Takuya Nakamura

Tokyo-born, New York–based multi-instrumentalist Takuya Nakamura brings a hybrid live/DJ set to Fidelity Studio in Dublin on May 29, 2026. Composer, producer, trumpeter and keyboardist, he moves between horn, keys and machines, folding live improvisation into club-tempo electronics. The set leans into jazz phrasing, jungle inflections and broken beat pulses, with arrangements shaped in real time and a feel for dense, urban textures.

Settled in New York since 1994, Nakamura has built bridges between contemporary jazz and the electronic forms that marked the 1990s and 2000s. His path includes collaborations with Quincy Jones, David Byrne and Arto Lindsay, and contributions to projects like Jojo Mayer’s Nerve and CocoRosie. On stage he keeps the conversation open between composition and improvisation: trumpet lines cut through the mix, keyboards color the harmony, and the groove holds steady for the floor. A concise snapshot of a musician who treats rhythm and sound design as shared territory, delivered in a format tuned for movement and close listening at Fidelity Studio.