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Chapter 1 - Encounter with... -
TATSUYA OE is Japanese electronic musician /DJ, well-known for his mastery of production from experimental to pop. After he majored economics at Tokyo University,working for ad company,he began making music in ‘96. He released his debut 12 inches from ACV ( Italy ). Since " Encounter with... " album ( '98,Sublime ), he burst onto the club scene as the maverick solo project “ CAPTAIN FUNK â€.“ Captain Funk will make you believe! †was the Ministry of Sound magazine’s opinion, while Time Out mag described his music as a “ Vibrant delight! â€. Norman ‘ Fatboy Slim ’ Cook, describes his record as “ F***ing insane! †and demands extra copies. The Fatboy’s not alone however, as Tatsuya has earned the praise and respect of international DJs from across the board such as Cold Cut, Si Begg, Freddy Fresh, Ken Ishii and Carl Cox for his unashamedly infectious party groove.
He released successful singles,Mix CD,and albums including " Bustin' Loose EP " , " Dancing in the Street "," Style " etc. Especially " Songs of the Siren " was selected as one of The Year in Music 2001" of the Billboard Magazine.
He played at many big events in Japan like Fuji Rock Festival, and overseas like Global-Tekno ,Saint-Nolff ( france ) ,West Night Club ( Germany ),Turnmills ( UK ),Zouk( Singapore ) etc.
Chapter 2 - OE -
Since 2002's " Here and You ", he started another solo project simply under the name “ OE â€,which is more cutting-edge and introspective. After the collaboration with Yoshihide Otomo †ONJQ + OE “ , his most experimental album “Physical Fiction†,he dropped his second album under the “ Oe †banner, Director's Cut" ('04). During OE's era,he did an opening act for Kraftwerk , Holger Czukay, and David Bowie ( as Groove Syndicate,his another project ) in Japan. He formed a band and did gigs, playing guitars and singing, synchronized with CG films.
Chapter 3 - 2nd stage of Captain Funk -
After 2005 he toured with Space Cowboy in Japan as Captain Funk, he began DJ energetically again, residented in playMODEL @ Fabrique,and participated in Rock in Japan Festival 2006.etc. And launched his own company Model Electronic Inc. which manages from music/visual labels to software development.
He has just released Captain Funk's new albums called " HEAVY METAL "&" HEAVY MELLOW " in Japan from Model Electronic. As Captain Funk,it's 6 years since the acclaimed 2nd album " Songs of the siren "! At the release party this June, he played not only as a DJ but a band "Captain Funk All stars".
He has remixed and collaborated with almost 200 musicians,creative directors, fashion brands including James Brown, Ron Sexsmith, Serge Gainsbourg, HOTEI, CHIC, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Freddy Fresh, Puffy, Tsuchiya Anna, Ken Ishii, Co-fusion, Denki Groove, Tommy February 6, Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden, Nick Wood & Simon Lebon, Noriyuki Tanaka, SABU ( "Monday" ), SuperLovers, Final Home, G-STAR, Cartier, Vivienne Westwood etc.
Contact for booking,production : TatsuyaOe.com ContactTATSUYA OE Music Production for Sony Ericsson TVCM 2007.
As for CM,also he did for UNIQLO, Canon Pixus, Mitsubishi Motors, Panasonic,etc.
Panasonic Viera's global branding website "Experience Color" ,in which Tatsuya Oe participated for music production,won "The Finalist Award" in New York Festivals & "Silver Prize" in Tokyo Interactive Ad Awards in 2007.