TAKU & GORO

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Goro ITO

Born on December 10th, 1964 in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture. Left-handed.
Goro ITO is a composer, arranger, string arranger, guitarist, and producer who has released albums and performed live concerts in and out of Japan as a member of the bossa-nova duo naomi & goro with Naomi Fuse, and also a solo artist under the alias MOOSE HILL.​
As Goro ITO, his works are centered around creating instrumental music pieces, and also writes music for movies, TV dramas, and commercial films.
2001 Released his first album "wolf song" under the name MOOSE HILL.
2002 Released naomi & goro's first album "turn turn turn"
2003 Released naomi & goro's Christmas album "Presente De Natal." Produced and released "THE RUSTLE" with Kazue Tagaki from Spiral Records' Far Love label.
2004 Released naomi & goro's "BON BON," and produced the compilation album CD "Do Re Mi Fa Utao" for parents and children.
2005 Released the collaborative album "Hawaii, Hawaii" with KAMA AINA and Ren Takada as a member of the Honolulu-Gosanke series. Produced the second compilation work "Rhythm de asobo" for parents and children.
2006 Released naomi & goro's "HOME" and "P.S. I Forgot," and MOOSE HILL's second album "desert house" in which Tomoyo Harada participated in two of the songs. He was in charge of the music for the film "What the Snow Brings" (directed by Kichitaro Negishi, starring Yusuke Iseya, Koichi Sato, Kyoko Koizumi, Kazue Fukiishi and others), which won the Grand Prix, the Best Director, the Best Actor, and the Audience Award at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival. An original soundtrack was released along with the film. In 2007, he performed in the "LOHAS Classic Concert 2007" produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
On August 8th, he released two tribute album CDs "tribute" and "best," he planned and produced for the Penguin Cafe Orchestra from Ryuichi Sakamoto's record label commmons. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, Steve Jansen, Hiroshi Takano, and Masakatsu Takagi and other musicians participated in the tribute.
Goro ITO created the songs and music for two short films "identify" and "metamorphosis" directed by Masahiko Nagasawa, made in celebration of the fifth year of Fuji Television Network's campaign slogan "Kikkake wa Fuji Terebi."
He produced, composed, arranged, string arranged, and performed on Tomoyo Harada's 25th year debut anniversary album "music & me" released on November 28th. Goro ITO also participated in the band's arrangement and performance for the nationwide tour "music & me" along with the album's release.
He also produced and released his third compilation album CD "Good Night" for parents and children.
2008
He provided the music for SONY's "α350" TV commercial (starring Yuu Kashii), which was aired from March.
On May 28th, naomi & goro released their sixth full album "Bossa Nova Songbook1" from commmons. Ryuichi Sakamoto played the piano in the album and performed at the outdoor festival WORLD HAPPINESS in August.
He provided music for Toppan Printing x SONY's Blu-ray Disc "BD-Live".
www.moosehill.jp

Takuji Aoyagi

Takuji Aoyagi is an active artist that expresses himself through words, sounds, and visuals
under the names LITTLE CREATURES, Double Famous, the solo band project KAMA AINA, and Takuji Aoyagi.
He hosts the storytelling event "BOOKWORM," and the owns the label "CHORDIARY."
In 2007, he performed at the Roskilde Festival, one of the largest music festivals in Europe, held in Roskilde, Denmark, under the name KAMA AINA. The event featured guests such as BEASTIE BOYS and Björk. Later on, he set off on a tour through Sweden, Germany, and Spain. In November of the same year, he released his first album "Tadeai" under the name Takuji Aoyagi. In 2008, the Double Famous, celebrating their 15th anniversary, released their 5th album "DOUBLE FAMOUS" on July 9th, and performed at large summer festivals in and out of Japan. He has been involved in the world of words as Takuji Aoyagi as well, releasing his collection of poems and paintings "Radio Tower" and holding the storytelling event "Bookworm," which will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year. He serializes his stories in "Tadeai-no-oto" in the "sotokoto" magazine, and "Mood Indigo (words by Atkuji Aoyagi, and more)" in Tower Record's free magazine "bounce."
www.tone.jp