Akira Takasaki: asian killer locomotion

News:
31-01-2008:
Another album off the production line... Akira Takasaki and Loudness release "Metal Mad", through Tokuma Communications label on February 20 in Japan. Release dates for other territories have not yet been announced.


"Metal Mad" track listing:

01. Fire Of Spirit
02. Metal Mad
03. High Flyer
04. Spellbound #9
05. Crimson Paradox
06. Black And White
07. Whatsoever
08. Call Of The Reaper
09. Can't Find My Way
10. Gravity
11. Transformation

06-09-2007:
Akira Takasaki, Loudness guitarist will release his eighth solo album, "Black Brown" on September 26, 2007 via Tricycle Entertainment.



01. Midnight Train
02. Live or Die
03. Black Brown
04. High-Top
05. Today's News
06. Funky Babe
07. Wild Spending
08. Fire Dance
09. Heavy Stone
10. Touch Your Skin
11. Back In Kawachi
12. Bass Man
13. Slow Drive To The Moon
14. Apologize

Samples


12-12-2006:
Akira Takasaki and his band Loudness have set "Breaking the Taboo" as the title of their new album, due in Japan on December 27 2006 via Tokuma Communications. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Breaking The Taboo (4:28)
02. Brutal Torture (4:54)
03. Sick World (4:52)
04. Don't Spam Me (3:56)
05. Damnation (5:19)
06. The Love Of My Life (4:32)
07. A Moment Of Revelation (5:34)
08. Dynamite (4:49)
09. Risk Taker (4:16)
10. I Wish (5:51)
11. Diving Into Darkness (4:13)
12. Without You (4:05)


17-08-2006:
Lots of video on YouTube for Akira Takasaki and Loudness


Die for hunger


Road Racer


SDI


Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, "Nenriki", on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows:

01. Surf Trip
02. Mars
03. I Want To Take You Higher
04. Neighborhood
05. Mindphase
06. Chicago Drive
07. The Sun Goes Down
08. No One To Depend On
09. Black Gold
10. Paradise Jungle
11. Echoes
12. Funk It

Check out the album artwork


Also Loudness will release a new DVD, titled "Loudness in America 06: Live Shocks World Circuit 2006 Chapter 1" on August 23. The disc will feature footage from the band's North American tour.

Background:
Akira Takasaki was born in 1961, Osaka, Japan and has been playing guitar since he was a teenager. He won a talent competition at the age of 16 playing a Deep Purple song. Akira wnet on to join the band Lazy, a japanese pop band, then, after being influenced by Van Halen set up a heavy rock band Loudness in 1981.
Links to his extensive CD relases:
Lazy
Loudness
Solo work