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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, 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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  • AJulian

    A year later and saying I agree!

    21 Oct 2011 Reply
  • Willlem

    Such a shame that TFGKITS is probably the only album they'll ever release.

    12 Oct 2010 Reply
  • Tshaka

    Can't get enough of this album.

    30 May 2010 Reply
  • mornova

    absolutely wonderful!

    4 May 2010 Reply
  • cuentoperegrino

    pure bliss :)

    20 Apr 2010 Reply
  • JerryKantrell

    Need... moar... RO!!!

    18 Apr 2010 Reply
  • dzyndzla

    Six years without any new records?! ;-(

    27 Feb 2010 Reply
  • natsq

    More more!!

    5 Oct 2009 Reply
  • AJulian

    I wish so badly that they would release another album. Floating Glass Key was absolutely wonderful.

    2 Sep 2009 Reply
  • dazmanic

    More Please! The Floating Glass Key in the Sky is lovely, and I would certainly like to hear what other sounds the Rainstick Orchestra can come up with. :-)

    7 Jun 2009 Reply
  • TippinMyStuff

    wicked tune

    7 Mar 2009 Reply
  • lawrencefelt

    Really fresh !

    18 Jan 2009 Reply
  • GiraffeCat

    New stuff is definitely needed. Have you heard their remix of Hexstatic's remix of Guitar Vader's Perfect Bird (Phew!), though? It's superb.

    21 Apr 2007 Reply
  • gunterb

    nevermind :) 2004

    15 Mar 2007 Reply
  • gunterb

    when did this album come out? (year)

    15 Mar 2007 Reply
  • LawnchairGenera

    I think the name of the band suits the music really well.

    22 Dec 2006 Reply
  • Faeerie

    Delicious tunes, but I want more.

    23 Oct 2006 Reply
  • Fetti

    Damn right. TFGKITS (nice abbreviation) has only 7 tracks so it's more like an EP than an album. :/ Great songs though.

    11 Oct 2006 Reply
  • yagood

    They should release something new at last :-(

    24 Jun 2006 Reply