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There are at least two artist with name Makoto: 1. Based in Tokyo, Makoto Shimizu, better known as simply Makoto, is Japan's chief Drum & Bass ambassador. After completing an Acoustic Engineering major at Nippon University, Makoto first signed with LTJ Bukem's legendary Good Looking Records back in 1999. Since then he has gone from strength to strength, releasing a long string of quality music in the form of singles and EP's, but also on the famous 'Earth' and 'Progression Sessions' compilation albums. 2003 saw the release of his much anticipated debut album 'Human Elements'this album was widely praised as...

Magical Power Mako is a very important Japanese psychedelic/avant-garde artist. Since his recorded debut in the early 1970s, Mako has covered genres as diverse and disparate as traditional Japanese folk, acid folk/rock, experimental, krautrock, progressive rock, and more recently ambient music. His albums 'Magical Power Mako' (Polydor 1974) and 'Super Record' (Polydor 1975) are considered among the most important Japanese underground rock releases of all time. .

Maika Makovski is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and pianist of part Macedonian and part Andalucian descent. Between 1998 - 2003, Maika changed her country of residence repeatedly before finally settling in Barcelona to record her first album Kradiaw (2005, PAE), which brought her to the attention of the mainstream press. Between 2005 and 2007, Maika commuted between New York and Barcelona, touring extensively with artists such as Howe Gelb, The Dubliners and The Jayhawks, Her second album Kraj so Koferot (2007, Wildpunk Records) was a more intimate record which drew equal acclaim from the press and the public. In 2009,...

Polish jazz pianists Adam Makowicz and Leszek Możdżer collaborated on the 2005 album Makowicz vs. Mozdzer at the Carnegie Hall, released after the eponymous 2004 concert. .

Kawabata Makoto (河端一) is the guitarist and leader of Acid Mothers Temple. Kawabata is chiefly famous for his leadership of Acid Mothers Temple and its variants; however, he has also played in many other bands since the start of his career in the late 1970s (Baroque Bordello, Mothers of Invasion, Floating Flower, etc), and has an extensive solo discography. In 2000, Kawabata wrote "Music, for me, is neither something that I create, nor a form of self-expression. All kinds of sounds exist everywhere around us, and my performances solely consist of picking up these sounds, like a radio tuner, and...