Nobukazu Takemura

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Nobukazu Takemura
Background information
Also known as	Child's View, Assembler, DJ Takemura
Born	(1968-08-28) 28 August 1968 (age 56) Hirakata, Osaka Japan
Origin	Kyoto, Japan
Genres	Electronica, trip hop, glitch, nu jazz, chamber music, ambient
Occupation(s)	Musician, artist, DJ
Years active	1990–present
Website	Nobukazu Takemura Official site

Nobukazu Takemura (竹村延和 Takemura Nobukazu; born August 28, 1968, in Hirakata, Osaka) is a Japanese musician and artist. He became interested in music at a young age by listening to the radio, and began to make music at home with a tape recorder and keyboard. During high school, after a record store job that exposed him to jazz and hip-hop, he had regular gigs in the clubs of Osaka and Kyoto as a battle DJ before launching his music career.^[1] Takemura's music career has seen him cover a wide range of genres and styles within short periods of time. Beginning his career in hip-hop and jazz, Takemura later entered into a prolific period as an electronic musician, exploring genres such as glitch, drum and bass and minimalism. Takemura's most recent work has included chamber music and performance art.^[2]