Japanese Taiko

1. Harvest

2. Pageant

3. Haru - Ichiban

4. Musashi Mai Uchi

5. Hokkai II

6. Chido-Setsu

7. Suisei - Hanabi (Comet - Fire Works - Shooting Star)

8. Heart Beat

9. Yuki Jizoh (An Old Tale)

Japanese Taiko,Joji Hirota & The Taiko Drummers,Arc Music,China / Japan / Korea,Int'l & World Music,Japan,Japanese,Pop

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Japanese Taiko

Interesting New Drum Sounds

Amazing Japanese drumming...!

One of the best Taiko collections I've heard

Japanese Taiko

Manufacturer: Arc Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002IQCDO
Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

Harvest
Pageant
Haru - Ichiban
Musashi Mai Uchi
Hokkai II
Chido-Setsu
Suisei - Hanabi (Comet - Fire Works - Shooting Star)
Heart Beat
Yuki Jizoh (An Old Tale)

Customer Reviews:

Japanese Taiko.......2007-01-11

I was first introduced to this throught a PBS program about taiko in America. Taiko is nothing but pure hardcore drumming. These aren't a bunch of guys sitting on their --- tapping out rhythms. They're beating the crap out of these drums. I'm sure there are youtube videos out there, it's a must if you've never seen how they play them.

This is my first taiko cd. As the other reviews said, the first song is the best, it is absolutly intense. The whole cd is great though. If you work out, this is a perfect cd to listen to while doing so. If you can sit still while listening to this, I'd be very surprised. Buy it, you won't regret it!

Interesting New Drum Sounds.......2006-05-15

I play an African Djembe, and am always looking to find new styles of drumming to incorporate into my playing. I'd been wanting to buy a Taiko CD, and picked this one at random. The first song is absolutely amazingly rockin'. I've listened to the CD twice, and while the first song leaps out and grabs you, I didn't find the rest of the CD to have that same crazy energy. Don't get me wrong - the rest of the CD is enjoyable, but the first song just blows the rest of the disc away.

Edited to add: So I've been listening to this CD for a while. I'm really not very crazy about it. The first time I heard the first song I really liked it, but it got old really fast. The selection of percussive instruments on this CD just bores me. There's just not enough variety for me - but then again, I'm used to listening to a lot of African music where you have djuns, sangbans, djembes, bells - all with a wide variety of different ways to play them. All in all, I suppose that this is still a good cd, but it's just not for me.

Amazing Japanese drumming...!.......2004-09-27

Another fine album by one of the major stars of the modern taiko drumming scene... Hirota's innovative compositions are audacious and ambitious; the skill and precision with which his ensemble perform them is nothing short of amazing. There are modernizations and meter shifts that may be questionable -- depending on your personal tastes or inclinations -- but for taiko fans, even those who prefer a more traditional style, this disc is a must. This is the music being played at its highest and most challenging level... Recommended!

One of the best Taiko collections I've heard.......2004-09-04

This is without a doubt one of the BEST taiko CD's ever. We put this on (to test a new subwoofer) and the sound of the drums was clear, the contrasting sticks and bells came through sharp and defined. The rhythms are surprisingly jazzy and modern.

There are nine cuts on this CD: the first seems VERY long but it's actually shy of 8 minutes--some are longer, 9:31 and 10:46 . The first cut Harvest is by far the best, though I like the almost 11 minute Heart Beat a lot as well.

The thundering big drums have traditional rhythms, but merge into melodic "songs" of a more modern nature. The drums are of varying sizes and tuned to different tones, and there is auxiliary percussion (sticks on the drum frame and some other percussion as well) but the Taiko dominate.

I find Taiko very energizing and I play this CD to lift my mood, especially if doing household tasks. If you like percussion, this is absolutely a must-have cd. We were VERY impressed.

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Live: Les Tambours de Tokyo

Manufacturer: Playasound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Japanese Taiko

ASIN: B000267J4C
Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

Matsuri
Seija
Midare
Shunrai
Ko No Katarai
Dashi
Yakune
Kizuna
Sukeroku-Bayashi
Mikoshi

Album Description

Famed the world over, Oedo Sukeroku is one of the finest exponents of the Japanese taiko drum. This disc documents a live performance made at Sarlat, during a recent French tour.

