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Akira Takasaki (高崎 晃, Takasaki Akira, born February 22, 1961) is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness . He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy , with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Loudness (Japanese: ラウドネス, Hepburn: Raudonesu) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. [1] [2] They were the first Japanese metal act signed to a major label in the United States.
Tusk of Jaguar is the debut solo studio album by Japanese guitarist Akira Takasaki, renowned for his contributions to the rock bands Loudness and Lazy.Initially released in 1982 exclusively in Japan, it was reissued in 2005. [3]
Saying, the previous album was focused on featuring drummer Masayuki Suzuki, but that Eve to Dawn would be guitar driven. [3] Singer Minoru Niihara said that the lyrics has a more positive vibe than in previous releases because of the impact of the Great East Japan earthquake and the instrumental "A Light in the Dark" was dedicated by Takasaki ...
Disillusion (撃剣霊化, Gekken reika) is the fourth studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Loudness.It was recorded, mixed and mastered in London, England, in 1983 and released at the beginning of 1984.
It was recorded and released in 1983. The instrumental track "Tusk of Jaguar" appears on Akira Takasaki's first solo album with the same name. The opening theme is taken from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst, performed by the Orchestre National de l'Opera de Montecarlo, conducted by Antonio de Almeida. [2]
Akira Takasaki – guitars, keyboards; Masayoshi Yamashita – bass; Masayuki Suzuki – drums; Production. Masatoshi Sakimoto – engineer, mixing; Haruka Shinohara, Yuko Tanabe – assistant engineers; Manfred Melchior – mastering at MM Sound, Steinhagen, Germany; Hirose Shiraishi – supervisor; Masahiro Shinoki, Keiichi Horiuchi ...
It was released on May 19, 2010 only in Japan and marks the full-length debut of drummer Masayuki Suzuki. Guitarist Akira Takasaki would later say King of Pain was focused on featuring Suzuki. [1] The album reached number 21 on the Oricon chart. [2]