Nobukazu Takemura

Nobukazu Takemura (竹村延和, born August 26th, 1968 in Osaka, Japan) started his DJ career during high school, spinning in the clubs of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. In 1987, he formed the DJ Team "Cool Jazz Productions", and in 1988, joined "Audio Sports", the now legendary hip-hop unit headed by Eye Yamatsuka of the Boredoms.

Around 1993 Takemura branched out as a solo artist in the "talkin loud" jazzy trip-hop style prevelant at the time and releasing an excellent album "Child's View". The name highlighted one of the key themes in his music that is still prevalent. He tries to create melodies that musically capture a sense of wonder, a childlike innocence and curiosity.

Takemura has a huge catalog of collaborations with critically acclaimed artists from every corner of the world. These include Issey Miyake, who had him create music for 2 seasons of designs, The Sony Corporation, which had him create all the sounds for their futuristic toy Aibo, Steve Reich, DJ Spooky, Yo La Tengo, and Tortoise. Takemura's wide range of collaborative partners reflect the wide range of his musical talents.

Takemura has also released music under the aliases "DJ Kool Jazz", "Assembler", and "Child's View"

• 1994 - Child's View - 320 Kbps
• 1994 - For Tomorrow - 320 Kbps
• 1995 - Child's View Remix - 320 Kbps
• 1997 - Changing Hands [with Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri] - 320 Kbps
• 1997 - Child and Magic - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - Scope - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - Finale : For Issey Miyake Men by Naori Takizawa - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - Milano : For Issey Miyake Men by Naori Takizawa - 320 Kbps
• 1999 - Paysage Insolite [with DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid] - 256 Kbps
• 1999 - Funfair - 320 Kbps
• 2000 - Meteor - 256 Kbps
• 2001 - Sign - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - Songbook - 256 Kbps
• 2001 - Hoshi No Koe - 320 Kbps
• 2001 - Mahou No Hiroba [with Aki Tsuyuko] - 192 Kbps
• 2001 - Recursion EP - 256 Kbps
• 2001 - Picnic / Oyasumi - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - 10th - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Animate - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Water's Suite - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Animate EP - 320 Kbps
• 2002 - Mimic Robot - 192 Kbps
• 2002 - Assembler 1 - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Assembler 2 - 320 Kbps
• 2003 - Turntables And Computers [with Otomo Yoshihide] - 320 Kbps
• 2006 - Identification With The Enemy: A Key To The Underworld [with Zu] - 320 Kbps
• 2012 - East Facing Balcony [with Tujiko Noriko] - 320 Kbps
• 2014 - Zeitraum - 320 Kbps

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