Nobukazu Takemura

Takemura worked across disc jockey, composer and musician. The registers place that work in electronic music. This article rests on 30 catalogued compositions, 31 issued recordings and 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Nobukazu Takemura • Alias — Child's View, Assembler, DJ Takemura • Origin — Kyoto, Japan • Born — 28 August 1968 • Birthplace — Hirakata, Osaka Japan • Genre — Electronica, trip hop, glitch, nu jazz, chamber music, ambient • Occupation — Musician, artist, DJ • Years Active — 1990–present • Website — Nobukazu Takemura Official site

In 1990, Takemura founded the instrumental hip hop group Audio Sports with Yamatsuka Eye (of Boredoms) and Aki Onda. Their first album, Era of Glittering Gas, was released in 1992 (after which Onda subsequently took control of the project). In 1992, Takemura formed the nu-jazz collective Spiritual Vibes, which released several albums and a few singles throughout the early to mid-1990s. During this period Takemura would occasionally toy with (and eventually pursue full-time in the late 1990s) his own solo releases, typically under the names of DJ Takemura or Kool Jazz Productions. He has released music under the pseudonyms of DJ Takemura, Child's View and Assembler, and his music has covered a wide variety of genres in a short amount of time, ranging from hip-hop instrumentals, to jazz, to chamber music and electronic minimalism, breakbeat, noise pop, glitch and jungle music. The vast majority of Takemura's music has been recorded in his home-made "Moonlit Studio", in his Kyoto apartment. He founded the Lollop and Childisc labels in the 1990s after meeting musicians who were unable to release their music due to not having a record label. His voluminous releases, remixes, and collaborations make a comprehensive discography difficult, and his music often defies any easy categorization. Takemura's first U.S. release was Funfair on the Bubble Core label in 1998, a slightly altered release of the Yoru No Yuenchi album released previously in Japan. This was followed by Scope on the Thrill Jockey label in 1999, an album that was released solely in the U.S. He has frequently collaborated with fellow Childisc vocalist/composer Aki Tsuyuko, with her vocals having been sampled on many of his albums. His unique and complex approach to melody and instrumentation has generated a catalog of collaborations with critically acclaimed artists including Issey Miyake, Zu, Steve Reich, DJ Spooky, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, and Tujiko Noriko. Takemura performed live extensively in the early 2000s, having toured the U.S. opening for Tortoise and Plaid, as well as touring the U.K. with a full live band playing his music on a sponsorship from the British Arts Council. Takemura was also responsible for the sound design of Sony's robotic dog AIBO. Takemura moved from his long-term home of Kyoto to Berlin, Germany in 2008. In February 2014, Takemura released Zeitraum, a compilation of music, sounds and images he had created from 2004 – 2013 for various projects, commissions and collaborations. Zeitraum is Takemura's first solo album release in 11 years.

