ASAKUSA JINTA is a hardcore marching brass band from Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan; they call themselves Asianica Hard March Band.Their music style is a mixture of Rocakbilly, uptempo country, punk and Japanese Kenka and Kayokyoku from the 1930's.
Their base is Asakusa, Tokyo's old downtown, an area reminiscent of traditional Japan. They love this town and people who live there love the band as they are known as a marching band playing on the shopping streets or for weeklong parades. Asakusa Jinta's music theme is joy and sorrow of life and "Giri and Ninjo", the spirit of traditional Japanese emotions such as sympathy, compassion, love and friendship.They are playing a style of music from the 1930s - actually it's more like a '30s brass band that plays in many different styles. Some songs are like uptempo country or rockabilly, but most of it is just frenetic klesmer. Just accordions and saxophones and trombones all playing lightning fast happy melodies while stand-up bass and drums and tubas throw down polka-style rhythms. The Hawaiian shirts and vaguely lounge-lizard outfits adds the finishing touch to this eccentric band.
1999 Dynamite Osho from ex:Death March Kantai formed a band called
Mach March Japonica.
2000 They changed the name to Hyakke no Gyoretsu and started marching
in the street in Asakusa area.
2001 Released 1st album "Today is kyo and Horror"
2002 Released 2nd album "Dangerous guy in Asakusa"
2003 Released 3rd album "This is Asakusa,Sweetheart Town" Japanese
famous Rakugoka (Japanese traditional story telling comedian),
Sanyutei Koyuza gave them new name "Asakusa Jinta"
2004 Became the first guest member of Rakugo Association as a Rock band.
Had a joint concert with Sanyutei Koyuza
at Tokyo Art Theater in March.Performed at the Asakusa Festival with
Japanese leading Kakugoka.
2005 Released new album "Asakusa Rock" supported by Rakugo art
association. Lots of leading Rakugoka played instruments in this album
and the world famous comedian and film director, TAKESHI KITANO wrote
the title song "Asakusa Rock" lyric. Nominated as performing band at
Japan Foundation festival in Stockholm.
2006 They did Japanese Horror movie"NEKOME KOZO (Cat's-Eye Boy) "(original
story by Kazuo Umezu/ Directed by Nobuo Iguchi) theme song with the
famous horror anime writer.Kazuo Umezu. The movie was out in June 2006
and the song was released by CD and the DVD was released in October.
2007 New full lenghth album "SKY ZERO" was released in Jan.
