Japanese Taiko

Japanese Taiko

Japanese Taiko
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Composer: Joji Hirota
Composer: Japanese Traditional
Performer: Joji Hirota & The Taiko Drummers
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Music Label: Arc Music
Soundtracks:
  1. Harvest, for taiko drum ensemble
  2. Pageant, for taiko drum ensemble
  3. Haru-Ichiban, for taiko drum ensemble
  4. Musashi Mai Uchi
  5. Hokkai II, for taiko drum ensemble
  6. Chido-Setsu, for taiko drum ensemble
  7. Suisei-Hanabi, for taiko drum ensemble
  8. Heart Beat, for taiko drum ensemble
  9. Yuki Jizoh, for taiko drum ensemble

Music reviews of Japanese Taiko

Music Review: Interesting New Drum Sounds
Rating: 4 Stars

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.

Edited again 10/22/08 After recently seeing some like Taiko drumming by Takumi Kato, recently named the "world's best" Taiko drummer, I can say that Taiko drumming, with all it's theatrics, is more interesting live than it is on a CD.
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