Shinpei founded The Aja Project in 2000 from his living room in Ocean Beach, San Diego while working as a Bicycle taxi driver.

Shinpei Takeda is also a visual artist and filmmaker. His works involve a wide range of themes regarding memories and history.

As a filmmaker he works on documentaries and doc-fiction hybrid films. He also directs Ghost Magnet Roach Motel, a noise performance unit from Tijuana, Mexico.