TAO (music group)

The concert on January 25, 2015 in Freiburg im Breisgau

The big drums

TAO is a Japanese drum and dance group in 1993 in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture was founded by Ikuo Fujitaka.

history

In 1994, the group moved to the Kujū highlands on the southernmost island of Kyūshū near Taketa in Ōita Prefecture . The members set up their headquarters and training center for their drum and dance work there. They named him Grandioso . In addition to musical performance, the type of their art performance requires very high physical performance, which they develop together in their training center with half marathons, strength training and martial arts training. On this they organized the international music festival Beat of the Globe in 2002 . In 2004 and 2005 they performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe . They have been touring internationally since 2003 and appearing regularly on all continents, including touring Germany several times, for the first time in 2006.

style

The music is based on Japanese traditions, including the centuries-old Wadaiko art, the rhythmic beating of giant drums, but also takes inspiration from Korean , Maori and Indonesian musical styles. Borrowings are also made in pop music. Besides traditional pieces, they compose most of the pieces themselves. The instruments used are taiko drums, shinobue flutes, marimbas and koto zithers.

Members

The 20 members of the group (2015) are: Arishi Nishi ( 西亜里沙 ), Hiroaki Kishino ( 岸野央明 ), Takuya Era ( 江良拓哉 ), Shingo Kawahara ( 河原シンゴ ), Kiyoko Aito ( 相戸喜代子 ), Yoshinori Suito ( 水藤義徳 ), Maki Mori Fuji ( 森藤麻記 ), Hiroyasu Yanaka ( 谷中宏康 ), taro Harasaki ( 原崎太郎 ), Natsuko Kuroyanagi ( 黒柳夏子 ), Jun'ichi Haraguchi ( 原口純一 ) Atsuyoshi Honda ( 本田篤芳 ), Yasuaki Yamaguchi ( 山口泰明 ), Shohei Nakata ( 中田勝平 ), Keisuke Yamamoto ( 山本啓介 ), Hiroyasu Ikegoshi ( 生越寛康 ), Tatsunori Yamaguchi ( 山口竜昇 ), Yasuaki Ogino ( 荻林祐靖晃 )., Yuyaaki ( 荻林祐晃 ) ) and Saki Nakai ( 中井沙紀 ).

Yoshinori Suito is the head of the performing ensemble.

Discography

2013: DRUM ROCK Seventeen SAMURAI
2013: Phoenix AKASAKA BLITZ LIVE
2013: Hinotori 〜 Phoenix 〜
2012: CANAL CITY THEATER LIVE CD
2010: DRUM TAO Ethereal Beats Volume 2
2009: DRUM TAO Ethereal Beats
2007: Japanese Drum Entertainment
2004: THE MARTIAL ART OF NOISE

Concert tours

2003: Hawaii
2004: Edinburgh Festival Fringe ( Scotland ), Hawaii , Korea
2005: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland), Netherlands , Belgium , Israel , New Zealand
2006: Germany , Switzerland , Italy , Australia , New Zealand
2007: USA , Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan
2008: Switzerland, Spain , Denmark , Germany, Taiwan, Australia
2009: United Kingdom , Switzerland, Germany, Austria
2010: Canada , USA, Australia
2011: Switzerland, Germany, Singapore
2012: Canada, USA, Singapore, Philippines , Malaysia
2013: Switzerland, Germany, Austria
2014: North America
2015: Germany
2017: Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain)
2019: Germany

swell

↑ ^a ^b Sweat and tears for drum troupe , Stephen Bevis, July 7, 2008, accessed January 7, 2015

Web links

[A-1] Sweat and tears for drum troupe , Stephen Bevis, July 7, 2008, accessed January 7, 2015