To the uninitiated, all songs on a given Kodo album sound the same. To the initiated, though, subtle differences, as well as broad ones, can be noted. On Best of Kodo, the band cuts loose on a journey through their own history, piecing together a compilation of some of the best tracks in current Japanese music, further still, music in general. The ...
While the drum-based Japanese group Kodo are at their most thrilling in live performance, where one can fully experience the mastery of rhythm and stage dynamics, this compilation should be a treat for fans of their particular genius. While the drum jams may overstay their welcome on record, one can still appreciate their power and energy. ~ Tim ...
In the last years of the 20th century, Sony Music Japan released a series of three samplers called Japan Not for Sale, which highlighted the artists on its roster. The music presented was a mix of J-pop, techno, R&B, and alt-rock of various ilk. The songs were, of course, hit or miss, but the samplers were consistently interesting in that they ...
Produced by world music scholar (and former Grateful Dead percussionist) Mickey Hart, Mondo Head documents a series of performances by Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo. Recorded in California and Japan across the spring and summer of 2001, the album features an airy reproduction of Kodo's massive sound. Though taiko music is comprised predominantly of ...
On Ibuki, Kodo worked with Bill Laswell to pump out an album of intense Taiko drumming, as usual. This time around, they reworked a few pieces that had been done on previous albums, including a piece from the soundtrack to The Hunted and "Zoku" by Leonard Eto, which shows up here and there in the Kodo collection. The driving force behind Kodo is ...
The Kodo group is Japan's global ambassador of Taiko drumming. This fanatical group arose in 1981 from an island colony of traditional Taiko drummers that sought nothing else but perfection of their art. The religious intensity and single-mindedness of this small (population 40) thorp clearly comes across on the mighty percussion forays contained ...
The FIFA World Cup is an international soccer competition that has been held every four years since 1930 (except during World War II) and that in 2002, for the first time, was held in Asia -- South Korea, to be precise. This compilation of tracks by artists from around the world commemorates the match. But just as soccer is a game played by the ...
The sultry moods captured on World Chill: Laid Back Grooves for Global Minds showcase a cultural spiral. It's an eccentric cluster of electronica waves weaved inside various world beats from Brazil, Morocco, and South Africa. Contemporary roots mix with more modern styles, for the dozen-song set list features songs by Nitin Sawhney, Taj Mahal, ...
What happens when three musical patterns align: a synthesizer genius, a Taiko drum troupe, and a traditional Peruvian band? Even after hearing this album, you might not be sure. On Nasca Fantasy, inspired by the Nasca drawings in Peru, Isao Tomita, a serious synthesizer artist; Kodo, the bearers of the torch for energetic Taiko drumming; and ...
This authentic Japanese Taiko-drum ensemble sometimes adds modern and/or Western touches to their thunderous drumming repertoire. ~ Myles Boisen, All Music Guide
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