• Year — Title — Album details • 1994 — Child's View — LP]], CD • 1997 — Child and Magic — *Released: 15 December 1997 *Label: Warner Music Japan (JP) *Formats: CD • 1998 — Yoru No Yuenchi — *As Child's View *Released: 1998 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: CD • 1999 — Funfair — *As Child's View *Released: March 1999 *Label: Bubble Core Records (US) *Formats: CD *U.S. version of Yoru No Yuenchi with slightly altered tracklist • Milano: For Issey Miyake Men By Naoki Takizawa — *Released: 26 May 1999 *Label: Warner Music Japan (JP) *Formats: CD • Scope — *Released: 9 June 1999 *Label: Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: LP, CD • Finale: For Issey Miyake Men By Naoki Takizawa — *Released: 22 December 1999 *Label: Warner Music Japan (JP) *Formats: CD • 2000 — Meteor — *Released: 2000 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Format: CD *Was released in U.S. as a 12" single instead of an album • Hoshi No Koe — *Released: 2000 *Label: Childisc (JP) / Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: LP, CD *Japan and U.S. versions had one different track on each • Sign — *Released: November 2000 *Label: Tokuma Japan Communications (JP) / Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: LP, CD *Japan and U.S. versions had some differing tracks • 2001 — Songbook — *Released: 21 December 2001 *Label: Childisc (JP) / Bubble Core Records (US) *Formats: LP, CD *Japan and U.S. versions had different tracklistings • 2002 — Assembler 1 — *As Assembler *Released: 13 March 2002 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: CD • Animate — *Released: 13 March 2002 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: CD • 10th — *Released: 24 July 2002 *Label: Childisc (JP) / Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: LP, CD *Japan version had one extra track • Water's Suite — *Released: 2002 *Label: Extreme (AUS) *Formats: CD • 2003 — Assembler 2 — *As Assembler *Released: 30 May 2003 *Label: Moonlit (JP) / Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: CD *Japan version had an extra live bonus track • Etude — *Released: 2003 *Label: En/Of (GER) *Formats: LP *Limited edition of 100 vinyls • 2007 — Kobito No Kuni (Unreleased Tracks up to 1999) — *Released: 21 December 2007 *Label: Moonlit (JP) *Formats: CD • 2014 — Zeitraum — *Released: 26 February 2014 *Labels: Happenings (JP) *Formats: CD • 2015 — Einheit — *Released: 5 December 2015 *Labels: Happenings (JP) *Formats: CD *Exclusively sold at Hotel Anteroom in Kyoto for a Takemura art exhibition.

• Year — Title — Album details • 1993 — The Quest is a Reward — *Released: 1993 *Label: NEC Avenue (JP) *Formats: CD • 1998 — Sablé & Grill EP — *As Child's View *Released: 1998 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: CD, 12" *The CD version had one more track than the 12" • 2001 — Recursion EP — *Released: 2001 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: 12" • 2002 — Animate EP — *Released: 2002 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: 12" • Mimic Robot — *Released: 2002 *Label: Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: 12"

• Year — Title — Album details • 1992 — Hoping For The Sun / Kool Jazz Scene / Science Fiction — *As DJ Takemura *Released: 1992 *Label: Global Dept Records (UK) *Formats: 12" • 1994 — For Tomorrow — *Released: 1994 *Label: Toy's Factory (JP) / 99 Records (GER) / Bellissima Records (GER) *Formats: 12", CD • 1999 — The Cradle of Light / After Image — *As Child's View *Released: 1999 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: 12" • Meteor — *Released: 1999 *Label: Thrill Jockey (US) *Formats: 12" *U.S. single version of the Meteor album • 2001 — Mahou No Hiroba — *Released: 21 November 2001 *Label: Childisc (JP) *Formats: CD • Picnic / Oyasumi — *Released: 2001 *Label: Bottrop-Boy (GER) *Formats: 7" • 2002 — Hiking / Viking — *Released: 2002 *Label: Bottrop-Boy (GER) *Formats: 7"

• Year — Title — Album details • 1997 — Changing Hands — *With Richard Barbieri & Steve Jansen *Released: 16 July 1997 *Label: Flavour of Sound (JP) *Formats: CD • 2003 — Turntables and Computers — *With Otomo Yoshihide *Released: 6 November 2003 *Label: Headz *Formats: CD • 2007 — Identification With the Enemy: A Key To the Underworld — *With Zu *Released: 2007 *Label: Atavistic *Formats: CD • 2012 — East Facing Balcony — *With Tujiko Noriko *Released: 6 June 2012 *Label: Happenings *Formats: CD

Takemura worked as disc jockey, composer and musician. Takemura was active from 1990. The fields Takemura worked in include electronic music. Takemura worked in Japanese.

Note: This discography only includes solo and collaboration releases under the names of "Nobukazu Takemura", "Child's View", "Assembler" or "DJ Takemura". None of Takemura's group releases, such as with Audio Sports or Spiritual Vibes, are included.