Biography
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Born
23 August 1989 (age 34)
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Born In
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Teddy Sakakibara, born on 23th August 1989, Japan
On his parents’ recommendation, Teddy started playing the electric organ when he was two years old.
At age nine, he discovered human beat-boxing online, self-teached it and eventualy made his first live debut as a professional beat-boxer at the age of 15. From that point on, he participated in many music arrangements and compositions.
In 2008 he joined Japanese solo artist 雅-miyavi- on his first world tour, where he played 33 shows in a total of 14 countries throughout Europe, South America, North America, Asia, and Japan.
After that, he joined the three-person unit, SOUL’d OUT as a live DJ for their tour, as well as festivals and other live events where they performed. Aside from his work with SOUL’d OUT, he participated in the Japanese electronic festival METAMORPHOSE 08, as well as WIRE09, hosted by Takkyu Ishino from DENKI GROOVE and several similar festivals.
TeddyLoid gained popularity through his work with ☆Taku Takahashi in producing the soundtrack for GAINAX’s Anime series “Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt”. The soundtrack reached #10 on the ORICON weekly album charts, #1 in the anime genre on iTunes, and #1 on Amazon’s Best Seller Ranking. Furthermore, the album attained #1 in the Anime & Game section on iTunes in 2011 and attained the shining status of “Best Album” in the Anime Section in “iTunes Rewind 2011″.
His wide range of experiences makes him a forerunner in the electronic music scene and gathers him a large amount of interest and attention from all over the world.
Offical Website : http://www.teddyloid.com/
Official Twitter: @TeddyLoidSpace
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