Takaakira "Taka" Goto is a composer based in Tokyo, Japan, who is also known as the lead guitarist and composer for Japanese instrumental rock band MONO. After 16 years of leading MONO, Taka feels it is now the right time to start his solo career. His debut album ,Classical Punk and Echoes Under the Beauty" was originally written and recorded in 2003, but never finished or released at the time. Taka's approach to music is undoubtedly original. Much like the album title insinuates, his music carries the dignity and grandeur of classical music, with its big orchestrations of piano and strings... yet at the same time, there is the rawness and the high-energy impact of punk rock, with wails of electric guitars and shrouds of noise. FOR FANS OF: MONO, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, TAKA GOTO.