| eighteen degrees.(Ken Arai) By coincidence, he listened the Beatles and became interested in music. When he was 16 years old, for the first time, picked up a guitar and from then on, he became immersed in Heavy Metal/ Hard Rock while in high school and Fusion~Jazz while in University. While a member of numerous bands, at the same time, started producing his own original music and produced tracks. In 1999, he founded a unit called transluv with Kaori Okano. In 2000, their activities was covered by Groove magazine. Their interview in this magazine along with the supplement CD which included their music was widely praised and they started releasing their own material through mail order. Also, they started monthly acoustic style live events and madee joint appearances with Jazztronik amongst others. In 2004, they released an 8 track mini-album called undercover. In many fields, they were highly acclaimed but they stopped their activities the following year. At the same time, they started their respective solo activities. After that, Ken Arai produced, programmed, arranged, given tracks to numerous artists such as Maki Nomiya, Olivia Ong, Ryohei, Moumoon, Cover Lover Project, etc. And also as a guitarist, he has been active extensively, performing in numerous artist's works as well as playing live. And in 2008, as eighteen degrees, he is finally finished producing his debut album and set to release it. |
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