+ j0 ]) H5 p I3 q8 w0 t公仔箱論壇 ) K5 E3 U0 ^5 u O- L! N, Los.tvboxnow.comGeinohYamashirogumi (Japanese: 芸能山城組, Geinō Yamashirogumi) is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Tsutomu Ōhashi,consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors,engineers, students, businessmen, etc. * v+ e( ^: }# |. A1 q- |) I4 I& ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb m) _# I6 w; ]
They are known for both their faithful re-creations of folk music from around the world, as well as their fusion of various traditional musical styles with modern instrumentation and synthesizers. For example, in the 1980s, MIDI digital synthesizers could not handle the tuning systems of traditional gamelan music, so the group had to teach themselves how to program in order to modify their equipment. The album that followed, Ecophony Rinne (1986) was a new direction for the group: they had not previously incorporated computer-generated sounds into their work. The success of this album brought them to the attention of Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who commissioned them to create the soundtrack of Akira. os.tvboxnow.com* X! s& T/ m% @) j% l4 d* B$ d
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Ecophony Rinne, (輪廻(りんね)交響楽) is a concept album in four movements based on the eternal cycles of birth, death and rebirth. This landmark recording saw the group fuse the traditional music of different cultures into a hi-tech wall of sound. Created by over 200 performers the music has a distincly East Asian flavour- Japanese shomyo type buddhist chants, Japanese drums, Balinese gamelan, Noh music, Tibetan percussion, together with synthesizers adding dynamic and dramatic effects.4 i, h" Y, q5 g: m0 E. M