Fantastic Plastic Machine is the pseudonym of Japanese music producer, DJ, and artist, Tomoyuki Tanaka. When beginning his music career in the 1980s, Tanaka first attempted rock music but was soon absorbed into DJ culture. In the mid-1990s, Tanaka released Fantastic Plastic Machine, his first album under the moniker. Fantastic Plastic Machine joined the likes of Cornelius and Pizzicato Five as a part of the "Shibuya-kei movement."http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/biography

Throughout the 2000s, Tanaka focused on creating a series of thematic mix compilations called Sound Conciegre.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/biography With Fantastic Plastic Machine, Tanaka utilizes a range of genres to create his music. These genres include bossa nova, lounge, French pop, soul, house, hip-hop, 1950s R&B, samba and disco.http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2986-beautiful/ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2985-luxury/ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/biography In 2009, Tanaka released the Japanese-only album, FPM.http://www.amazon.com/Fpm-Shm-CD-Fantastic-Plastic-Machine/dp/B002QYZFU8/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288370737&sr=1-2

In the late 1980s, Tomoyuki Tanaka was a part of the ten-piece rock band called Margarine Strikes Back. He became absorbed by the acid house movement at the turn of the decade and quit the band. Tanaka then formed a DJ team called Sound Impossible, which played and mixed French and Brazilian pop, soundtrack music and exotica.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/biography

Based on a suggestion by turntablist Towa Tei, Tanaka went back to recording music - this time under the name Fantastic Plastic Machine. 1998 saw the release of the self-titled debut album, Fantastic Plastic Machine.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/biography Tanaka rounded out the 1990s with Fantastic Plastic Machine's second album, Luxury, which featured a reworked version of the Eurythmics' "There Must be an Angel (Playing with my Heart)" and a tribute to Jackie Kennedy, called "Bossa for Jackie."http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2985-luxury/

The Fantastic Plastic Machine albums Beautiful and Too were released in 2001 and 2003 respectively. In 2004, Tanaka focused on Sound Concierge, a series of thematic DJ mixes. He made the album Imaginations in 2006, then resumed his work on the Sound Concierge series. Three years later, Tanaka released the album FPM.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/discography

• Tomoyuki Tanaka

• 1998: Fantastic Plastic Machine
• 1999: Luxury
• 2000: Beautiful
• 2001: God Save the Mona Lisa
• 2003: Too
• 2006: Imaginationshttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/fantastic-plastic-machine-p294415/discography
• 2009: FPMhttp://www.amazon.com/Fpm-Shm-CD-Fantastic-Plastic-Machine/dp/B002QYZFU8/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1288370737&sr=1-2

"Well, I started (Fantastic Plastic Machine) as a DJ to produce dance music which can (hardly be) found in CD shops or record stores." — Tomoyuki Tanaka, interview with Super DJhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLFc7D7CsLQ

(Speaking on Japanese house music and world house music) "In these days (which are) full of various and mixed cultures as sources, it is particularly necessary to have an editorial sense." — Tomoyuki Tanaka, interview with Super DJhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLFc7D7CsLQ