| Item Number | 29010 |
| Item Name | [CD] Kodo - Kaden |
| Price in Japan | 3,300 YEN |
| Price Outside Japan | 3,000 YEN |
"Kaden" features nine unique compositions that were created especially for four recent “Kodo One Earth Tour” productions directed by Tamasaburo Bando: Legend, Mystery, Eternity, and Chaos. The tracks were captured with the latest high-resolution audio technology in a recording studio, allowing even the subtlest tones to interweave in unprecedented ways. Like a brand-new theater performance, this album creates a world of sound that promises to captivate and delight.
The album opens by showcasing the various tones of a newly developed, award-winning tunable taiko, Kanade. Melodic bamboo flutes float in to transport listeners to that fleeting realm between day and night. Later, an ensemble of high-pitched shime-daiko enters with a parade of sound, which leads to a powerful match between two mighty opponents: the o-daiko (big drum) and a Western drum kit. The climax is the monumental title piece, Kaden, a modern oeuvre featuring six performers playing twenty drums.
Listen to samples of all 9 tracks here: http://www.kodo.or.jp/discography/od018_en.html
Tracklist
- SEITEN / Composed by Masayuki Sakamoto
- YUYAMI / Composed by Yuta Sumiyoshi
- ARRIVE / Composed by Tamasaburo Bando
- TOKI NO MA / Composed by Yuta Sumiyoshi
- KUKAI / Composed by Kenta Nakagome
- YOGIRI – ASAYAKE GUMO / Composed by Tsuyoshi Maeda
- AYAORI / Composed by Yuta Sumiyoshi
- KADEN / Composed by Tamasaburo Bando
- KEI KEI / Composed by Yuta Sumiyoshi