towa tei
Producer, remixer, DJ, artist and creative director. Born Yokohama, Japan 1964.
Towa Tei began his career as a member of Deee-Lite with their first release World Clique, containing the hit single Groove Is In The Heart in 1990.
He has released solo albums as Sweet Robots Against The Machine and as Metafive.
Prior to Deee-lite while a student in NYC Towa worked as an assistant to Ryuichi Sakamoto having previously submitted an early demo tape for his and Akiko Yano's radio show in 1986. This early demo was released in 1991 under the name Chung Dong-Hwa.
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Towa Tei (テイ・トウワ) 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. His best-known work in the West was as part of the post-80's NY house music trio, Deee-Lite. After the break-up of Deee-Lite in the late 90's, Towa Tei returned to Tokyo to join the burgeoning "Shibuya-kei Scene" with the likes of Pizzicato 5 and Fantastic Plastic Machine.
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