Kodo / Best Of Kodo: 25th Anniversary
Album: Best Of Kodo: 25th Anniversary   Collection:World
Artist:Kodo   Added:Feb 2011
Label:Sony Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-02-13 Pull Date: 2011-04-17 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Apr 17 Mar 27 Mar 20 Mar 13 Mar 6 Feb 27 Feb 20
Airplays: 1 1 2 3 1 5 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 10, 2015: Global Warming
Berimbau Jam
4. Mar 25, 2011: New World Disorder
Berimbau Jam
2. Dec 28, 2011: Morning Glory "Best Of 2011"
Strobe's Nanafushi (Satori Mix)
5. Mar 18, 2011: No Cover, No Minimum
Krodori
3. Apr 16, 2011: Music Casserole
Shake
6. Mar 15, 2011: At the Cafe Bohemian
Berimbau Jam

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2011-02-14
Traditional Japanese taiko drumming with a few original & World sounds & rhythms. Taiko drumming is said to resemble a mother's heartbeat as felt in the womb. check out utube
Kodo Heartbeat for some live performances. New album for their 30th anniversary should be out soon. They played Zellerback Hall in Berkeley Feb 03 2011. ALL TRACKS ARE GREAT
1: 3:55 fast drumming then fast marimba, shouts & grunts
2: 4:58 fast with some flute
3: 7:03 fast with shouts & grunts
4: 5:09 flutes & drums, mid to faster
****5: 3:37 Low frequency pounding, Watch the VU meters bend on this one
6: 3:29 fast pounding
7: 4:05 slower intro then buildup
8: 2:52 snare drum sound
****9: 3:33 Afro Brazilian/Cuban rhythm & Yorban female chant with scat style male vocal with berimbau
****10: 5:50 sound collage intro then more modern rhythm with male shouts
***11: 3:13 sounds a bit like Brazilian Maracatu rhythm
***12: 4:40 a bit more mellow with flutes
****13: 7:20 with snare drum sound
***14: 6:46 plucked & bowed strings, piano, toy piano & fem vocal at 5:00 some mellow drummi D  Farrell 02/2011

Track Listing
1. Lion   8. Yatai-Bayashi
2. Krodori   9. Berimbau Jam
3. Kzoku   10. Strobe's Nanafushi
4. Ibuki   11. Floor
5. Shake   12. Biel
6. Miyake   13. Chonlima
7. Kyosui   14. Kuyurage