Takayuki Shiraishi Artist Bio

Takayiki Shiraishi is a Tokyo born DJ and producer. Shiraishi sways through Tokyo’s vast music scene since the late 70’s. During the years 1990 to 1996, Shiraishi moved on to produce house, downbeat and playful electronica. In 1995 he released the ambient/techno 12inch “Spectral Colours” on the R&S sublabel Apollo under the alias Planetoid. Two years later he manifested his techno leaning creativity under his given name on the album “Photon”, a record that helped launching Japan’s techno scene. It was followed by two more long players, that display his wide musical taste with ambient, house, breakbeat and other genre blending styles. Besides producing, Shiraishi was also a prominent figure of Tokyo’s club nightlife, DJing alongside Jeff Mills as well as Krautrock icons like Holger Czukay. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.