To celebrate the Kitaro’s new release “Tenku (Remastered)”, we are offering a special sale exclusively on Domo Store! Spend $30 or more and receive $10 off.
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Kitaro – Kojiki CD & DVD Kitaro Live DVD Box Set (Remastered Deluxe Edition)
The Essential Kitaro Olate Dogs Tumbler with Kitaro Autograph
Marking the 30th anniversary of its debut, this reissue of Kitaro’s critically acclaimed album “Tenku” has been newly remastered from the original source tapes.
“Tenku”, which translated means “Heavenly Sky”, refers to time spent at his 200-year-old farmhouse in the Japanese Alps, where the album was recorded. Drawing inspiration and his impressions of nature at that time, Kitaro remarked, “Through communicating with nature, I wish to always make music that reflects the warmth that we should have as humans.”
The album became a defining moment in Kitaro’s career, which soon afterwards became his first conceptual album that introduced him to an international audience.
For what is certainly an otherworldly experience; Tenku is a collection of dreamy compositions full of soft Japanese melodies with a hint of melancholy. Kitaro’s immaculate synthesizer technique produces a nuanced yet bold atmosphere that is truly one of a kind.
Track List
01. Tenku
02. Romance
03. Wings
04. Aura
05. Message From The Cosmos
06. Time Traveller
07. Legend Of The Road
08. Milky Way
Now, we are offering a special discounted price of $9.99 for CD!
Kitaro’s new compilation album “ASIAN CAFE” is now available to download. It features 15 tracks from Grammy Award winning album “Thinking Of You”, Grammy nominated album “The Light Of The Spirit”, “Ancient” and more.
Tao Of Sounds’ newly released album “These Times” has been chosen as Akademia Music Awards’ August 2016 Winner for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
‘Hard-hitting beats, pulsating sound envelopes and shotgun percussion give us insight into this edgy new artist, making them one to watch in the coming year.’ – Akademia
These Times
“Tao of Sound’s new full-length, 11 track album These Times, is a masterwork and triumph, blurring the lines between musical genres and delivering an amazing melodic and rhythmic delight.”
Combining Zen-like Eastern influences with electronic beats and a rock swagger, Tao of Sound delivered a striking, memorable debut for Domo Records in June 2010 with Metro, continued their evolution with RONIN and now expertly displays their mastery of music with 2016’s These Times.
Track List
01. These Times (feat. Beldina)
02. You Come, You Go (feat. Carol Hatchett)
03. Police & Thieves (feat. Amy Keys)
04. 20 Cents More For The Metro (feat. Davi Lorenzo)
05. Little World (feat. Laura Jane)
06. Libra
07. Sympathy Is For The Survivors (feat. Brandon Rogers)
08. Keep Dancing (feat. Jacob Luttrell)
09. I Would Be Your Slave (feat. Davi Lorenzo)
10. Virgo
11. The River (feat. Sharlotte Gibson)
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“Tao of Sound’s new full-length, 11 track album These Times, is a masterwork and triumph, blurring the lines between musical genres and delivering an amazing melodic and rhythmic delight.”
In May of 2016, Tao of Sound steps to the front of the stage via their eclectic, always evolving style. With their signature edgy pop sound and epic, world-electronica orchestrations, Tao of Sound has carved out a completely original musical identity for themselves.
Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Taku Hirano and Daniel Pearson, Tao of Sound has worked with music’s biggest superstars including Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez, Nine Inch Nails, Whitney Houston, Nelly Furtado, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Prodigy, Dr. Dre and Lionel Richie. Taku was named as one of the Top 3 Best Percussionists by Modern Drummer Magazine’s 2014 Readers Poll.
As expert remix artists, Tao of Sound has worked their magic on Kanye West’s “Heartless” and tracks from the Michael Jackson Remix Suite. Internationally, they have performed and recordings with two-time Academy Award-winning Indian film composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire), Japanese pop superstar Utada Hikaru, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Golden Globe/Grammy Award-winning artist, Kitaro.
Taku is one of the top-call percussionists on the touring and recording circuit. Daniel is Bass Player/Composer/Producer and has written and composed music for television productions and motion pictures. These world-class musicians have performed live, recorded with, and consulted a who’s who in the music industry, spanning practically every genre of popular music. Their music has been heard on HBO, NBC, ABC, PBS, and major motion picture scores for Twentieth Century-Fox and DreamWorks, film soundtracks for DreamWorks, Atlantic Records, and Capitol Records.
Combining Zen-like Eastern influences with electronic beats and a rock swagger, Tao of Sound delivered a striking, memorable debut for Domo Records in June 2010 with Metro, continued their evolution with RONIN and now expertly displays their mastery of music with 2016’s These Times.
Track List
01. These Times (feat. Beldina)
02. You Come, You Go (feat. Carol Hatchett)
03. Police & Thieves (feat. Amy Keys)
04. 20 Cents More For The Metro (feat. Davi Lorenzo)
05. Little World (feat. Laura Jane)
06. Libra
07. Sympathy Is For The Survivors (feat. Brandon Rogers)
08. Keep Dancing (feat. Jacob Luttrell)
09. I Would Be Your Slave (feat. Davi Lorenzo)
10. Virgo
11. The River (feat. Sharlotte Gibson)
With the help of his shamisen – a magical musical instrument – Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family and fulfill his heroic destiny.
Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of Game of Thrones) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Hashi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Kameyo (Academy Award nominee Brenda Vaccaro). But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. With the help of his shamisen – a magical musical instrument – Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara) to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family and fulfill his heroic destiny.
Now, we are offering special sales for Yoshida Brothers CDs!
IBUKI
reg. $15.98 NOW $4.98
Originally released in 1999, the Yoshida Brothers’ debut album Ibuki, is getting a well-deserved re-release from Domo, marking the first time it has been available in the U.S. market. When originally released, the disc sold over 100,000 copies—an incredible feat, since up to that point most tsugaru-shamisen recordings rarely sold more than a thousand copies in Japan. The album features mostly traditional tsugaru-shamisen songs, though hints of the Brothers’ signature style are starting to emerge. From the very beginning, it was clear that the group was bringing this ancient three-stringed instrument into modern times, interpreting its sound for a contemporary audience. This disc deservedly turned the Yoshida Brothers into rock stars in their native land, another rarity for tsugaru-shamisen instrumentalists. Take a listen to where the journey began.
MOVE
reg. $15.98 NOW $4.98
The brothers began to spread their wings with their follow-up, Move (2000). This re-release of their groundbreaking second album represents the first time this album has been issued in the U.S. It features more original compositions than its predecessor and shows the brothers expanding their musical horizons, incorporating a variety of instruments beyond the tsugaru-shamisen and exploring numerous disparate musical influences. One song features the otsuzumi, a small taiko (Japenese drum), while three songs showcase a cajon—an Afro-Peruvian hand drum popular in Spanish flamenco music since the 1980s. The release of Move proved that Ibuki was no fluke and that the Yoshida Brothers, despite their youth, were capable of producing musical masterpieces that bridged the sounds of old and new Japan. Using the traditional tsugaru-shamisen in a contemporary manner, the Yoshida Brothers produced an original sound that distinguished them as true musical visionaries.
Olate Dogs appeared live on Fox 21 News in Colorado this morning. Check the videos below to hear about their amazing history and journey to win America’s Got Talent in 2012. Not to mention, their amazing tricks and cute costumes.
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Olate Dogs are performing at the Stargazers Theatre in Colorado Springs, Colorado this Sunday August 14th. Don’t miss it, tickets are still available!
8/14 (Sun) 2pm
Stargazer Theatre
10 S. Parkside Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 Buy Tickets Now
The Olate Dogs: Canine performers from ‘America’s Got Talent’ bring their show to Loveland
By Michelle Vendegna
Reporter-Herald Staff Writer
The winners of the 2012 season of “America’s Got Talent” will be making a stop at the Rialto Theater Center on Saturday. The Olate Dogs will be performing their high-energy variety act with Richard and Nicholas Olate leading the pack.
“It’s not your typical dog show. There is no Frisbee-throwing or anything like that. It’s very unique in itself,” said Nicholas Olate.
Richard began the show 49 years ago. Nicholas has been part of the act for 17 years, starting when he was 5. The group received national recognition in 2012 when took the top spot on “America’s Got Talent.” Since then, the group has been traveling nonstop from big cities to small towns.
“That for me has been the most exciting thing,” Nicholas said of the response they get even in small towns. “I like the fact that so many people like the dogs and want to see the show.”
The Olates travel with about 14 or 15 dogs at any given time. There are 11 in the show and then three or four that are training or retired.
“You have to stop and get them water, you have to walk them, get them their play time. It’s definitely time-consuming, but it’s really enjoyable,” he said. They always have to account for the extra time it takes when traveling.
It only adds to the fun that the Olates never look for easygoing dogs to join the act.
“I have had people come up and ask if we look for dogs that are relaxed and stuff, but not really,” Nicholas said. They try to find the most rambunctious dogs they can.
“When you actually give them something to do like a trick or something and you train them the way that we do, they get excited and they can get all the energy out when they’re performing,” he said.
Transfer Resistor, the debut release by Stableford, explores relentlessly energetic hard-quantized synth styles reminiscent of the 1980s.
The album features contemporary impressions of classic technologies. Vocoders, mono leads, arpeggiators and 8-bit basses combine in cosmic appropriations of heritage electronica. It includes the lazy saw-tooth shuffle of “Sloth”, the bristling dual leads of “Panda”, the undulating key centers of “Asiatic”, the stark ballad beauty of “Sun”, the pop intensity of “Brown” and the austere slow-burn of “Polar”.
On August 4th, ROMAN band will perform with Richie Sambora (from Bon Jovi) at the Rock & Roll Margarita Festival 2016 in Hollywood!
Originally born in the small Russian town of Gorky, Roman grew up in Moscow. With a father who was a manager and producer of a famous 90’s pop star in Russia, young Roman grew up back stage with musicians on tour in a show-business environment. After graduating from the Humanitarian University of Moscow, the aspiring rocker became a finalist on the highest rated TV show “Star Factory” 6. Hot off that recognition, Roman recorded duets with the Scorpions, and Swiss rock band Gotthard. He’s performed with international musicians including Chris Slade (ACDC), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest)Kerri Kelli(Alice cooper, Slash Snake’s Pit) Chris Holmes(W.A.S.P, LA Guns), Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake), and Teddy “Zigzig”Angreadis (Gun’n’Roses, Chuck Berry).
These Times
