Best Of Kodo: 25th Anniversary

World | Feb 2011

Reviews

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

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