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2001 : totos [ demo
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2004 : demo2004 [ demo ] |
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1997
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Hedge hog (O'samu Watanabe)
2000
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ƒ¿-60 (Kazunari Yokoo)
2001 -
Onoma (Yuko Sekido)
2001 -
Ka-Bu (O'samu Watanabe)
2002 -
Koyo Fukamizu (Brokenspace) |
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: TOTOS |
Koyo Fukamizu - Vocals,
Guitar
O'samu Watanabe - Vocals, Bass
Kazunari Yokoo - Drums
Kenji Tamura - Vocals, Key, Guitar
Yuko Sekido - Guitar, Chorus
OFFICIAL BAND WEBSITE
www.totos.jp/ |
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Formed in the summer of 2001, when Tamura (Dr
etc.) and Kikkawa (B) responded to Fukamizufs
(Gt/Vo) solo project.
No live shows were planned in the beginning since
this unit was only interested in creating music,
which was based on individual practice either
at home or at a rehearsal studio. As a result,
the completed mini album gtotosh completely reflected
Fukamizufs taste of 60fs soft rock.
The song writing focused on melody, the intentionally
dubbed analogue sound quality, and the unique
atmosphere created by emphasizing the lags in
the performance received great reaction mainly
from other musicians.
Soon after distributing their music, they stopped
playing. Fukamizu joined BROKENSPACE and their
sounds that were produced while recording was
impossible to be played and reproduced on stage.
The band was determined not to do a show unless
they were able to express themselves properly.
Some of the members have changed, but Fukamizu
and Tamura restarted in 2004. They started off
making a demo and doing a live at Shinjuku JAM.
They still have the 60s taste, but added samples
and a countryside pop band tons. Rumor also has
it that they have songs more suitable for shows
as well.
New members are BaEOsamu Watanabe, DrEKazunari
Yokoo, choEYuko Sekido. The rhythm group provides
more grooves and the melody is a bit more fresh,
which coincides well with totos unique sense of
idleness. It shows the group has a clear vision
of what they want to create.
In the age where music can be made easily on a
laptop, Totos continues to create original music
that is impossible to reproduce. There are many
key words and yet it is the lovable pop song that
is simple and lyrical. How their deepened individual
musical talents will be played out in the boundaries
of totos is unpredictablecthe best has yet to
come.
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