empty cell Midori Takada
Midori Takada is a Japanese composer and percussionist, recognized as a pioneer of ambient and minimalist music. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, she began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist in Berlin. She later returned to Japan to study African drumming and Indonesian gamelan. In 1981, she formed the Mkwaju Ensemble, releasing the albums "Mkwaju" and "Ki-Motion". Her first solo album, "Through The Looking Glass" (1983), was recorded in three days and features diverse instrumentation. In 1999, she released "Tree of Life". In 2017, her debut album was reissued and hailed as an "ambient minimalist masterpiece". The products available from the artist Midori Takada include vinyls.
