Itokim is the alter ego of Japan-based producer Takuro Ito. Influenced by the likes of Detroit techno, IDM or electronica, he has been developing his unique brand of techno and deep house. In early 2008, he released his first record, "Baby Moon", on Fine Art Recordings and received positive feedback in magazines like DJ Magazine and DMC Update, as well as gaining praise from DJs around the globe.
Since then he has gone on to record for Logos Recordings, Nice & Nasty and Itinerant Records. His releases/mixes have found their way into record boxes, charts, mixes, and radio shows of the likes of Laurent Garnier, Ben Watt, Fabrice Lig, Rennie Foster, Santiago Salazar and many others.
2010 is set to be another exciting year with releases in the pipeline for Glasgow's Seventh Sign and Fabrice Lig's Melodika Recordings among others.
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New Itokim on Organica Music Labworks
The new Itokim single on Tony Blunt's Organica Music Labworks. OUT NOW and available to purchase from Beatport and other digital outlets.
Itokim January 2010 Top 10
01. Agoria - Magnolia - Infine Music
02. Vince Watson - A Very Different World - Bio Music
03. E.R.P. - Lament Subrosa - Frantic Flowers
04. South Union - Stage 2 - Melodika Recordings
05. Dave Angel - Ghost Train - Plaza In Crowd
06. Aufgang - Sonar - Infine Music
07. Sebo K - Spirits (Drum Version) - Mobilee
08. Itokim - Long Way Down - Organica Music Labworks
09. Itokim - Things She Said - Organica Music Labworks
10. Shed - Equalized #003 A - Equalized
Itokim remix for Orlando Voorn featured on Slam Ibiza Voice Podcast
Slam finish their set for Ibiza Voice Podcast with Itokim's remix of Orlando Voorn's Angles, which is due out in Feb/Mar on Nice & Nasty. Check it out over at: http://www.ibiza-voice.com/music/podcast/Slam
Itokim - Long Way Down
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Orlando Voorn, Russ Gabriel, Fabrice Lig, Aaron-Carl, Vince Watson, Dave Mothersole, charted by John Selway...
Tracklist 1. Long Way Down / 2. Things She Said / 3. Long Way Down (Tony Blunt remix)
Reviews Clubbingspain.com, 17th January 2010 - 8 out of 10 (BlandiBru)
Various Artists - Deeper Than The Mariana Trench
Airplay from Lee Holman, supported by Laurent Garnier, Hernan Cattaneo, Anderson Noise, Nico De Ceglia, Hans Thalau...
Tracklist 1. Life Recorder - 20m2 / 2. Itokim - Two Eight Five / 3. Tony Dax - Park & Ride / 4. Ben Businovski - The Next Page (Rennie Foster remix) / 5. Erell Ranson - Can You Keep A Secret / 6. Ben Businovski - Analysis (Sven Dedek remix) / 7. Ben Businovski - Inner (Justin Berkovi remix) / 8. The Streamcrossers - Nuclear Accelerator (Joe Stawarz remix) / 9. Ben Businovski - Effect / 10. Komplex - Modulators / 11. Richard Parker - Gas / 12. Andrew Utting - Orrery
Mark O'Sullivan - Within Them
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Claude Young, Tony Blunt, Solab...
Tracklist 1. Within You (Nasty Bobby's Nasty & Nasty remix) / 2. Within You (Itokim's vision from within) / 3. Within You (Secret Groovers remix)
Itokim - Lost Colours EP
Airplay from Dave Mothersole, supported by Laurent Garnier, Russ Gabriel, Vince Watson, Jamie Slater...
Tracklist 1. Dancing On A Cloud / 2. Till The End / 3. Reflections
Itokim - Blown Away
Airplay from Tomaz, supported by Laurent Garnier, Nuno dos Santos, Anderson Noise, Matt Densham, Solab...
Tracklist 1. No More Pain / 2. Blown Away / 3. Something Anything / 4. That's What You Need / 5. Who Prays To You ?
Reviews TheClubbing.com, 30th September 2009 - 8 out of 10 (Laurent Hulstaert)
Itokim - Days Of Our Lives EP
Airplay from Jori Hulkkonen, Dave Mothersole, supported by Laurent Garnier, Slam, Anthony Shakir, Taho, Vince Watson, Tomaz...
Tracklist 1. Nothing Less Nothing More / 2. Two Eight Five / 3. Colourless / 4. Somewhere Only We Know / 5. Be As One
Stefano Vozza - 20 Remixed Pt3
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Tony Blunt, Solab...
Tracklist 1. 20 (Itokim's reinterpretation) / 2. 20 (Secret Groovers remix) / 3. 20 (Jay Riordan's 20% Off The Marked Price mix) / 4. 20 (Andrew Duke's Double Or Nothing mix)
Vakama - Variance EP Remixed
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Tony Blunt, Solab...
Tracklist 1. Xenon (The Parallel's remix) / 2. Xenon (Itokim remix) / 3. Arrival (David B Flex) / 4. Arrival (Eight Minus Eight's Ocean State dub)
Itokim - Between The Visible And The Invisible Remixed
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Hernan Cattaneo, Franco Cangelli, charted by Santiago Salazar...
Tracklist 1. Between The Visible And The Invisible (Secret Groovers remix) / 2. Between The Visible And The Invisible (Tomi Chair's Tokyo Underground mix) / 3. Between The Visible And The Invisible (Birdcage remix) / 4. Between The Visible And The Invisible (Eight Minus Eight's Acid Funk remix)
Mick Chillage - Final Storm Remixed
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Tony Blunt, Subotika, charted by The Parallel...
