Gocoo

GOCOO - Tokyo Tribal Groove Orchestra GOCOO Are Seven Female And Four Male Drummers Who Capture Their Audience With Original Grooves
woven With Japanese Drums Taikos. On Stage The 11 Musicians From Tokyo Create With Almost 40
drums A Music-Spectacle Beyond Imagination. Music-Wise GOCOO Are One Of The Most Sophisticated
percussion Groups Of The Present. The Cosmic Beats And Uniquely Complex Poly-Rhythms Are Of Such
primal Nature That They Reflect All Known Music Styles And Consequently Unite People Of All Ages Ethnic
and Social Origins And Of Any Taste In Music. No Matter Where GOCOO Performs At Major World &
Roots Rock & Pop Or Alternative Music & Culture Festivals In Live Clubs Classic Theatres And Concert
halls Or At Techno Events GOCOO Takes All Audiences On A Mesmerizing Trip Between Trance And
ecstasy With Their Goose-Bumps Music. GOCOO Define Themselves As A “Band” And While Usual Taiko Ensembles Stoically Pursue A
traditional Style And While Others Seek New Interpretations Of Traditional Japanese Music GOCOO's
beat Exhibits Free-Spirited Taiko Music Rising Freely Between The East And The West Tradition And Pop Rite And Party And Hence Appealing Directly To The Heart Of A Broad Range Of Audiences. Although
GOCOO’s Music Is Often Referred To As Crossover Or Roots Music Or Even New Terms Such As Technoand
Trance-Taiko Are Created To Pay Tribute To Their Unique Rhythms GOCOO Successfully Overcame
any Stereotyped Concepts Not Only Of Japanese Drum Music And Reached Their Own Independent Cult
status. Free Of Ritual Obligations Women For Example Have The Majority Among GOCOO’s Members.
Above All The Charismatic Female Lead Drummer Kaoly Asano. “The Drummers Show Strengths Of Young
Japanese Musicians That Are Usually Indicative Of Techno Pioneers Such As Ken Ichi It’s A Mix Of
Western Culture And Own Cultural Customs Moulded Into New Acoustic Forms” Says Michael Wenzel Of
Triggerfish. The Sound Of GOCOO’s Music Is So Unique That Not Only The Makers Of The MATRIX
movies Discovered GOCOO’s Tunes For Their Soundtracks. The Band’s Sound Can Be Heard In Many
computer Games And Major Japanese Companies Such As Coca Cola Hitachi Or Nissan Also Use GOCOO’s Beats For Their TV Spots. GOCOO Was Founded 1997 In Tokyo. They Debuted The Same Year Remarkably Unusual For A
Taiko Group At The Techno Festival Rainbow 2000. Since Then GOCOO’s Frequent Live Performances
at Tokyo’s Cult Locations Such As Aoyama CAY And Shibuya On Air Are Packed With Young Followers
who Usually Tend To Shy Away From Traditional Music. But For Them GOCOO's Trance-Like Danceable
sound Is Simply Excellent Rock- Or Pop Music. GOCOO Also Appear Side By Side With Other Bands And
DJs At Rave Parties Or Open Air Festivals Such As The Fuji Rock Festival Asagiri Jam Or The Hotaka
Mountain Festival. Yet GOCOO Are Highly Recognized Among The Circles Of Traditional Taiko For Instance GOCOO
performed At The 35th Nihon No Taiko Taiko Ha Koeru Japanese Taiko Drums Transcend At The
Japanese National Theatre In 2001 And They Appeared Together With The Legendary Traditional Taiko
ensemble Kodo At Tokyo’s Earthbeat Festival In June 2005. Furthermore GOCOO Took The Chance To
perform With Several Highly Achieved Artists Such As Korea’s Kim Duk-Soo Of SamulNori West-Africa’s
djembe Player Mamady Keita And Seiichi Tanaka Of The San Francisco Taiko Ensemble. GOCOO’s
music Reflects All These Different Aspects Of Musical Diversity And Interaction. In 2000 GOCOO’s First Solo Album Healing Asia Vol.2 Was Released. It Was Sound Engineered By
Shinichi Tanaka And Recorded With No Over-Dubbing. The Result Was An Album Of Intricate Rhythm
overlays And Powerful Grooves Rivalling GOCOO’s Live Performances. November Of The Same Year
marked Another Milestone For GOCOO With Their First US Tour. At The Beginning Of 2002 GOCOO Joined Juno Reactor UK For A Recording Session Which
resulted That Same Fall In The Release Of The Maxi Single Hotaka. In June 2002 Universal Music
published GOCOO’s First Live Album Live’01. In January 2003 GOCOO Performed For The First Time In Europe At The Opening Party The
Cutting Edge Of Japanese Underground Of Graz As The Culture Capital Of Europe 2003 They
entertained A Five-Thousand Strong Audience. They Followed-Up With A Tour Throughout Germany.
