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Toshi Kasai

Why do we need new bands? Everyone knows Rock and Roll achieved perfection in 1974. It's a scientifi

About Me

Altamont as a guitar/keyboard player and a producer/engineer.
Big Business as a guitar/keyboard player.
Deaf Nephews Production team with Dale Crover from the Melvins. As a producer/engineer.
noundnorsoise My own sound/music-like project
Serce Noise/Music project with Peter M..
    My Blog Otosound-Circuit Bending/Sound Design PCI

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Sessions with:
Action Friend, Eddie Ashwroth, Glen Ballard, Jello Biafra, the Black Watch, Bloodhound Gang, Danzig, Gavin DeGraw, Danny DeVito, Eastern Youth, Mark Endert, the Exies, The Flood, Foo Fighters, Robert Fripp, Page Hamilton, Hangface, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Adam Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, Kool Kieth, Eddie Kramer, John Kurzweg, Less Than Jake, Lustmord, Dave Matthews Band, the Melvins, Bette Middle, みらい党, Willie Nelson, Nerd Table, Oaks, Ours, Mike Patton, Puddle of Mudd, POD, Willian Reid, Sepultura, Matt Serletic, Soul Brand, Splender, Sprung Monkey, Succuba, SugarBomb, Taxiride, Tool, Totimoshi, Tweak Bird, VAST, The Ventures, ZU, and so on.

My Interests



Music, noise, sound, movie, baseball, human being, fishing, eating, comedy, life, death, internet...

Music:

10cc, 13th Floor Elevators, AC/DC, Albert King, Alice Cooper, Altamont, the America, Angel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Apples in Stereo, Archie Bell & the Drells, Areosmith, Aretha Franklin, Arlo Guthrie, Astrud Gilberto, Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Art Of Noise, The B-52's, B.B.King, Bad Company, Badfinger, the Band, Bay City Rollers, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Bessie Smith, The Beta Band, Beth Gibbons, Big Business, Big Star, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Billy Cobham, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Bing Crosby, The Black Crowes, Black Flag, Blackfoot, The Black Heart Procession, Black Sabbath, Blind Faith, Blondie, the Blues Brothers, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, The Boomtown Rats, Brian Eno, Brian May, Brigitte Bardot, The Breeders, Brownie and Sonny, Buggles, The Byrds, Cab Calloway, Cake, Cafe Tacuba, Carole King, CAN, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Captain Beyond, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Cheech &; Chong, Christopher Cross, Chuck Berry, the Clash, Cows, the Cramps, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cross, the Cure, Dan Baird, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, David Bowie, David Lindley, Dead Kennedys, Deep Purple, Derek and the Dominos, Devo, Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson, the Dream Academey, Duran Duran, the Eagles, Earth,Wind & Fire, Eddy Grant, Edgar Winter, Einstürzende Neubauten, Electric Light Orchestra, Eleven, Elmer Bernstein, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Esquivel, Etta James, Eurythmics, the Evaporators, Faces, Fairground Attraction, Faith No More, Falco, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Francoise Hardy, Foetus, Foghat, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Freddie King, Freddie Mercury, Free, The Fugs, Funkadelic, Gary Numan, Genesis, George Harrison, George Jones, the Georgia Satellites, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gilberto Gil, Glenn Miller, ????, Graham Coxon, Grand Funk Railroad, The Guess Who, The Gun Club, Guns 'N Roses, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hank Williams, Hank Williams II, Hank Williams III, Henry Mancini, Herbie Hancock, Hawkwind, The Heroine Sheiks, Howard Jones, Howlin' Wolf, Humble Pie, the Hooters, Ian Hunter, Iggy Pop, Ike & Tina Turner, The Incredible Moses Leroy, INXS, Iron Maiden, The J. Geils Band, The Jam, Jackson 5, James Brown, James Gang, Janis Joplin & the Full Tilt Boogie Band, The Jeff Healy Band, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Reed, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Joe Jackson, Joe Walsh, John Coltrane, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, John Mellencamp, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Johnny Cash, Johnny Winter, Jon Wayne, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Joni Mitchell, Judas Priest, ????, King Crimson, Kingston Trio, the Kinks, Kiss, the Knack, Komeda, Kool & the Gang, Kraftwerk, Latin Playboys, Led Zeppelin, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Little Feat, Little River Band, Living Colour, Los Lobos, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lustmord, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Maddness, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Malo, Marvin Gaye, Matthew Sweet, MC5, the Melvins, Men At Work, Micheal Jackson, Mickey Hart & Planet Drum, Miles Davis, Ministry, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Mississippi John Hurt, ????, Monkees, the Monks, Montrose, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, The Move, Mr. Bungle, Muddy Waters, My Bloody Valentine, Nat King Cole, Nazareth, Neil Young, Nick Lowe, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Oingo Boingo, Ondar, Os Mutantes, Otis Redding, Paco De Lucía, Parliament, Patsy Cline, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Pixies, the Police, Porn, the Power Station, Pretenders, Primal Scream, Prince, Procol Harum, Prrey & Kingsley, Public Image, Queen, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Quincy Jones, Rainbow, Rammstein, Ramones, Ravi Shankar, Redd Kross, Rick Derringer, Rickie Lee Jones, Ringo Starr, Robben Ford, Robert Johnson, Robert Palmer, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Robin Trower, Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Roy Smeck, Roy Wood, Rory Gallagher, Roxy Music, Rush, Run-D.M.C., Ry Cooder, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendes, Sepultura, ????, the Sex Pitols, Sheila Nicholls, Simply Red, Simon & Garfunkel, Siouxie and the Banshees, Slade, Sly and Family Stone, Small Faces, The Sonics, Soul Coughing, Specials, Spinal Tap, Splender, Squeeze, Status Quo, Steely Dan, Stereolab, Stereo Total, Steve Miller Band, Steve Ray Vaughan, Steve Vai, Stevie Wonder, The Stooges, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Sugarbomb, Supertramp, Supergrass, Suzi Quatro, the Sweet, Syd Barrett, T-Bone Walker, T-Rex, Taj Mhal, ????, Talking Heads, Television, Ten Years After, Tears for Fears, Ted Nugent, Terry Reid, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Thomas Newman, Tiny Tim, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tom Waits, Tool, Toots & the Maytals, Totimoshi, Traveling Wilburys, Twisted Sister, The Tubes, Ultravox, Uriah Heep, Van Halen, Van Morrison, VAST, The Velvet Undrground, The Ventures, WAR, Weird Al Yankovic, Wesley Willis, the Who, Wilco, Willie Nelson, XTC, Yes, Zachary Ronstadt, Zu, ZZ Top