Tracks:

Kokiriko-Bushi
Pageant II
First Thoughts
Hisho
M'Bira Dream
Korvai on Chennais Sandy Shore
Invocation, From Past to Present
Seventh Element of Glaciers
Chappa Chappa Ki-Da-Ta-Ka
Solan-Bushi

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Percussion, Japanese-style.......2004-09-14

The opening cut of "Taiko to Tabla" is very traditional folk singing "Kokiriko Bushi" as sung by Hirota. The rest of the CD is drumming rather like Taiko, but including such percussion as cybals, gongs, bells, sampled sounds, and of course tabla and those booming big Japanese taiko drums. This is a good percussion CD, but it's also very Japanese-sounding despite the mix of cultures.

Chocolate Suite - Japanese Music for Chocolate Lovers

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Music for chocolate lovers (and koto lovers, too)
It made me hear koto differently

Chocolate Suite - Japanese Music for Chocolate Lovers

Manufacturer: Koto World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001MAKNE
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

Midnight Rain
Milk Chocolate
White Chocolate
Dark Chocolate
Festival Drums (Matsuri no Taiko)
Blossoms (Sakura, Sakura)
Cloudscape

Album Description

At last -- Japanese music for chocolate lovers! An iParenting Media "Hottest Products of 2004"and Parents' Choice Recommended award winner! Koto virtuoso Elizabeth Falconer combines forces with her son Brian to play koto music as smooth and uplifting as chocolate. You don't have to be a Japan expert or practice Zen meditation to enjoy this. Inspired by her son's love of chocolate, Falconer composed music that is warm and inviting, sophisticated yet accessible. The sound of the koto evokes images of delicate blossoms and soft clouds. A delicious album for all ages to enjoy.

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Music for chocolate lovers (and koto lovers, too).......2004-05-09

This album just won the iParenting Media Award, and it's recommended for both kids and parents. But there's nothing childish about this interesting assortment of compositions. This is not traditional Japanese koto, but Ms. Falconer and son Brian's duo interpretation. Brian's fondness for chocolate, and Elizabeth's love for the koto combine to form delicious assortment of music that is relaxing and stimulating all at the same time, just like a box of fine, dark chocolates, waiting to be tasted. A very pretty album which would make a great gift along with a box of sweets.

It made me hear koto differently.......2004-03-14

I told my kids that I've got a tune called "Chocolate Suite" in a CD and they got very curious. I played the CD for them and they started dancing! I liked the CD very much, too. It is so original and beautiful. Since many of the pieces in the CD do not use the traditional Japanese scale, it does not make me tune out, which I guess I, like most young people from Japan, typically do when I hear a traditional Japanese music. Instead, the pieces made me focus on the sound of koto. Actually I didn't know that koto had such a beautiful sound! It reminded me of a phrase "kinsen ni fureru" in Japanese, which literally means to touch the koto strings or a string in someone's heart. The music in this CD really did that!

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Taikoza: Beginnings
Beginnings
Try Videos
Taiko music
exciting rhythms of Taikoza

Beginnings

Manufacturer: M&G
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006F2OR
Release Date: 2002-07-15

Tracks:

Beginnings
Poeme Du Bambou
Hachijo
Yamagoe
Eisa
Yuzuru
Odaiko
Yatai Bayashi

Album Description

Taikoza 's first album. Music performed on huge Taiko( made out of Tree trunk). This ancestral Japanese Art form will energize you, perfect music to give you the enrgy you need for the day. It also includes beautiful and haunting melodies performed on bamboo flute ( shakuhachi and Fue) and the string instrument, the koto. One of the best Taiko CD around. A great variety of beautiful melodies and exciting rhythms.

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Taikoza: Beginnings.......2004-08-13

I bought this CD after I read about it in a music magazine as it had been nominated in the Asian Ethnic/Language Album Nominees for the Just Plain Folks 2004 Music Award
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I found out about new artist through this list, worth checking out.
This album was great a surprise and really recommend it,already one of my favorite

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Beginnings.......2003-04-10

Enjoyed the CD a lot- this CD has more than just Taiko, read some of the reviews, it seems the person saying videos are better does not realize that most people do not have high Fi tvs thus the sounds is worst on videos, it is visual alright but the CD's sounds much better!!!

