Hiroshi Watanabe

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Japan's veteran dance producer HIROSHI WATANABE aka KAITO is that familiar whisper in the centre of KOMPAKT's kaleidoscopic strobe light to the many loyalists that know us well. To think it has been over 8 years since he dropped the unsuspecting masterpiece "Beautiful Day" on our doorsteps makes us as giddy as the realization that we have watched his son grow up having graced the cover of nearly all 13 releases for the label. KAITO remains one of Japan's biggest dance producers and undeniably one of the most respected artists from Asia remaining a top 3 best selling artist in Japan, USA and Greece for KOMPAKT. The silhouette of his son on the cover of "TRUST" signifies a change of pace for KAITO…dare we say WATANABE has created one of his most matured and meditative releases to date. Fear not, the euphoria remains - KAITO continues to flow through his melodies with a remarkable ease and grace that is rarely heard by producers of today. Throughout "TRUST", KAITO seems to want to draw the listener into an aura of introspectiveness - an elative earnestness that signifies true growth and a change of pace for this talent that is sure to be welcomed by many considering these serious times and certain to draw new fans to his already full table. Another classic moment for KOMPAKT from one of our most endearing producers.



Hiroshi Watanabe has been involved in the house and techno music world since his graduation from the Berklee College of Music, Boston, U.S.A. where he received a major in Music Composition.
Following his move to New York City he started DJing in plenty hot venues.
He had a residency at "Save The Robots" but also performed as a guest DJ in high profile New Yorkean clubs such as "Tunnel", "Twilo" and "Speeed".
The US Billboard club play chart No.1 award arrived with "Kimara Lovelace /Circles", No.3 with "Everyn Champagne King /One More Time" and the maxi singles sales chart No.5 with "You've Got To Be There /Nite System" in 1998.
He released numerous tracks under the Hiroshi Watanabe and NITE SYSTEM projects on New York labels such as Deeper Rekords, Nitegrooves and BPM King Street Sound.
Moreover he released an E.P. and the album "Sketch From A Moment" on Frogman Records under the alias QUADRA, as well as the album "Beatmania -Beat Indication" on the Japanese label Konami, under his real name.
Hiroshi Watanabe has also left his mark in the video games department, as he has given tracks for one of the most famous games "Beat mania" -Konami (which one can find in arcades and Sony PlayStation) achieving pretty big sales.
In March 1999 he decided to settle in Japan where he has been acting as producer for Japanese artists and making an even bigger impact with his many remix projects.
His new alias KAITO was a 2001 initiative, under which he released "Beautiful Day", "Everlasting", "Awakening", the albums "Special Life", "Special Love" and "Soul of Heart" on the German KOMPAKT Records.
At that same period he started a new deep slow house project called "TREAD" with the assistance of graphic designer Takehiko Kitahara and so far "TREAD" has released 5 albums from Japanese "Norm".
In 2003 he released under the alias "32 PROJECT" the "Root of World" EP on the highly acclaimed label , IBADAN Records.
He continues giving live performances as Tread and Kaito, but also continues DJing, where he uses his name Hiroshi Watanabe, throughout all popular Japanese clubs. In 2002, he gave a fantastic performance at the Sonar Music Festival in Barcelona, at Vision in Switzerland and at Popkomm in Cologne, Germany. Moreover, the talented Mr. Watanabe has also made music for films, he's composed television jingles as well as music for theatre plays, fashion shows and more.
His talent in the fine arts is proved even more so intense since 2002 when he started working as a photographer. Eversince, he has held several Photo Exhibitions at certain galleries and clubs in Tokyo. His first Photo Album accompanied by the "TINY BALANCE" DVD with an original soundtrack was released in Japan in September 2004 by Colorve.



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