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09-27-2007, 10:08 PM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Tetsuo Sakurai
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Please don't tell me i'm the only one who's heard of him and is totally awed by his awesomeness?
And if i am BEHOLD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7-8RCjQmek
and don't be discouraged by the intro they're just screwing around for 15secs or so.
He's the one with the Aqua TRB6 (not sure on the exact model). The other one (YES TWO BASSISTS!!) is Yoshishiro Naruse still awesome but i just dig Tetsuo.
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09-27-2007, 10:20 PM
| | born lefty | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ashland, Oregon USA | | Man that is some groovy stuff. When they first started out I was wondering how you say "noodling' in Japanese.  But then they got into the groove. I would love to see more of their stuff. Do they ever tour in the US?
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09-27-2007, 10:21 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Cool stuff. I love rule breakers- two basses! Whammy on bass! Severe OD/distortion/whatever whacked-out EFX on bass!!! All this in a tune that would totally work in some smooth-jazz set. Lovin' it.
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09-27-2007, 10:22 PM
| | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | i think...
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Originally Posted by avid Man that is some groovy stuff. When they first started out I was wondering how you say "noodling' in Japanese. But then they got into the groove. I would love to see more of their stuff. Do they ever tour in the US? | i think they did one or two in the 80s but i wasn't even born then >_>
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09-28-2007, 03:34 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Tetsuo is an amazing player. I dig his stuff! |
09-28-2007, 09:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | OH YEAH!!!!. I've known about Tetsuo for a long time and have a number of Casiopea's LP's. He is a monster on the bass!!! Another great fusion bassist from the far east is Mitsuru Sutoh of T-Square!!!
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09-28-2007, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | Casiopea was a guilty pleasure of mine when I was getting my chops together. It's a shame you can't find any of their stuff on iTunes or at non-export prices.
In addition to the bass guitar craziness, Minoru Mukaiya's doing some great synth bass on this track.
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09-28-2007, 11:38 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | Yep. There was another thread around here about Tetsuo that got pretty nasty. Tetsuo Sakurai 6 string slap bass demo
Dude is a monster. |
09-28-2007, 03:57 PM
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09-28-2007, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London, England | | Groovey stuff!
But I can't stand either of their lead tones... Way too thin and trebley. Let's get some real meat like Sheehan's lead tone 
I really love the bass in Japanese music, generally! They always seem to care a lot more about it than in a lot of western music...
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09-28-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SirCanealot Groovey stuff!
But I can't stand either of their lead tones... Way too thin and trebley. Let's get some real meat like Sheehan's lead tone
I really love the bass in Japanese music, generally! They always seem to care a lot more about it than in a lot of western music... | Honestly, the Japanese took to bass playing (all pop and jazz instruments pretty much) after hearing cats like Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, Stanley Clarke and the like. And while there is a 'sterile' aspect to their playing, they are extremely dedicated and mostly virtuosos! Not much they can't do, technically. They do have quite a lot of fun when they're playing. |
09-29-2007, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DWBass And while there is a 'sterile' aspect to their playing, they are extremely dedicated and mostly virtuosos! Not much they can't do, technically. They do have quite a lot of fun when they're playing. | That was one thing I liked about the vid! I love to see musicians having fun while playing, and both those guys had a huge grin plastered all over their face while playing! Great to see 
While we're on the subject of Japanese bass, here's another guy I really like (and another awesome jam band, haha): Keiji Kawamori http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTKSpjanQQ4
They're not really a live band, so his tone is a bit weird (but still awesome), and the live sound on that DVD is awful anyway (I had to put my download of it* through dozens of preprocessors to make it sound decent :P). Really recomend checking out their albums, and his playing and tone on Black Mages II is nothing short of awesome!
*The two live DVDs they have are a fanclub release only and are impossible to buy. I'd kill a man for a chance to buy them :P
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09-29-2007, 07:24 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | |  Not my cup of tea and he was playing with  a pick!! 
j/k I guess he's ok. Pretty much buried in the mix behind the wall of guitars (and organ) typical of metal/prog rock. |
09-29-2007, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DWBass Not my cup of tea and he was playing with a pick!!
j/k I guess he's ok. Pretty much buried in the mix behind the wall of guitars (and organ) typical of metal/prog rock. | I cba to figure out a song with some of the insanely cool fill and stuff he throws in, but that's my favourite song by them, so oh well ;P
Yes, he does play with a pick, and on the album he has basically my favourite pick tone ever. Warm, insane low end, tons of growel and loads of pick attack/clack. All of the instruments sounded trashy on that DVD unfortunately :/
Everybody should check it out anyway. It's Uematsu powered. Ueumatsu is a god!
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09-29-2007, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Christopher Casiopea was a guilty pleasure of mine when I was getting my chops together. It's a shame you can't find any of their stuff on iTunes or at non-export prices. | +1
Casiopea are awesome, it's a shame a lot of their records are very pricey online! |
09-29-2007, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 Casiopea are awesome, it's a shame a lot of their records are very pricey online! | I was lucky! I had a cousin who was stationed (USAF) in Osaka, Japan for over 10 years and he used to roll them to me on the regular! I got a ton of them! |
09-29-2007, 09:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | | is that akira jimbo on drums? |
09-30-2007, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DWBass I was lucky! I had a cousin who was stationed (USAF) in Osaka, Japan for over 10 years and he used to roll them to me on the regular! I got a ton of them! | Nice one, you lucked out there! |
09-30-2007, 09:47 AM
| | | | Hell yes, I love Tetsuo. I also love Mitsuru Sutoh (ex-T-Square). Listen to his band Trix -- they are f**king brilliant. His basslines are so addictive.
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10-01-2007, 01:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | | Man. They look like the happiest dudes ever in that vid. Really dig those sliding riffs. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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