こんにちは！僕たちはリディムサウンター。
Hello! We are riddim saunter.
The band's first eye-opener into the world of music began with band leader, TA-1, first encountering Hip Hop music.
At this time, TA-1 was simply a DJ but soon transformed into a drummer after finding interest in intricate rhythms.
During high school TA-1 got together with classmates, Keishi (Vo.) and Hiroshi (Gtr.) and a band was born.
Influenced by the ska boom in the late nineties they quickly become a ska-core band and upon moving to Tokyo, met a trumpet player named Honma, who was soon included into the group.
Soon after, the band recruited a saxophonist and bassist thus creating the six-piece band known as "Riddim Saunter."
2005 saw the release of their debut album, "Current", which became recognised soon after release as a well blended piece of work, including Punk, Rock, Hop Hop and Soul.
It was is a return to their roots as artists, sampling hip-hop many times over, the genre which first inspired them to become musicians.
Soon after the release of the first album the saxophonist and bassist left the band, and current bassist, Hamada joined, to form what is now a five-piece.
Band member Honma also began to play the flute and keys, as well as contributing vocals alongside bassist, Hamada and guitarist, Hiroshi, naturally linking their sound with the new up and coming UK music scene.
Two years later in 2007 the band further mix their musical roots of black music with inspiration from bands such as Thames Beat, to create and release their second album, "Think, Lad & Lass".
For this release the band hand-printed ten thousand of their own colorful album jackets, and the band's indie "do it yourself" style becomes the talk amongst the Japanese youth.
Before the band knew it, all ten thousand albums sold out immediately.
After this second album, the band release an acoustic album and a remix album, featuring overseas artists such as Matias Tellex (Norway), SoftLightes (USA) and 33HZ (USA) which further demonstrated the bands diversity.
Famed for their frantic live shows, the bands up-close, in your face style of performance won them the support slot for The Go-Team's first ever Japan tour, and an invite to perform at the 2008 Fuji Rock Festival.
Blown away by their set at the festival, Johnny from American punksters "The Death Set" promptly invited the band to tour with them in the US in the near future.
Outside of their standard style of live performance, the band are able to perform acoustic only sets and are also able to include a string section of five additional players, which is just another
addition to their charm.
Riddim Saunter
Riddim Saunter Orchestra
3rd Album “Days Lead” 09.10.21 On Sale
Waltz Of The Twins
Direction. Taichi Furukawa
Illustration. Taichi Furukawa, Yuno
Photo By Tetsuya Yamakawa
"Clown Towel"
Size: Normal, Big
Color: Blue (Normal), Pink (Big)
Price: 1,500yen (Normal), 3,000yen (Big)
