Tova Tey ( Japanese テ イ ・ ト ウ ワ Tey To: wah , Japanese reading of the Korean name Jung Dong-hwa ( cor. 정동화 ? , 鄭東 和? ) [1] ; Romanized Towa Tei ) is a Japanese DJ of Korean descent, a member of Deee-Lite .
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 Tei Towa 2007 | |
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| Date of Birth | September 7, 1964 (54 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Japan |
| A country |  Japan |
| Professions | Musician, producer, DJ |
| Instruments | |
| Genres | shibuya kay electronica house |
| Collectives | Deee-lite |
| Labels | Elektra records |
| towatei.com | |
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Biography
In the late 1980s, he moved to New York to study art, but soon became a club musician.
Thay began his musical career with remixes of Jungle Brothers tracks from their album Done by the Forces of Nature (1989).
Since 1990, under the pseudonym “DJ Towa Towa,” he has been a member of the New York trio Deee-Lite , who gained worldwide fame for his hit “Groove Is In the Heart”.
In 1991, Tova Tey and Deee-Lite member Dmitry Brill (pseudonym "Super DJ Dmitry") worked with Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto on "Rap the World".
After the release of two albums - World Clique (1990) and Infinity Within (1992), Tova Tay left the band and began a solo career. His debut album, Future Listening! (1995), combined elements of bossanova, jazz and electronic dance music. The second album Sound Museum (1998) was recorded with the participation of Kylie Minogue ; the composition with her participation “GBI: German Bold Italic” reached # 20 in Japan and # 63 in the UK. Also, Bebel Gilberto took part in the recording of the album. In 1999, the next album, Last Century Modern , was recorded.
In 2005, Tova Tey released the Flash album and another single featuring Kylie Minogue, “Sometime Samurai,” which became # 6 in Japan.
Discography
Studio Albums
- 1995 Future Listening!
- 1998 Sound Museum
- 1999 Last Century Modern
- 2002 Sweet Robots Against the Machine
- 2005 Flash
- 2012 Mach 2012
DJ-mix albums
- 2004 Motivation-Songs for Make Up
- 2004 Motivation-Driving Sweets
- 2005 Motivation3
- 2005 Motivation4 - Dusty Dance Halls
- 2007 Motivation Five
Singles and Mini Albums
- 1995 Technova
- 1995 Luv Connection
- 1998 GBI: German Bold Italic
- 1998 Butterfly
- 1999 Let Me Know
- 2000 mars
- 2002 Funkin 'For Jamaica
- 2005 Sometime Samurai
Remix Albums
- 1994 Future Recall!
- 1995 Future Recall 2
- 1997 Stupid Fresh
- 2000 Lost Control Mix
- 2000 Lost Control Mix 2
- 2003 Re: Towa Tei Sweet Robots Against the Machine
- 2006 flasher
Compilation
- 2002 Towa Tei / Best
- 2003 Best Korea (Korean Edition)