is a Japanese-born DJ of Korean descent. He moved to New York City in the late 1980s to be an art student, but soon dropped out as he became involved in the New York City club scene. He first earned notice for his production work on the Jungle Brothers' 1989 LP ''Done by the Forces of Nature''.
In 1990, he shot to fame as a member of the downtown New York club trio Deee-Lite. The group scored an international hit with "Groove Is In the Heart".
In 1991, Towa Tei and Super DJ Dmitri collaborated with Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto on the song "Rap the World".
After two albums, 1990's ''World Clique'' and 1992's ''Infinity Within'', Towa Tei left Deee-Lite to begin working on solo projects; his debut album ''Future Listening!'', a montage of bossa nova, jazz and electronic dance music, appeared in 1995. His second album for Elektra Records was 1998's ''Sound Museum''. On it, he collaborated with Kylie Minogue for the track "", which reached number 20 in Japan and number 63 in the UK. Bebel Gilberto also did vocals for the album. This was followed by album ''Last Century Modern'' in 1999.
In 2005, Towa Tei released a new album dubbed ''Flash'' and a new single with Minogue, "Sometime Samurai", which reached number six in Japan.

Contents

Discography

Studio albums

DJ-mix albums

Singles and EPs

Remix albums

Compilation albums

External links

Discography

Studio albums

★ 1995 ''Future Listening!''

★ 1998 ''Sound Museum''

★ 1999 ''Sweet Robots Against the Machine''

★ 1999 ''Last Century Modern''

★ 2005 ''Flash''

DJ-mix albums

★ 2004 ''Motivation-Songs for Make Up''

★ 2004 ''Motivation-Driving Sweets''

★ 2005 ''Motivation3''

★ 2005 ''Motivation4 -Dusty Dance Halls''

★ 2007 ''Motivation Five''

Singles and EPs

★ 1995 ''Technova''

★ 1995 ''Luv Connection''

★ 1998 ''Butterfly''

★ 1998 ''

★ 1999 ''Let Me Know''

★ 2000 ''Mars''

★ 2002 ''Funkin' For Jamaica''

Remix albums

★ 1994 ''Future Recall!''

★ 1995 ''Future Recall 2''

★ 1997 ''Stupid Fresh''

★ 2000 ''Lost Control Mix''

★ 2000 ''Lost Control Mix 2''

Compilation albums

★ 2002 Towa Tei / Best

★ 2003 ''Best Korea'' (Korea only)

External links

★ Official Website

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