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Techno TalesAuthor: Will Johncock
Explores important tracks from the histories of techno, trance, and acid house. Each episode is told through a short story, inspired and informed by actual events. Language: en-us Genres: Music, Music Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 29 –Takaaki Itoh - Needle
Episode 29
Friday, 14 November, 2025
It’s 1994, and Takaaki Itoh, a young Japanese dj with a passion for various forms of electronic music, is beginning to organise his own techno parties in and around the city of Morioka, in northern Japan. Like many people in Japan in the early 1990s, Itoh’s interest in techno has been influenced by artists from the United States and Europe, who tour the country and increasingly release their records there. The growing popularity of techno in Japan is apt, given that so much of the music is made with, and inspired by, devices housing Japanese electronics, in particular those manufactured by the Roland corporation. In the coming years, Itoh’s engagements with techno will expand beyond honouring this music through the parties he organises, to producing his own, soon to be iconic tracks, such as "Needle".
