「F.A.F.O」の配信リリースが決定". OKMusic (in Japanese). 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
External links
- Official MySpace (in Japanese)
- Official Twitter (in Japanese)
- Official YouTube channel
- Artimage management label site (in Japanese)
- Tachytelic Records official website (in Japanese)