Towa Tei
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Towa Tei (テイトウワ Tei Tōwa?, 鄭東和 정동화 Chung Dong-hwa) is a Japanese-born DJ, who 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 the classic "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 "GBI," 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 Kylie Minogue, "Sometime Samurai", which reached number six in Japan.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- 1995 Future Listening!
- 1998 Sound Museum
- 1999 Sweet Robots Against the Machine
- 1999 Last Century Modern
- 2005 Flash
[edit] DJ-mix albums
- 2004 Motivation-Songs for Make Up
- 2004 Motivation-Driving Sweets
- 2005 Motivation3
- 2005 Motivation4 -Dusty Dance Halls
[edit] Compilation albums
- 2002 Towa Tei / Best
- 2003 Best Korea (Korea only)
[edit] External links
- Official Website (Japanese)
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