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* Name: Taku Sakakibara (榊原琢) | * Name: Taku Sakakibara (榊原琢) | ||
* Full name: Taku Isaac Sakakibara | * Full name: Taku Isaac Sakakibara | ||
* Birthdate: August 5th, 1975 | |||
* Birthplace: Maryland, USA | |||
* Website: http://www.ongaq.com/ | * Website: http://www.ongaq.com/ | ||
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/taq_ongaq | * Twitter: https://twitter.com/taq_ongaq | ||
== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
Taku Sakakibara | Taku Sakakibara is one of the biggest names in beatmania IIDX despite his long absence from the series. Friends with both [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] and [[Osamu Kubota]], his music is known for its full sound and more complex rhythms compared to some other beatmania IIDX artists. He stopped composing for beatmania IIDX in 2004 shortly after [[AC 10th style|10th style]] to focus on other musical endeavors outside of video game music, some of which are available to listen to on his website listed above. He did, however, provide two pop'n music songs with German lyrics after his departure. | ||
Outside of BEMANI, Taku has provided music for the Korean MMO ''Granado Espada Rennaisance'' together with Osamu Kubota. Taku has done arrangements for the ''KINGDOM HEARTS'' series as well. He is also owner of the ongaq studio, recording studio used by [[ | Outside of BEMANI, Taku has provided music for the Korean MMO ''Granado Espada Rennaisance'' together with Osamu Kubota. Taku has done arrangements for the ''KINGDOM HEARTS'' series as well. He is also the owner of the ongaq studio, a recording studio used by [[onoken]] among other artists. At the ongaq studio in 2011, he launched [https://www.gaqdan.com/ gaQdan], a studio recording orchestra business group. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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** TaQ is pronounced "TAH-ku", deriving from the German pronunciation of the letter Q. | ** TaQ is pronounced "TAH-ku", deriving from the German pronunciation of the letter Q. | ||
* TaQ and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school. | * TaQ and dj TAKA have been friends since middle school. | ||
* TaQ remixed ''ALOIVIA'' for the ''ZONE OF THE ENDERS ReMIX EDITION'' album, | * TaQ remixed ''ALOIVIA'' and ''Compression Space'' (the latter with onoken and Atomic) for the ''ZONE OF THE ENDERS ReMIX EDITION'' album, and was also arranger for the [[BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] album. | ||
* TaQ was rumored to be in [[AC pnm Sunny Park|pop'n music Sunny Park]], as his [http://www.ongaq.com/ ongaq website] notes "pop'n music 21" on the list of music he's worked on. However, no known song of his appears in the final version of the game. | |||
* TaQ appeared on [[Diverse System]]'s ''RADIAL'' album with the track ''RADIAL'' | * TaQ appeared on [[Diverse System]]'s ''RADIAL'' album with the track ''RADIAL''. | ||
== Aliases == | == Aliases == | ||
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| [[TetraQ]] || TaQ || [[AC bm complete 2|beatmania completeMIX 2]] || ACID BEATS || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[TetraQ]] || TaQ || [[AC bm complete 2|beatmania completeMIX 2]] || ACID BEATS || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Digital MinD (A/T Libra mix)]] || TaQ || [[ | | [[Digital MinD(A/T Libra mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC 2nd style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || MINIMAL || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Electro Tuned (the SubS mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Electro Tuned(the SubS mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Indigo Vision (full flavour hide around mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || GOA TRANCE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Indigo Vision(full flavour hide around mix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_2nd_style|beatmania IIDX 2nd style]] || GOA TRANCE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[era (nostalmix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[era (nostalmix)]] || TaQ || [[AC_3rd_style|beatmania IIDX 3rd style]] || DRUM'N'BASS || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[sync]] || OutPhase (TaQ/[[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]) || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[sync]] || OutPhase (TaQ/[[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]) || [[AC_5th_style|beatmania IIDX 5th style]] || TRANCE || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Summer Vacation (CU mix)]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_6th_style|beatmania IIDX 6th style]] || TRIP HOP || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Summer Vacation(CU mix)]] || [[Takayuki Ishikawa|OutPhase]] || [[AC_6th_style|beatmania IIDX 6th style]] || TRIP HOP || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||
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| [[Gravity]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | | [[Gravity]] || TaQ || [[AC_7th_style|beatmania IIDX 7th style]] || BIG BEAT || ✓ || ✓ || - || - | ||