Interviews
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The Japan Times – Holy big beat funk, Captain! | About Tatsuya's early career as Captain Funk. Interview with Simon Bartz |
1999, Japan (English) |
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Movement Magazine – Tokyo: Captain Funk (aka Tatsuya Oe) | Mainly about Captain Funk's album "Songs Of The Siren." Interviewer: Brent Csutoras |
2000, United States |
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Metropolis – Japan Beat: The Birth of OE | About OE's album "Here and You." Interviewer: Dan Grunebaum |
2002, Japan (English) |
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HMV Japan – Captain Funk "Heavy Metal""Heavy Mellow" Interview | About the releases of "Heavy Metal" & "Heavy Mellow" albums. Interviewer: Akio Tono |
2007, Japan (Japanese) |
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J-Pop World – Captain Funk (Tatsuya Oe) Interview | About Tatsuya's career, thoughts on music production, and his own digital distribution. Interviewer: Andrew AA Smith |
2008, United States |
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Metropolis – Clubbing: Tatsuya Oe opens an online “club” for his banging digital creations | About Tatsuya's original digial music store. Interviewer: Don Crispy. |
2009, Japan (English) |
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David Report – Specialty music boutique for the digital high street | About Tatsuya's original digial music store. Interviewer: Kristina Dryza. |
2009, Sweden |
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10 Asia – Japanese Shibuya-kei DJ Captain Funk | About Tatsuya's career, musical roots, and impression about South Korea. |
2010, South Korea (English) |
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Sync Exchange – Creating a Successful Licensing Business as an Independent Musician | Tatsuya's thoughts and tips about music licensing business. Interviewer: Mark Frieser (Sync Summit) |
2013, United States |
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The Independent Music Awards – Dark Model Q&A/Interview | Q&A about Dark Model, a nominee of the 14th Independent Music Awards (Genre: Dance/Electronica) |
2014, United States |
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Unter the Gun – Tatsuya Oe Discusses Dark Model's Debut LP, Past Projects | Interview about Dark Model's first album. Interviewer: Brion Lion (Under the Gun) |
2014, United States |
Official Websites
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Dark Model official website |
Tatsuya’s lastest project focused on progressive and dramatic orchestral electronic music. Please refer to the project page at tatsuyaoe.com as well. |
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Captain Funk official website |
Tatsuya’s longest-standing project focused on Electronic Pop / Dance music. Please refer to the project page at tatsuyaoe.com as well. |
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Model Electronic Records |
Music publishing and label owned and managed by Tatsuya Oe. |
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OE – Suchness | This website features his “Suchness” project, where he focuses on ambient music compositions inspired by the Japanese view of nature and Zen philosophy. |
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Dark Model Facebook |
https://www.facebook.com/DarkModelMusic |
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Captain Funk Facebook |
https://www.facebook.com/CaptainFunkOfficial |
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Model Electronic Youtube channel |
https://www.youtube.com/user/ModelElectronic/ |
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Captain Funk YouTube Channel |
Captain Funk Official Artist Channel (OAC) on YouTube |
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Model Electronic SoundCloud |
Soundcloud page featuring music of Dark Model and Captain Funk |
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Model Electronic Records on Vimeo |
Enjoy our "Non-Normalized (Louder)" videos here |
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Model Electronic Records on Spotify |
Follow Model Electronic Records and our playlists on Sporify |
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Dark Model on Tumblr |
Dark Model page on Tumblr |
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Captain Funk on Tumblr |
Captain Funk page on Tumblr |
Resources
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Wikipedia (US) – Tatsuya Oe | Wikipedia (US edition) page about Tatsuya Oe. |
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Wikipedia (Japan) – Tatsuya Oe | Wikipedia (Japanese edition) page about Tatsuya Oe. |
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Wikipedia (US) – Dark Model | Wikipedia (US edition) page about Dark Model |
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Discogs – Captain Funk | Discogs page of Captain Funk |
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Discogs – Dark Model | Discogs page of Dark Model |
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Discogs – Tatsuya Oe | Discogs page of OE/Tatsuya Oe |
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Tatsuya Oe on The DJ List | DJ Directory & Dance Music Resource |
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Captain Funk on The DJ List | DJ Directory & Dance Music Resource |
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Captain Funk on MusicBrainz | Online music encyclopedia |
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Dark Model on MusicBrainz | Online music encyclopedia |
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Tatsuya Oe on MusicBrainz | Online music encyclopedia |
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Captain Funk on MusixMatch | Song lyrics database |
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Captain Funk on Tunefind | American music search website which helps to find music featured in television series and movies. |
Social Media Websites