Speedometer is the name used by at least two artists, including a Japanese breakbeat producer based in Osaka and a funk band from the UK. The Osaka-based artist, Jun Takayama, works under the name speedometer. and releases electronic music that includes breakbeat, downtempo and IDM. He is based in Japan and has released music under this alias for nearly three decades, beginning with a self-titled first album in 1997.

Releases

Under the speedometer. name, Jun Takayama has 10 albums and 5 EPs. His seventh album, Thermo, appears in 2003, and after a long gap he returns with the solo album Afterglow in 2023. He also releases a split album with Metome and Uratomoe three years before that. His most recent release is Suburbs.

Style and activity

His music focuses on electronic styles, with breakbeat as a central element alongside downtempo and IDM. He is identified as a Japanese breakbeat artist from Osaka, and he continues to record under the speedometer. name.

Other artist with the same name

There is also a funk and soul band called Speedometer, formed as a quartet in 1998. That group tours in Europe and Japan, releases eight studio albums, and appears on television and Hollywood film trailer playlists, but it is a separate act.