Everything about Towa Tei totally explained
is a
Japanese-born
DJ of
Korean descent. He moved to New York City in the late 1980s to be an art student, but soon dropped out as he became involved in the New York City club scene. He first earned notice for his production work on the
Jungle Brothers'
1989 LP
Done by the Forces of Nature.
In
1990, he shot to fame as a member of the downtown New York club trio
Deee-Lite. The group scored an international hit with "
Groove Is In the Heart".
In
1991, Towa Tei and
Super DJ Dmitri collaborated with Japanese musician
Ryuichi Sakamoto on the song "Rap the World".
After two albums,
1990's
World Clique and
1992's
Infinity Within, Towa Tei left Deee-Lite to begin working on solo projects; his debut album
Future Listening!, a montage of
bossa nova,
jazz and electronic
dance music, appeared in
1995. His second album for
Elektra Records was
1998's
Sound Museum. On it, he collaborated with
Kylie Minogue for the track "", which reached number 20 in Japan and number 63 in the UK.
Bebel Gilberto also did vocals for the album. This was followed by album
Last Century Modern in
1999.
In
2005, Towa Tei released a new album dubbed
Flash and a new single with Minogue, "
Sometime Samurai", which reached number six in Japan.
Discography
Studio albums
Remix albums
1994 Future Recall!
1995 Future Recall 2
1997 Stupid Fresh
2000 Lost Control Mix
2000 Lost Control Mix 2
2006 Flasher
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Compilation albums
2002 Towa Tei / Best
2003 Best Korea (Korea only)Further Information
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