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Takehiro has previously created works themed around scenes such as travel.
For the past few years, he has mainly released albums and singles featuring nursery rhymes, animals, and songs targeted at families.
This latest release marks his first return to easy listening in a long time.
The album features 13 tracks from the many works of Takahiro Watanabe, paying homage to the greats of easy listening of the past, including his much-admired Paul Mauriat, Franck Pourcel, Caravelli, and Percy Faith. Two of the tracks are new, and some previously released songs have been re-arranged.
Elegant strings, nostalgic melodies, and light rhythms - this is a "long-awaited musical journey" dedicated to all lovers of easy listening.
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1983, he is a composer, arranger, and player of piano and synthesizers. He formerly worked as a public junior high school teacher (specializing in Japanese language and serving as a choral club advisor and conductor) but resigned due to health issues. Subsequently, he founded WATATAKE Sound Co., Ltd., operating from 2013 to 2017, where he handled tasks such as sound source management, music production, and video creation. In late 2017, he signed a contract with TuneCore and began distributing his original music to both domestic and international audiences. He garnered attention with a collection of Japanese children's song covers released in 2018; since then, he has released arrangements of children's songs and traditional school songs, comical animal-themed tracks, and humorous original compositions. He also produces easy-listening albums, a genre he has enjoyed since childhood. Influenced by easy-listening masters such as Paul Mauriat, Franck Pourcel, and Caravelli, he creates music that appeals to a wide range of generations, though his recent work focuses primarily on the easy-listening style and evocative, atmospheric music.
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