Album Notes

JUTA TAKAHASHI was born in Miyagi, Japan in 1959, and then spent his childhood to teens in Aomori. At his teens, he was strongly influenced by so-called progressive rock and synthesizer music that had been assumed to be avant-garde at that time. He went to Tokyo for going on to school, and his career as a musician started afterwards. Though he originally was a guitarist and played rock music like King Crimson's that valued improvisation, he gradually devoted himself to electronic music. He now resides in Sendai, Miyagi and is producing music by using synthesizers and computers as an independent musician. He received the major impact from electronic/ambient musicians, such as Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Vangelis and Pete Namlook, etc. Though his music is basically beautiful, calm, emotional and melodious, aggressive sounds that catch a glimpse of his original background also appear sometimes. Since he prefers analog instruments to digital ones, his works are characterized by the former. His music composition mainly consists of not programming but improvisation. The first commercial album was released in August, 2007, and six albums have been released at present.


The sixth album of Juta Takahashi, entitled "Quiet Rain", has been released in June, 2009. The album contains following four ambient tunes.


(1) Dawn (15’18”)
A new day silently breaks and is filled with light.

(2) Monochrome Sorrow (15’08”)
A lament.

(3) Quiet Rain (15’12”)
Gentle rain at night.

(4) The Azure Dragon (15’18”)
The azure dragon flies up sky-high in an evening of springtime.

There are beautiful and impressive sounds by analog synthesizers as usual.


All four tunes on this album have started being broadcast by StillStream on July 24, 2009.


Full previews are available at the official website and Last.fm.