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Kentaro Takizawa - Heart To Heart (2007)

Don't let this album cover fool you! Guests on this album include Lisa Shaw, Arvin Homa Aya and Jabberloop, so you KNOW there's guaranteed HEAT on this CD!













Kentaro Takizawa - Gradual Life (2006)

Two decades since its birth in New York and Chicago, and almost as long since it migrated to Japan, house music is spawning a new generation of DJs and producers to guide it into the future.

Among those in Japan is 25-year-old Tokyoite Kentaro Takizawa. First exposed to house while still in elementary school and already producing his own tracks in junior high, Takizawa has an album under his belt, as well as numerous club residencies and remixes for the likes of Ayumi Hamasaki.

His follow-up to 2004’s Impressive Time is Gradual Life, out on top Japanese house imprint Flower Records. For this album, Takizawa teamed up with some of the better young musicians in Japan, including singer Medby and keyboardist Hajime Yoshizawa (of jazz combo Sleepwalker), as well as New York vocalist Lisa Shaw.

* thanks to Windowlicker for Heart To Heart *

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