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About Me

Ryoji Yamashiki aka Ray is a bass player, composer and wordman. Born in Ninja Town Iga, grew up in Lake Pref. Ohmi, and traveled through Boston - Tokai - Tokyo. Currently has several projects and release music from independent label no-pre, as well as being a session musician across major and underground field.
Here's some of projects:
*rtov...eurasian trio music with Vardan and Rastko... iTunes
*Who Knows How to Fish?...folk and jive duo with Rihito Nozaki
* Adbaloo ...trio pop balloon with Ano and Yuka.. iTunes
*Fibrout...project for 5 continents... iTunes now available
* Hasro & Bokka ...ultra slow music unit with M.Yamasaki, S.Sakaguchi, K.Yoshida, T.Ieiri
"stillbeat" is Ray's philosophy from old Japanese attitude toward what's there. It is also from timeless beat flow, as some Reggae music generate.
ベースマン、コンポーザー、言葉いじり。
"One Drop" Hasro & Bokka at Yao, 10/26/2007

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/09/2006
Band Members: poeple on the tracks

"My People Were Fair"
Vardan Ovsepian (rhodes), Rastko Rasic (dr), Ray (doublebass)

"Old Tree, Blues, and Summertime (live)" Hasro & Bokka
Madoki Yamasaki (vocal), Kotaro Yoshida (guitar), Tetsuya Ieiri (percussion), Ryoji Yamashiki (doublebass)

"Africa Again"
Rie Aoki (singtalk/flexlife), Ramsey Rouston (dr), Manuel Larrea (rhodes), Ray (Rick 4001)

"n?" by Adbaloo
Ano (pf, suzu, reading), Yuka (voice), Ray (kalimba, reading, Fender PB, doublebass, tamago)

"One Drop" Hasro & Bokka
Madoki Yamasaki (voice), Shuichiro Sakaguchi (trumpet), Kotaro Yoshida (guitar), Tetsuya Ieiri (percussion), Ryoji Yamashiki (doublebass)

"Kaze (original version)"
Maïa (vo), Ray (doublebass), Keiichi Tanaka (sabar), Ano (pf)

"from astronotes"
Yukihiro Atsumi (gt), Shinobu Ishizaki (sax), Keiichi Tanaka (dr), Ray (Rick 4001)

"Pichi Pichi Gal" by Shinigami Gundan
Kunihiko Peter Hamada (vo, gt), Koichi Tsuchikura (g), Mitsuhiro Miiro Sano (dr), Ryoji Yamashiki (Ibanez bass)
Influences: Tyranosaurus Rex, Bartok, Gary Peacock, Desmond Decker, Rolling Stones, Yes, Nick Drake, Donovan, Green Gartside, Stewart Copeland, The Band, Zap Mama, Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Sounds Like:
Voice of Marble / rtov

Fibrout / Ray + Maia, Rie, Madoki
now available

also check
"Kusamakura" saravah 2007 (Europe), omagatoki 2008 (Japan)

Record Label: no-pre / stillbeat
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fibrout now on iTunes

now available on iTunes store.Fibrout / Ray + Maia, Rie, Madoki-project for word and five continents-1. Keyaki~Kaze ni Sasowarete Maia Barouh (vocal), Ray (doublebass), Keiichi Tanaka (sabar), Ano (...
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