Artist: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Album:
Diamond In Your Heart
Release
date: 2013
Quality: mp3 CBR 320
Size: 82 MB
“Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ Tōkyō Suka Paradaisu Ōkesutora?),
commonly abbreviated by fans as Skapara or TSPO, is a Japanese ska and jazz
band officially formed in 1988 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, and initially
composed of over 10 veterans of Tokyo's underground scene. At the time, the
band's sound was unlike that of any of its contemporaries in the then fledgling
Japanese ska scene, and over the course of the past 21 years, their innovation
has proved to have been very influential on Japanese music as a whole. Its
sound, the product of the musical influences of its numerous members, is an
eclectic mix of traditional ska, jazz, and rock. In the vein of many other more
traditional ska acts, many of Skapara's songs are purely instrumental. Since
its inception, the band has gone on several nationwide tours of Japan, and have
toured extensively worldwide. They have collaborated with several vocalists
outside of their band, including Shiina Ringo, Akira Kobayashi, Kyōko Koizumi,
Schadaraparr, PUFFY, Yoshie Nakano and Tamio Okuda. They also performed the
Japanese theme song to the PlayStation 2 game Sly Cooper and the Thievius
Raccoonus, entitled Black Jack."© wiki
