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Kaito

Real Name:
Hiroshi Watanabe
Profile:
Born in Tokyo in 1971. Son of composer father and a jazz pianist mother.
Contrabass course, Tokyo College of Music. Music Synthesis major, Berklee College of Music.

This project is dedicated to and named after his 3 years old son. In translation the Japanese word 'KAITO' means: 'The one that is able to explain the universe'.
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Discography

Releases:
Beautiful Day (12")   Kompakt 2001
Everlasting (12")   Kompakt 2001
You've Seen Us You Must Have Seen Us (CD, Album)   Devil in the Woods 2001
Awakening (12")   Kompakt 2002
Special Life (Album) (2 versions)   Kompakt 2002
Special Love (Album) (2 versions)   Kompakt 2003
Soul Of Heart (12")   Kompakt 2004
Color Of Feels (12")   Kompakt 2005
Hundred Million Light Years (Album) (3 versions)   Kompakt 2006
Hundred Million Love Years (Album) (2 versions)   Kompakt 2006
Contact To The Spirits (CD, Comp, Mixed)   Kompakt 2007
A Moment For The Life (2 versions)   Octave Lab ... 2008
Alive (12")   Kompakt 2008
Trust (Album) (3 versions)   Kompakt 2009
We Are Living Here (12")   Kompakt 2009
Remixes:
Evening Dance (12") Reminisce (Kaito Inst.... Life Line 2003
Reminisce (2 versions) Reminisce (Kaito Vocal... Life Line 2003
Kompakt 100 (Comp) (2 versions) Tomorrow (Kaito Mix) Kompakt 2004
Ping Pong (Maxi) (2 versions) Ping Pong (Kaito aka H... Klik Records 2004
Don't Forget Me (Maxi, Single) (2 versions) Don't Forget Me (Kaito... Distinct'ive Records 2005
Cross The Ocean (12") Cross The Ocean (Kaito... Tic Tac Toe Records 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Round One (12", Blu) Schoolgirl Crush, F-60 ELK Promotions 1997
Launch Party! Techno Flight 2.0 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Awakening Superb Trax 2002
Music 4 - Electronic Basics - Fine Selection (CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo) Saturday And Sunday Goodlife Records (Germany) 2002
SPEX CD #20 (CD) Inside River Spex Magazine 2002
Solid Sounds Anno 2002 Volume 03 (2xCD) Awakening 541 2002
Solid Sounds Sampler 2002/3 V2 (12") Awakening 541 2002
Total 4 (CD, Comp) Beautiful Day Kompakt 2002
24:7 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Release Your Body Boxed 2003
Live At Sónar (CD) Intension SonarMusic 2003
Smallville (CD, Mixed, Comp) Release Your Body Kompakt 2003
Don't Look Now (Comp) (4 versions) The Awakening Distinct'ive Records ... 2004
Hiroshi Watanabe (CD) Piece Of Landscape, In... Klik Records 2004
Kompakt 100 (2xCD, Comp) Respect To The Distanc... Kompakt 2004
Sounds Of Instruments_01 (CD, Mixed, Comp + DVD, Mixed) Hundred Million Light ... Klik Records 2005
Total 6 (2xCD, Comp) Hundred Million Lighty... Kompakt 2005
Trance Nation Presents Progressive Interpretation (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Soul Of Heart Silly Spider Music 2005
Kompakt (CD, Comp) Hundred Million Lights... XMAG 2006
Low Complexity Future (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed) Natural Source Earthfight.com 2006
Renaissance: 3D (3xCD, Mixed) Hundred Million Light ... Renaissance 2006
The Cisco Xmas Mix (CD, Promo) Your Brilliant Flowers Cisco International 2006
Hello Kompakt (CD) Release Yourself (Beat... Kompakt 2007
Sounds Of Instruments 03 (CD, Mixed, Comp + DVD) Piece Of Landscape Klik Records 2007
The Art Of Chill 4 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed, Sli) Inside River Platipus 2007
Total 8 (3x12", Comp) Soul Of Heart (Remix) Kompakt 2007
Total 9 (Comp) (2 versions) Everlasting Dub Kompakt 2008
Mi-Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) Trust Octave Lab 2009
Live At Sónar (CD, Mixed, Comp, Promo) Intension SonarMusic  
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Review by enrique Sep 03, 2003
Absoulutelly outstanding piece of composer house/trance. This get backs to the memories of old trance vibes and will be definitively best filed under "HYMN". The word "KAITO" stands for "He who is able to explain the universe" and is doin' after Hiroshi's own 3-year old child (who's at the cover & back I think). Get it now!
Review by 808 Feb 06, 2003
HIROSHI WATANABE (a.k.a Kaito,Tread,Quadra,Nite System) ; the Japanese Producer - Remixer - DJ who is keep running in the House and Techno Music World since after he graduated from Music Synthesis Major at Berklee College of Music in BOSTON, U.S.A.. He'd been DJing at many hot clubs in N.Y. through the residence of , and performing at , and as a guest DJ. He was awarded the US Billboard club play chart No.1 with "Kimara Lovelace / Circles",No.3 with "Everyn Champagne King / One More Time" and the maxi single sales chart No.5 with "You've got to be there / Nite System" in 1998. He released many tracks in the names of his own project, HIROSHI WATANABE, and NITE SYSTEM from N.Y. labels, such as DEEPER REKORDS, NITEGROOVES and BPM KING STREET Sound, and the album "Sketch from a Moment" and E.P from FROGMAN RECORDS as QUADRA and album "Beatmania ~ Beat Indication" from KONAMI as HIROSHI WATANABE in Japan. He's also giving some tracks for the one of the most famous game "Beat mania" -KONAMI- (for arcade game and Sony PlayStation) and makes the big sales. After he settled in japan since March of 1999, He's been producing Japanese artists and particularly succeeding in the many remix works. As a DJ, He's been having his private event "QUADRA" at "MANIAC LOVE" in Aoyama, and also performing at "MODULE" in Shibuya, Tokyo as a resident every first Saturday. In 2001, his new world as project name "KAITO" -BEAUTIFUL DAY and EVERLASTING - were released from KOMPAKT, Germany.
Review by juho Aug 13, 2002
A Recommendation to all who like house music and are open for excursions between styles. "Intension" on the "Everlasting" 12" on Kompakt is in my opinion the best work by him so far. Lush house mixed with trancey elements.

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