born in 1973, Takayuki Joe is a soundscape composer.
as a name of 'No.9', he has released two albums from Cubic Music, Tokyo.
'mushi-no-ne' is his second full-rength CD released in early 2002.
the title stands for 'sound of insects' in Japanese.
Joe aims to express development and creativity of lives with a word 'micro-cosmos' which represents his view point of micro and minimal aesthetics.
in 2003, he has contract with locust media, chicago.
'mushi-no-ne' will be re-issued and distributed world wide via the label in this year.