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Halfby is the solo project of Kyoto resident artist, DJ Takahiro Takahashi. He is very active in Japan’s live music scene. His style is based on Breakbeats and Hip hop but is also influenced by a wide range of other musical styles including Rock, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Reggae and Calypso.
Since his debut in 2002 , Halfby has released three EPs and one full-length album in 2005 titled “Green Hours”, all of which sold particularly well and reached appreciable positions on indie ranking charts. Building on the success of his EP Half Works, he remixed songs for other Japanese artists including Cubismo Grafico, M-Flo, Doping Panda, and Halcali. He also collaborated with Strauss (Tatsuki Hashimoto) to compose the soundtracks of Katsuyuki Motohiro’s movie “Summertime Machine Blues” and performed at large music festivals in Japan including Summersonic and Count Down Japan. He continues to receive praise from other artists in Japan, such as Fantastic Plastic Machine and Yasuharu Konishi (ex Pizzicato Five).
Since his debut in 2002 , Halfby has released three EPs and one full-length album in 2005 titled “Green Hours”, all of which sold particularly well and reached appreciable positions on indie ranking charts. Building on the success of his EP Half Works, he remixed songs for other Japanese artists including Cubismo Grafico, M-Flo, Doping Panda, and Halcali. He also collaborated with Strauss (Tatsuki Hashimoto) to compose the soundtracks of Katsuyuki Motohiro’s movie “Summertime Machine Blues” and performed at large music festivals in Japan including Summersonic and Count Down Japan. He continues to receive praise from other artists in Japan, such as Fantastic Plastic Machine and Yasuharu Konishi (ex Pizzicato Five).
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The Island of Curiosity
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HALF WORKS
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NovNocturne wrote:
RODEO MACHINEEEE
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ScalpelRemains wrote:
Very good music that DJ's should only play for the summertime, beach music on a late night, having fun and drinking. Very good beats and everything.
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Dojdei wrote:
Fantastic summer music!
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Hear-Japan wrote:
Halfby dropped his newest album today. Killer stuff: http://www.hearjapan.com/store/album_info/The_Island_of_Curiosity
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portseventeen wrote:
Half Works = amazing.
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UTSAFTW wrote:
Star Track, Slip On and SCREW THE PLAN = My favorties. :D
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Shuitcake wrote:
omg track star surely sucks ass, but the other works are great especially slip on and screw the plan
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Tomrawrr wrote:
Star Track holy shit <3
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babraque wrote:
Cool music. I wish he came to play to Prague or somewhere close :-) The videos are awesome, too.
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jumpymonsterwow wrote:
halfbeat!!! ruff ruff! happy!
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foolic_2 wrote:
まさに水色ｗ
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Vavan wrote:
<3
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wao wrote:
水色！
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graphikei wrote:
Vote Pics! ^^
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Pioners wrote:
Funky beats!
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echoboy wrote:
lovely sound!
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tamasaburou_tw and pisutachio added Halfby to their libraries. last week
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garirei tagged Halfby with breakbeat and electronic. October 2011
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coz_me added Halfby to the lineup of HALFBY 10th ANNIVERSARY & NEW ALBUM "Leaders Of The New School" PRE.... October 2011
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cherry_coke0729, MikuYodoi, garirei and 8 other people added Halfby to their libraries. October 2011
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jemyaka tagged Halfby with breakbeat, japanese and electronic. April 2011
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animusterror, sakura0001, nuykkuzzukkyun and 6 other people added Halfby to their libraries. March 2011
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NiisiDark-Angel updated the Japanese wiki page for Halfby. (diff) November 2010
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