Bootleg tracklist:
1. Akabanah
2. Basu Rmx
3. Bill Laswell's Nanafushi
4. Bill Laswell's The hunted
5. City under desert (feat. Tomita)
6. Dansa, from Bachianas Brasileiras Nº 2
7. Dreams of thunder
8. Echoes Andes
9. El humahuaqueño
10. Gigantic geometric patterns (feat. Tomita)
11. Hae
12. Heartbeat drummers of Japan
13. Inteligente's Nobi
14. Jang-Gwara
15. John Denheen
16. Kevin Yosts Deep & Ethnic Mix
17. Kirina's theme
18. Chonlima
19. Michi Motofumi Yamaguchi
20. Nobi
21. O Daiko Big Drum
22. Song of universe (feat. Tomita)
23. Spirit of the moon
24. Strobe's Nanafushi
25. Strobe's The hunted
26. Taiko drums 5
27. Taiko drums 6
28. Taiko drums 8-1
29. The hunted
30. The shape of soil
31. Toki no koe
32. Wax off
33. Wax on
34. Yat
35. Yatai bayashi traditional
36. Zoku-Leonard Eto
37. Zoku-Wave
Kodō (鼓童?) is a professional taiko drumming troupe. Based on Sado Island, Japan, they have had a role in popularizing taiko drumming, both in Japan and abroad. They regularly tour Japan, Europe, and the United States.
Although the main focus of the performance is taiko drumming, other traditional Japanese musical instruments such as fue and shamisen make an appearance on stage as do traditional dance and vocal performance. Kodo's performance include pieces based on the traditional rhythms of regional Japan, pieces composed for Kodo by contemporary songwriters, and pieces written by Kodo members themselves. The numbers that Kodo perform can change from concert to concert. Kodo's performance normally lasts for about one hour and forty minutes.
In Japanese the word "Kodo" conveys two meanings: "heartbeat" the primal source of all rhythm and, read in a different way, the word can mean "children of the drum," a reflection of Kodo's desire to play their drums simply, with the heart of a child.
Kodo strives to both preserve and re-interpret traditional Japanese performing arts. From worldwide tours and research trips, Kodo brings back to Sado world music and experiences which now exert a strong influence on the group's performances and compositions. They also collaborate with other artists and composers.
Since their debut at the Berlin Festival in 1981, Kodo have given over 3,100 performances on five continents, spending about a third of the year overseas, a third touring in Japan and a third resting and preparing new material on Sado Island.