Tracklist 1. Final Storm (Pentatonik remix) / 2. Final Storm (Itokim's vision) / 3. Final Storm (Channel 73 remix)
The Parallel - Sleepwalker Remixed
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Niko Marks, Tony Blunt, Xpansul...
Tracklist 1. Sleepwalker (Martin Mueller's Heavy Funk mix) / 2. Sleepwalker (Itokim's remake #1) / 3. Sleepwalker (Itokim's remake #2) / 4. Sleepwalker (Eight Minus Eight's Chilled Acid dub)
Various Artists - 15
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Russ Gabriel, André Kronert, Chuck Bleu...
Tracklist 1. Terrence Dixon - The Meter (Dagham & Remlab remix) / 2. Mark O'Sullivan - Trummsprak (Drumm mix) / 3. Chymera - My Love (Tomi Chair remix) / 4. Derek Carr - Mircolife (Original 'Science & Soul' version) / 5. Yellow Pencil - Yellow Pencil Remix (Matthew Bushwacka's remix) / 6. Chymera - Alright With Me / 7. A Different Kinda Brotha - Deep Tropicals / 8. Andres Cabrera - Dealin (Pengweng versus Thatboytim remake) / 9. Marco Bernardi - Plastic Spanner (Tortured Soul's remix) / 10. Terrence Dixon - Tranquility (Octogen remix) / 11. Tomas Jirku - The Stickiest Of The Ickiest / 12. Marco Bernardi - EF, NG (Aruba remix) / 13. Derek Carr - Neon Scattered Pattern / 14. The Parallel - Soul Brother / 15. Itokim - Between Visible And Invisible
Itokim - No One Else EP
Supported by Orlando Voorn, Russ Gabriel, Rennie Foster, charted by Tony Blunt, Trench...
Tracklist 1. One & Two / 2. Two & One / 3. We've Had It All
Various Artists - Night Drive Music Vol 2
Supported by Esteban Adame, Franco Cangelli, Erell Ranson...
Tracklist 1. Modul - Imaginary Walls / 2. Stefan Mallmann - Desire For Exercise / 3. Itokim - Far West (Deep Distance mix) / 4. Subsky - Private Number / 5. Pawas - The Hanger feat. MPN / 6. Vas Floyd - Frozen Tears / 7. Yasuo Sato - The Detector In Blue / 8. Onur Ozman - Hoax / 9. Intensitive - Evolution / 10. Exequiel Brandan - Link 2 feat. Paula / 11. Itokim - Walk On / 12. Korablove - Light Easy Grief / 13. Esse - Glubina / 14. Terje Saether - Myrsokk / 15. Antony Dupont - No Reason To Give Up / 16. Orlando B - Dark Matter
Various Artists - Night Drive Music Vol 1
Supported by Franco Cangelli, charted by Mick Chillage...
Tracklist 1. Modul - Off The Clouds / 2. Pawas - Herb / 3. Stefan Tretau - Frame / 4. Exequiel Brandan - Pantek 400 / 5. Vas Floyd - Weekend Technology / 6. Intensiitive - Infinite Weekend / 7. Itokim - Far West / 8. Korablove - Over The Sky feat. Ryba / 9. Mr Jones - Pooks / 10. St Thomas - Still In My Heart / 11. Yasuo Sato - Blank Point / 12. Drahosh - Morning Tee / 13. Terje Saether - M-Crushed / 14. Martin Fissher - Dry Touch / 15. Esse - Paprastas / 16. Antony Dupont - Morning Track For My Friends / Orlando B - 5am
Itokim - Breathe
Airplay from Jori Hulkkonen, already charted by Santiago Salazar and supported by Laurent Garnier, Vince Watson and Rennie Foster...
Tracklist 1. Anubis / 2. Prayers & Melodies / 3. Snowdrop / 4. Come Closer
Reviews TheClubbing.com, 9th December 2008 - 8 out of 10 (Laurent Hulstaert)
Various Artists - Logos Volume 1
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Santiago Salazar, DJ 3000...
Tracklist 1. Niko Marks - Moods Of Man & Woman / 2. Takasi Nakajima - Unpublished Sound / 3. Itokim - Seven Days / 4. Tatsuya Takenaka - Ukiyo / 5. Ryo Shimizu - Finding Place / 6. Alex W. aka Protector Hood - Morning Voyage / 7. Goran Kan - Waves / 8. DRS606 - Loving Jah / 9. Samoil Radinski - Izvor 2 / 10. TR - Tecnewa / 11. Igor Zotik - Sonika Flight (Samoil Radinski remix) / 12. James Light - Planant Myspace
Reviews TheClubbing.com, 11th August 2008 - 8 out of 10 (Laurent Hulstaert)
Jens Lodén - Fine Art Remixes 2
Charted by Mark August...
Tracklist 1. Utan (Itokim remix) / 2. Sender (Lasimo remix)
Itokim - Baby Moon
Airplay from Ben Watt, charted by Nico De Ceglia and supported by Laurent Garnier, Dan Curtin, Fabrice Lig and Marc Leclair...
Tracklist 1. Baby Moon / 2. Glittering Way
Reviews DJ Mag, March 2008 - 4 out of 5 (Richard Brophy) / DMC Update, 30th January 2008 - 5 out of 5 (Kris Needs)