Some of the negative reviewers don't seem to have listened to this CD as they don't even mention the non taiko music on this CD, there must be some people online just thriving on destroying things, get a life! and lighten up, the power of taiko is so great it is a healing element, I wish those reviewers had actually listened to the CD and had felt the healing power of the taiko.
Taiko rocks

Jeanine from LA, California

Try Videos.......2003-03-06

Taiko CDs don't capture the visual nature of taiko. Recommend any taiko video if you want to enjoy taiko. CDs are always a disappointment and this one no exception. Videos only cost about the same.

Taiko music.......2003-01-18

Reminded me a lot of Native AMercian music, also the spirit of the flute-beautiful!!

Really enjoyed the CD, would and have recommended it to friends

exciting rhythms of Taikoza.......2003-01-10

Always after Taiko music and was glad to find yet another taiko CD- Loved it as always, this one has a bigger mix of songs, with a ot of flutes and some koto music.
Really enjoy the mix of flute and taiko not so often found in Taiko CD
GREAT, looking for forward to the new album, when is it coming out?

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Matsuri Daiko

Manufacturer: Take One, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000IFUSTU

Product Description

Taiko Drumming

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Hayagake No Taiko

Manufacturer: Take One
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009I304G

Product Description

Japanese Drum Music. The tracks are: 1. Hajimari, 2. Hi No Izurukuni, 3. Yushima, 4. Hachijo, 5. Oroshi, 6. Himuga, and 7. Hayagake No Taiko.

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weirdly fascinating

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Kisaragi
Manufacturer: Multisound Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I2KRCG
Release Date: 2006-11-15

Tracks:

Sonzai
Guilty and Satisfied
Thorns of voices
Leaving me
Nanpasen
Aishi Nagara
Sen no yoru
Refantasize
Endless Rain
Leaving me / absolute
Johnetsu / live
Speakers sound
Kieta Kodo
Come into my aura

Product Description

The Japanese artist Kisaragi created the first neo-japanese DJ sound covering every cell of your body. Sharp Japanese instruments inside of Electric-Club-Punk will connect you with ice-cold Drum&Base and surround you with the strongest futuristic sound of Japan. The softly velvet vocals of Kisaragi with deep purple color bring you Japan as you didn´t ever hear before. Listen the tension inside of crystal. I by Kisaragi

Customer Reviews:

weirdly fascinating.......2006-12-13

Way back, long time ago while traveling to Japan I was so excited to discover this all new world of rising sun, while all I came to realize is that Japan if full of weirdness and fascination given to you at one time without you being prepared or not. And Kisaragi is exactly what this is. Its not only fully Japanese world, but its weird and unexpected. Listening this CD, visually you imagine the lights of Tokyo the night on the streets, dark bars, girls giggling on the street and even the taste of Japanese green ice cream.

Kisaragi connects all types of Japanese culture but this is not the traditional J Pop as we know it. Kisaragi used the traditional instruments and evolves the wild mood that could even be played at the house parties.

One thing that I didn't like too much, was the extreme diversity. Each song is changing the mood totally and I need to click through some songs not to get the shock. However I was very excited to find songs as SEN NO YORU. This song is very soft and has a smooth groove. And definitely I agree that REFANTASIZE is the masterpiece. I have this CD as new gift from Japan and I recommend this to people who like Japanese culture or want to get the feelings from new TOKYO AGAIN. So here are my best 5 from the CD.

Highlights from the KISARAGI CD:

SEN NO YORU
SONZAI
REFANTASIZE
ENDLESS RAIN
LEAVING ME

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Good first release

Making Waves
Portland Taiko
Manufacturer: Portland Taiko
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000053VJR
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

Amaterasu
Hana Fubuki (Flower Blizzard)
Confluence
Pacific Voices
Onkochishin (Something New Learned from Ancient Knowledge)
Duodaiko
Fusion
Soonie's Swing
Spring Mourning
Arashi (Rainstorm)
Tatsumaki (Whirlwind)

Customer Reviews:

Good first release.......2001-03-26

I just might be biased because I am in the group (but not on the CD) but this is quite good. Sure there are better taiko cd's out there, but Portland Taiko is a rising star of the taiko scene. This is a perfect opportunity to be a music snob. you can buy this CD and after we go huge you can say "Well, I was listening to them years ago." The music itself is very good, with influences from clasical to hip hop that show the diverse background of the members, and the bonus track of the story of Amaterasu is hillarious.