Television:

The Simpsons, Little Britain, That's 70s show! Da Ali G Show

My Blog

"Sound the Horn" from "Milagrosa"

On their Myspace, TOTIMOSHI put a song called "Sound the Horn" from their upcoming album, "Milagrosa." The album will be out on July 8th, produced by Page Hamilton, added vocals by Page and Mike Kissa...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

Yeah, it takes time...

It's been more than a year since I finished mixing an album for a band from Norway, Succuba. That was my first "online producing," by the way. Handmade Records just announced that they would release S...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Sun, 18 May 2008 11:04:00 PST

Two projects.

Big Business - a show and a mini tour.May 6th at TroubadourWest Los Angeles, CAwith 400 BlowsJuly, 5 2008 at El CorazonSeattle, Washingtonwith Akimbo, and The Coconut Coolouts!July, 6 2008 at Berbati'...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:00 PST

Project Serce. Field Recording Part 1

Peter M. and I went out for recording sounds from outside of the boxes. Junkyard was our first target. I know Peter Gabriel did this more than 20 years ago. But we like those sounds as well, so why no...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:43:00 PST

April and May

I’ve been working withBig Businessand Serce with Peter M. from noise.inc. In next two months, I will be working withWhite Shit,Tweak Bird,Soul Brand,Red Sparowes,Nerd Table,and Deaf Nephews.Toti...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:08:00 PST

Bravo! Indeed

Few months ago, I helped making an EP for a band, Oaks from San Diego, and the EP was just manufactured. They really liked what I did for those songs so they called the EP "Bravo!" Having a positive a...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:15:00 PST

They just won’t let me go

As some of you have already known, I’m an official member of Big Business. For a year, playing with those two nice fellas have been really fun. So we decided to keep doing it. We haven’t p...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PST

It’s got to be Chinese Christmas!

When I came home from some errands, there were some big boxes in front of my room. Yesterday was Chinese New Year, so I though Chinese Santa came late! Since Melvins have two drummers now, I have been...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:02:00 PST

I just got back from Oakland!

Just finished making an album with Totimoshi, produced by Page Hamilton, assisted by Adam Myatt at Sharkbite studios in Oakland California. I just came back from Oakland. The album will be out around ...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:52:00 PST

Oaks for sell!

I produced a project for Oaks and they just put those new songs on their myspace. They are like a modern Whitesnake, especially a song called "River." Those sounds pretty good! Waste your time and was...
Posted by Toshi Kasai on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:06:00 PST