上海POTENT CLUB 发布时间：2023-12-28

12.29 周五 • Takaaki Itoh - 东方歌者的无尽旋律

自上世纪八十年代初生于底特律郊外，以标志性 4/4 拍重复鼓组为特色的 techno 迅速发展为电子音乐领域最受瞩目的流派之一，同样快速蔓延至日本正如火如荼展开的地下场景之中。来自纽约、伦敦、芝加哥和底特律的多元声响在日本独有的色彩中和谐共生，Takaaki Itoh 便是塑造这一景观的开拓者之一。

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 Väth, 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 and 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 Wünsch, 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.

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当 Takaaki Itoh 初次接触到 Underground Resistance, Jeff Mills, Hardfloor, Sven Väth, Warp 和 Rising High 等传奇音乐人与厂牌时，他立刻成为这种未来主义“新音乐”的追随者，1994年便开创办自己的 techno 派对系列。两年后，Takaaki Itoh 开始尝试制作，很快在 Electracom UK 发行了首个作品，其渲染了日本风采的 techno 之声使他的名字迅速跃升于欧洲场景。

随着 Takaaki Itoh 受邀前往柏林 Berghain、Tresor 和阿姆斯特丹 Awakenings 等欧洲各地的大型俱乐部与音乐节演出，他已然成为日本地下公认的最受尊敬的 DJ 之一。Takaaki Itoh 的自创厂牌 Wols 更被 Tresor 厂牌的 A&R 主管 Marc Snow 形容为 “打破了 techno 的传统价值观”。

2005年，Takaaki Itoh 已在 Sheep, Tsunami, Warm Up, Pornographic, MB Selektions, Integrale Muzique 等厂牌发行超过五十首原创曲目。其中广受好评的 EP《Killing All Anarchists》于2019年重新录制，发行于 Héctor Oaks 的厂牌 OAKS，三首曲目为听众再现其里程碑式的日式 techno 美学。二十余年的音乐生涯中，Takaaki Itoh 始终用独特的工业视野不断推动本土声音的发展，其坚韧的 techno 之声已然成为日本电子乐场景中不可阻挡的力量。