Takahide Higuchi is a Japanese

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producer,

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and painter who works under the pseudonym Foodman. He has been releasing music since 2011 and is based in

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. His work first gained traction in the early 2010s when he was recognised as a leading name in Japan's footwork and juke scene; the producer has continued to see his work as rooted in footwork. According to ''

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'', the musician's work blends different electronic genres, including juke and footwork but also

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and

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, yet dissecting these styles and morphing them together "then driven to extreme without giving you a second to come up with a definitive genre." ''

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'' consider him to be an

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musician. An article for ''

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'' revealed more influences on Foodman's music. From spending a year on Ishigaki as a child — where his mother is from — he believes "the smell, the temperature, the tone of the ''

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'' (a three-stringed Okinawan instrument) played by my grandpa and grandma" may have resulted in his "tropical or soft, bright tone". The same article also states Foodman's first experience of making electronic music was via the 1996 PlayStation title

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. The musician has released albums on Orange Milk with artwork designed by owner

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. Foodman's 2016 album ''

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'' features off-kilter footwork rhythms and electronic horns, woodwinds and flutes. It was named one of "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2016" by ''

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''. The 2017 single "Nanika" was hailed by ''Pitchfork'' for its erratic yet dance-based structure. That same year, the producer recorded a

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for '' i-D''. In November 2018, he released ''Moriyama'', his first album for the Palto Flats label.

Discography

*''Shokuhin'' (2012) *''「IROIRO」'' (2013) *''Drum Desu'' (2014) *''

'' (2016) *''Aru Otoko No Densetsu'' (2018) *''ODOODO'' (2019) *''Dokutsu'' (2020) *''Yasuragi Land'' (2021)

References

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