Japanese Taiko

Having been to Japan I was mesmerized and amazed by the sheer physicality of this drumming. It lifts me up when I listen to it. I also purchased one for my grandson who was born in Japan.

After seeing taiko drums in a Sean Connery movie I ordered several CDs. This is my favorite.

Not a great recording. we have another taiko drumming CD from a show we saw and it is much better, though still rather poorly produced. I don't think these shows translate well to CDs.

There were a few songs that i was able to use at my murder mystery dinner party. However, all of the songs are quite similar so I used other CD's to play throughout the evening as well.

Nice!!!!! Is great

smashing

This is without a doubt one of the BEST taiko CD's ever. We put this on (to test a new subwoofer) and the sound of the drums was clear, the contrasting sticks and bells came through sharp and defined. The rhythms are surprisingly jazzy and modern.There are nine cuts on this CD: the first seems VERY long but it's actually shy of 8 minutes--some are longer, 9:31 and 10:46 . The first cut Harvest is by far the best, though I like the almost 11 minute Heart Beat a lot as well.The thundering big drums have traditional rhythms, but merge into melodic "songs" of a more modern nature. The drums are of varying sizes and tuned to different tones, and there is auxiliary percussion (sticks on the drum frame and some other percussion as well) but the Taiko dominate.I find Taiko very energizing and I play this CD to lift my mood, especially if doing household tasks. If you like percussion, this is absolutely a must-have cd. We were VERY impressed.

Good drumming, but recording quality is awful. Instruments did not have mics, it's just an echoey mic somewhere off stage.