Takehisa Ken

Composer-Songwriter-Musician.Starts learning classical guitar when he turns 10. At the age of 12,listens for the first time to punk and new-wave music,begining of a neverending musical appetite. In 1994,with friend drummer Kovu creates the duet KIRIHITO. The atypical performance of the combo(stepping on a small keyboard for the guitarist-singer and standing with no bass drum for the percussionnist)and its unique sound quickly lead them to a relative success on the punk scene in Japan at first and,after touring the states 3 times in their early years,in North-America. On these tours,encounters with various bands and producers give them the chance to appear on numerous compilations both distributed in Japan and US.Add this to several E.Ps and 3 L.Ps. Since 1999 and aside from KIRIHITO,Ken belongs as a guitarist to the instrumental band called GROUP that recently released second L.P Before turning off the light (2004) on Blues Interactions. At the same time,he still manages to find time for collaborations with many artists,not only musicians from radically different backgrounds(from improvised music to club music)but also plasticians and more...!!!!!!!!!! http://powershovelaudio.com/album/xqbp1014/ !!!!!!!!!!!