Japan
Hiroshi Watanabe (* 1971 in Tokyo Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, DJ and photographer. Watanabe is best known for his releases as Kaito on the german techno label Kompakt. He also releases music under different aliases like Tread or Quadra.
In 2001, “Beautiful Day“, the first work of his “trance“ project Kaito, was released by Wolfgang Voigt and Michael Mayer on their label Kompakt, which until then was known primarily for its Minimal Techno and Ambient productions. In 2002 the first Kaito album “Special Life“ followed. Until today Kaito has released four full-length albums (Special Life, Hundred Million Light Years, Trust, Until The End Of Time) and 4 re-arranged and beatless versions of these.
In 2014 Kaito was joining the stage with the renowned WDR Funkhausorchester together with Gregor Schwellenbach, Michael Mayer and COMA as part of the Kompakt project “Kompakt meets WDR Funkhausorchster“ at the Gloria Theater in Cologne.
