However, none of the releases were successful, with all of the releases charting under the #100 mark on Oricon charts. Between 20, the label produced six releases: Emi Hinouchi's first four singles and debut album, along with a DJ mix tape created by Takahashi called Tachytelic Night: Welcomes You to the Far East.
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An audition was held to find vocalists for Takahashi to produce, with the grand winner being songwriter Emi Hinouchi. At the same time, he created a production label, Tachytelic Records. His first notable produced singles were Crystal Kay's "Hard to Say" and "Boyfriend (Part II)" in 2002/2003. This led to Takahashi working on collaborations with a variety of artists. In 2002, Lisa left M-Flo to follow a solo career, causing the band to begin releasing albums with a variety of famous vocalists. The band's second album, Expo Expo, debuted at #4 on the charts. The group achieved great success in 20 with the songs "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again," with the former selling more than 220,000 copies, and the latter approximately 390,000 copies. The group's first release, "The Tripod E.P.," debuted in the top 10 on the Japanese singles chart. This song, followed by "Been So Long," featuring vocals from Lisa, was well received by Asakawa, leading the trio to form the group M-Flo, officially debuting in 1999. Takahashi began producing music full-time, and in 1998 recorded a cover of Barbra Streisand's " The Way We Were" with Verbal when he returned to Japan for winter break. After sending a demo tape of this group to Artimage management, Takahashi met Masaji Asakawa from the DJ group GTS. Takahashi returned to Japan in the mid 1990s, and formed a musical unit with a female vocalist, called Love Soul. He enrolled in a local music school, beginning his career as a DJ and songwriter. Takahashi tried majoring in physics, philosophy and Asian Studies with little success. The pair went their separate ways after high school, with Takahashi travelling to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles in 1994, attending Occidental College, and Verbal to Boston. The band received many offers from major record labels after their live performances, however as Verbal did not see being a rapper as a practical career, these offers were turned down. in 1992, in which Takahashi wrote the music and performed the drums. In 1992, the pair formed a rap rock band called N.M.D. Mary's International School, along with Verbal.
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Taku Takahashi grew up in Yokohama, with his father employed in the construction industry.