Ken Arai個人資料：

Ken Arai(18degrees.,a la i.)
DJ/Producer President of Addicted Tokyo
PROFILE By coincidence, listening to The Beatles, became into music. After touching a guitar for the first time as a 16 years old, in high school, got in to heavy metal/ hard rock,and in the University years, transfered into fusion jazz. While being a member of various bands, started writing original songs and track production at the same time. In 1999, along with Kaori Okano, he formed transluv. In 2000, on Groove magazine (Japan), their activities were captured and their interview as well as the CD with their track caused a commotion and started mail- ordering their indie version CD. Also, they started an acoustic style live performance every month and performed with Jazztronik. In August, 2004, they released their debut album, undercover. From a cross section, they received a high praise and the next year, they stopped their activities. At the same time, started becoming active as a solo artist. After that, produced, programmed, arranged and wrote songs for the following artists such as Maki Nomiya, Lisa,Olivia Ong, Ryohei, moumoon, Cover Lover Project. Also, as a guitarist, he became active in alot of works as well as live gigs. In 2008, as eighteen degrees, released his 1st solo album, Tokyo Boy, Tokyo Girl. Also, in Fall the same year, he released his 2nd album, Time Travel: House Cover of Eternal Songs from BMG Japan and was highly praised. While producing songs for Kana Nishino, a popular singer who is associated with Sony Music, did a remix for popular group, Max, he is quite active and in 2011, set to release his 3rd album.