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Artist
Kuniaki Takenaga
12+ albums
technoIndustrial Technojapaneseindustrialfreie musik
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Kuniaki Takenaga also known as Velarda Techno, Electro, Industrial DJ & producer born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan (1977). Kuniaki Takenaga’s music career began in 1997 influenced by The Prodigy, Ken Ishii, Fumiya Tanaka and the djs’ at the famous Juliana’s Tokyo club. Takenaga sent his first demo to Takaaki Itoh's WOLS label from which 2 tracks ended up being included in a 2003 compilation put out by Sheep Records (Germany) SH032-Various-East-Meets-West. In 2004, 2 tracks were included in SH038-Various-World-Herding-Championships-Part-1 and 2005 in SH040-Various-World-Herding-Championships-Part-2. He was also released on UK's Damon Vallero's Electracom label ECOM21-various- Components III EP (Oct 2004). His track ‘Centrals’ on the Components III EP receives praise by several respected DJs including Grovskopa (Sweden), Tuomas Rantanen (Finland) who has a track on the same EP, and Yourhighness (Maracas, Sweden) and of course Vallero (also included on the ep) whose label had released the EP. Others who recognised his unique talent included Hokkaido by Yasushi, Hiroki Esashika (Intec), Genn, Hiroaki Ilzuka (Symbolism, Soleil), and SUDO (Elektrigger), etc. A year later, in 2005, his own 4 tracks vinyl entitled Phantasmagoria (12”) MK010 was released on UK’s Manuke [Pure Plastic] label. Reviews (Boston DJ Paul Dailey http://www.pauldailey.com/techno-reviews-12705.html ) say: “Four dark, evil, rocking tracks from newcomer Kuniaki Tekenaga and the Manuke crew. The two standou
