Towa Tei | |
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.jpg) Towa Tei in 2007 | |
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| Also known as | Sweet Robots Against the Machine |
| Born | September 7, 1964 Yokohama, Japan |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Labels | Elektra |
Towa Tei (鄭 東和, Tei Tōwa, born September 7, 1964) is a Japanese artist, record producer, and DJ. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Towa was a member of Deee-Lite, from the US label Elektra Records in 1990 and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated from New York to rural Nagano Prefecture in Japan.[1]
Towa's second studio album, Sound Museum (1997), became his highest charting effort at number 17 on the Oricon charts. Its single, "GBI (German Bold Italic)" featuring Kylie Minogue and Haruomi Hosono, reached number 50 and 63 in Australia and the United Kingdom, respectively. He saw continued success with 1999's Last Century Modern as its single, "Let Me Know" featuring Chara, peaked at number 34 in Japan, his highest entry.
Towa has collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, Akiko Yano, Ringo Sheena, and Arto Lindsay, among others. His concept party, "Hotel H", started in 2009 as a social spot for music industry people in Tokyo.[2]
- ^ Robert Michael Poole (February 19, 2009). "Towa Tei wallows in optimism for art's sake". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
- ^ "Oops-music.com". Oops-music.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.