toshi tsuchitori “the sounds of prehistoric painted cave • playing in the cave of cougnac, france” compact disc

• the sea of life (3:08)
  
• dance neanderthals (1:40)
  
• flying megaloceros (5:08)
  
• dance cro-magnon (3:02)
  
• red point (1:53)
  
• dream time (5:28)
  
• spirit megaloceros (2:52)
  
• ibex (6:39)
  
• to the ancestor’s spirit (1:19)
  
• the playground of cave bear (2:57)
  
• dancing bison (1:45)
  
• marching mammoth (5:04)

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toshiyuki tsuchitori "the sounds of prehistoric painted cave" (cd) publisher: japan traditional cultures foundation vzcg-687 until now, he has been research and played d taku (bronze bell of yayoi period b.c. 400 - a.d. 250), j monko (pottery drums of j mon period b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500), sanukaito (sounding stones of paleolithic period b.c. 33000 - b.c. 14000). now he continues to this music research and reaches to paleolithic cave filled with silence, darkness and the brilliant paintings. all music of this cd, toshi tsuchitori played in the paleolithic cave of cougnac, france with special permission from archaeologist michel lorblanchet. tsuchitori used the bone flute, nose flute from natives of amazon and rattle of aborigine which are very similar instruments of prehistoric age. he played those instruments at front of prehistoric paints in this cave. recorded in 2002. toshi tsuchitori cd series he started his music career as a percussionist and free improviser in the 1970s. since then, he has been played with milford graves, derek bailey, steve lacy and other world musicians. he has done extensive research on the world's ethnic music and dance, especially asian and african. in the 1980s he presented three japanese archeological music works, “d taku; ancient japanese bronze bells from yayoi period (b.c. 400 - a.d. 250)”, “sanukaito; stone sounds of the paleolithic era in japan”, “j monko; pottery drums of j mon period (b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500)”. he continues to searching for the roots of ancient japanese music. also he created ryuko gakusha (private art center) in 1988 with harue momoyama in gujo hachiman, gifu prefecture and has contributed vastly to the region's culture.

toshi tsuchitori “jomonko • pottery drums of jomon period (b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500)” compact disc

• rei (2:00)
  
• kotankoro (2:39)
  
• ohtoyomi (5:03)
  
• mana (7:46)
  
• tochi (1:30)
  
• mizuchi (3:34)
  
• mi (2:36)
  
• nue (3:43)
  
• suirei (9:10)
  
• tsuchizake (1:46)
  
• fukube (2:55)
  
• ryuko (3:32)
  
• iwakaze (1:38)
  
• hiki (5:14)
  
• ake-no-inori (17:03)

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toshiyuki tsuchitori "johmonko" (cd) publisher: japan traditional cultures foundation vzcg-686 the j mon period of japanese history began between twelve and thirteen thousand years ago and to continue for ten thousand year. it acquired its name, which means "rope patterns", on account of the presence of various braided rope patterns on the surfaces of excavated earthenware attributed to this age. the middle part of the j mon period was an age of high cultural development: many artifacts providing a vivid description of the spiritual world of the time have been uncovered, and it is during the mid-j mon period that we come across the earliest musical instruments to be found in japan. this cd featured performances on an unusual earthenware object through by scholars to have been a large drum and on reconstructed versions of earthenware flutes and bells. two flutes discovered in excavations are also used. this is the first ever recording featuring musical instruments uncovered at leading archaeological sites. recorded in 1990. toshi tsuchitori cd series he started his music career as a percussionist and free improviser in the 1970s. since then, he has been played with milford graves, derek bailey, steve lacy and other world musicians. he has done extensive research on the world's ethnic music and dance, especially asian and african. in the 1980s he presented three japanese archeological music works, “d taku; ancient japanese bronze bells from yayoi period (b.c. 400 - a.d. 250)”, “sanukaito; stone sounds of the paleolithic era in japan”, “j monko; pottery drums of j mon period (b.c. 3000 - b.c. 2500)”. he continues to searching for the roots of ancient japanese music. also he created ryuko gakusha (private art center) in 1988 with harue momoyama in gujo hachiman, gifu prefecture and has contributed vastly to the region's culture.