Rainstick Orchestra
Baku Tsunoda (28) and Naomichi Tanaka (31) have been working together as the Rainstick Orchestra since 2001. They met when they were both DJing in a club in Tokyo and, as they lived near to each other, they began hanging out and trying to improve their musical skills by working together.
By day, Baku is an Editorial Designer and Naomichi is a Systems Engineer. But it’s music that drives them both. While Naomichi cites an early love of the music of Manchester as a formative influence as well as time playing in punk bands Read Full BioBaku Tsunoda (28) and Naomichi Tanaka (31) have been working together as the Rainstick Orchestra since 2001. They met when they were both DJing in a club in Tokyo and, as they lived near to each other, they began hanging out and trying to improve their musical skills by working together.
By day, Baku is an Editorial Designer and Naomichi is a Systems Engineer. But it’s music that drives them both. While Naomichi cites an early love of the music of Manchester as a formative influence as well as time playing in punk bands, Baku started out playing guitar and piano in both a Yellow Magic Orchestra covers band and a session group who played in the style of Maceo Parker and Funkadelic.
What they create together, using guitars, piano, bass & sequencers, is a delicate ‘systems music’ that gives a nod to the minimalism of Cage and Reich as well as echoing forms such as techno and jazz. Unsurprisingly, they both subscribe to the idea that music is “borderless”.
By day, Baku is an Editorial Designer and Naomichi is a Systems Engineer. But it’s music that drives them both. While Naomichi cites an early love of the music of Manchester as a formative influence as well as time playing in punk bands Read Full BioBaku Tsunoda (28) and Naomichi Tanaka (31) have been working together as the Rainstick Orchestra since 2001. They met when they were both DJing in a club in Tokyo and, as they lived near to each other, they began hanging out and trying to improve their musical skills by working together.
By day, Baku is an Editorial Designer and Naomichi is a Systems Engineer. But it’s music that drives them both. While Naomichi cites an early love of the music of Manchester as a formative influence as well as time playing in punk bands, Baku started out playing guitar and piano in both a Yellow Magic Orchestra covers band and a session group who played in the style of Maceo Parker and Funkadelic.
What they create together, using guitars, piano, bass & sequencers, is a delicate ‘systems music’ that gives a nod to the minimalism of Cage and Reich as well as echoing forms such as techno and jazz. Unsurprisingly, they both subscribe to the idea that music is “borderless”.
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Waltz For A Little Bird
Rainstick Orchestra Lyrics
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Andrew Wolfson
Such a beautiful song. I definitely agree - I could listen to this over and over at many different periods of my life.
Offdrive3
One of the great undiscovered and unrecognised albums i believe.
Cari
I heard this for the first time yesterday and I love it! :)
Teddy Cipolla
That was a long time ago
Ephraim Mfolo
Found this song in my archives....still a great song
VerninTheRat
I left this page open, went to bed...and today I awoke to the surreal, faint sounds of a xylophone and the weird synth...I didn't even question it, nor why or how it happened. Thanks Inari, for pressing play on my computer today. seriously though, I've never had anything just play on it's own like this...It's compelling.
ladonnaal
totally forgot about this piece of greatness. soooooo good. love from Detroit.
elegantdisc
amazing
daisaku imada
It's good.
ぱんのみみ
マックで流れてました！
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