Takuya Yamashita

Takuya Yamashita

Born from Japan,Kobe.He was interested in classical music in his early teens. In his college and graduate days,he studied Mahler's symphonies and modern and contemporary classical music. During the same period,he started to listen and compose techno music by my friend's influence.In those days he love English techno. After college he moved to Sapporo.And he often started going to the club.So he started to listen and compose minimal style techno and Detroit techno. Takuya made his debut release "Neptune" back in 2008 on the Dutch label Lifeworld. Next to that the artist made several releases on labels as Bass pressure and Espai music. Also notable to mention is that he became runner up at Ken Ishii's 15th anniversairy collaboration contest. and his techno track Daybreak went throw the ceiling in 2012 Beatport charts and was released on Outpost Recordings. In 2013 Mirko Loko from Cadenza also discovered Takuya's talent and remixed his most populair track 'Daybreak'for a Cadenza release. Both the original and Mirko's remixes of this Japanese star are widely supported and played by some of the biggest names in the world like Joris Voorn, Laurent Garnier, Shlomi Aber, Josh Wink, Reboot, Dubfire and more hot shots in the electronic scene. September 2020 The remix by compiler Mirko Loko of Takuya Yamashita's 'Aos si'is included in vol. 4 of the popular compilation series "Detroit Love" by the prestigious ! In April 2022, 'Aos si' was performed by the orchestra for the first time when Mirko Loko appeared at a minimal music event with world-renowned conductor Paavo Järvi and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. He appears to be a gifted multi talented artist and composes various styles of music by various artist names