Another Highlight During That Year Marked The Joined Recordings Tea House And Tetsujin With Juno
Reactor As They Produced The Soundtrack Of The Hollywood Blockbusters Matrix Reloaded And Matrix
Revolutions. Successively GOCOO Released Their First DVD Live’02. In December Two New CDs With
tracks Performed By GOCOO Were Released Juno Reactor’s Zwara EP And The Best Of Healing Asia Amatsuchi No Aida. Prior To The Summer Tour 2004 Including Appearances In Germany Austria Switzerland And The
Netherlands German Television 3sat Broadcasted A Feature On GOCOO Produced In Tokyo.
Additionally GOCOO's Second Live Album Lovebeat Was Released. A Particular Highlight Of The Tour
was GOCOO's Performance At The Swiss Gurtenfestival Broadcasted By Swiss Television. While Being
on Tour GOCOO Briefly Eloped To A Recording Studio In Hamburg Germany To Contribute To The
soundtrack Of The Sequel Of One Of The Most Successful Role-Play Computer Games That Was Released In
October 2006 Gothic III. In Autumn 2005 GOCOO Performed 34 Concerts During A Two Months Long Tour Through Europe
and Mexico. And In April 2006 GOCOO Conquered For The First Time Australia Where They Performed
two Memorable Concerts At The Internationally Acclaimed East Coast International Blues & Roots Music
Festival Before The Band Returned In June To Europe For The Fourth Time. They Performed In Germany Czech Serbia And Greece. The Concert In Belgrade Was Recorded By Serbia’s National TV And
later Broadcasted. The Latest Live Album Earthbeat Was Released In Spring 2007 And The Following Summer GOCOO
came To Europe For Their So Far Most Extensive And Successful Tour Through Europe. They Performed In
10 Countries On The Stages Of The Biggest Music Festivals Like The Sziget Or Italia Wave Entertaining
audiences Of Up To 25.000. 2008 Marked The Next Peak In GOCOO’s History. The Band Was Not Only Chosen To Musically
represent The Entire Asian Continent At The Opening Event Of The UN Conference On Biological Diversity
in Bonn Germany Performing Side By Side With Bob Geldof And Daniela Mercury. GOCOO Also
performed In Front Of The So Far Largest Crowd Ever 30.000 People Listened To Their Beats At The
Mawazine Festival Rabat Maroc . And Also For The First Time Ever The Band Performed Within One Year
a World Tour Including Countries Of All Five Continents. In Its Edition Of July 8 2009 Newsweek Japan Published In A Special Under The Headline "100
Japanese People Who Overcame Cultural Barriers And Shine In The World" A List Pf Japan's Top 100
challengers Pioneers Heroes And Icons. Besides Celebrities Like Actor Filmmaker And Entertainer
Takeshi Kitano Or Historical Figures Such As Ieyasu Tokugawa The Band GOCOO Was Also Included
into The List As "their Borderless Sound A Mix Of Rock And Ethnic Music From Around The World Is
cherished By International Audiences” Newsweek Said. After Taking A Creative Break In 2010 GOCOO Returned In Spring 2011 With The New Live CD
and DVD Roots Of Joy To Europe And Maroc. GOCOO Was Honoured To Open The Festival Mawazine In
Rabat Together With Music Legend Quincy Jones. The Budapest Summer Festival Also Chose GOCOO
to Perform The Opening Concert. During The Entire Tour GOCOO Invited Their Audiences To Write Down
their Messages To The Victims Of The March 11 Earthquake And Tsunami On Japanese Flags. These Flags
were Given To The Victims During A Charity Concert In The Disaster Area. 2012 The Band Returned To Europe For Another Fantastic Summer Tour Through 7 Countries With
many Concerts In Front Of Huge Audiences. To Name A Few Highlights GOCOO Performed At
MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL Entranced More Than 20.000 People At BOOM Festival And Played
once Again At Europe’s Biggest Music Event The SZIGET Festival. After Performing In 2007 On
SZIGET’s World Music Stage GOCOO Was This Time Chosen To Open The Festival’s Main Stage. With
this For The First Time Ever An Instrumental World Music Artist Performed Side By Side With The
international Mainstream Pop/rock Acts On The Main Stage Of The ”Best European Major Festival 2011”
Award Winner. A True Milestone In GOCOO’s Career. The Concert Was Broadcasted Live And Worldwide
via YouTube. Lead Drummer Kaoly Asano Attracts Much Attention As A Female Taiko Artist. Whenever Not
performing With GOCOO On Stage She Teaches The Art Of Playing The Taiko At Her Famous Taiko School
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