RETADA is an one man band.
One person band. Lonely band...yet, very heated band.
...So, what kind of band is it, really?
This japanese guy running around between a drum set/guitar/samplers/microphone like an Orangutan. The sound is enjoying itself!!!
...Sound is enjoying itself???
Yes...
Sound is having a chemical reaction freely. It's an image of having a good time by using air...
...Having a good time... what?!?
Yes.
Sound is having a good time inside air.
Drawing sound on to air.
???...So, what kind of sound does RETADA draw?
RETADA draws sounds of Tokyo after spending 20 years in New York!?$$? We can say it's a Tokyo sound in New York way, or New York sound in Tokyo way......
RETADA calls it "sound of Tokio NY"!
Tokio NY?
Yes...
New york is filled with immigrants. There are a lot of "Tokio New Yorkers" like RETADA.
Who is RETADA anyway?
His real name is Tadayuki Hirano. Everybody calls him "TADA".
He has recorded/toured/produced/jammed/dazed with artists like CIBO MATTO, BLONDE REDHEAD, ULTRA BIDE, RUSSELL SIMINS(JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION) BAND, JIMI TENOR, THE CAROLINE KNOW, SONIC YOUTH, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRLS, PORNO FOR PYROS, THE BLUE WHALES, NO NO BOYS, RADIO MUNDIAL, THE PLEASURE UNIT, SPIKE PRIGGEN BAND, DUB NOMADS, TRUCK STOP, ALICE DONUT, NO MEANS NO, ANTON FIER, TOMMY PRICE(JOAN JETT & BLACK HEARTS), NEW KINGDOM, BAD MANNERS, G-LOVE, THE THE, FOETUS, THE JESUS LIZARD, THE COWS, TV ON THE RADIO, DJ MONKWON, DJ ATSUSHI, DELPHINE THIRTEEN, SHEENA AND THE ROKKETS, ZOKUZOKU KAZOKU, LEYONA, TAIJI(THEATRE BROOKE), DEMI SEMI QUAVER, STEVE ETO, TOMOTOMO YAMAGUCHI, LOUDOGS, SHAKE(THE RED WARRIORS), KEIKO TERADA(SHOW-YA), DUGO, NATURAL CALAMITY, YOSHITAKA SHIMADA(BO DIDDLEY, CHAR), ETC...
He's also available for fashion shows/jingles/documentary film and movies(What a deal!!!).
LET RETADA RUIN YOUR LIFE!!!
For other RETADA related activity? Go to
retada website
Tada's page(???)
mixi???
Chin Chin myspace
Chin Chin website
Marianne myspace
Marianne website
Tokio NY village myspace
Tokio NY Youtube
