Eitetsu Hayashi | en

EITETSU HAYASHI (林英哲), a Hiroshima native, started his Taiko carrier as a founding member and the premier performer of the world-renowned groups “SADO-ONDEKOZA” and “KODO”. After leading these companies for eleven years, EITETSU became independent in 1982. As the first Taiko soloist of his kind, EITETSU created a new method of soloing “O-Daiko” performance requiring techniques and physical stamina previously unknown in traditional Japanese “Taiko” playing. Using a unique combination of Taiko drums, he created and performed original music, and as a pioneer of a countless succession of entirely new experimental musical endeavors, he created and performed his works in...

Yuzo Hayashi is a composer and arranger who plays keyboards and piano, mostly on video game arrangement albums. His sound throughout is typically that of an eclectic fusion of synth-electronica, rock and jazz. He has worked on many "Super Arrange Version" arrangements on Falcom works including Special Box '91 (Disc 2) and Perfect Collection Ys, II & III (Disc 2) and Snatcher -Zoom Tracks-. Hayashi also has frequently grouped with session musicians under different group pseudonyms with Kanichiro Kubo (synthesizer operator), Jun Kajiwara (guitar) and Osamu Koike (sax) for various video game arrangement albums under groups, most notably Insector X,...

Based in Leeds, Hayashi have gained a reputation for playing high energy dance sets influenced by drum and bass, breakbeat and trip-hop styles. Drummer/producer Gideon Woods and Bassist/producer Ben Coleman started Hayashi as a studio project in 2003 and since then this partnership has developed to include other Leeds based musicians: Darren Ibbetson (Keys, Samples, Guitar) Ana Robinson, D. Sojourn and Mwen (vocals). The technical abilities of drummer Gideon Woods, whose skills continue to be highly acclaimed by those who experience the live sets, provide the basis for performances of drum beats and rhythms that would more usually be confined...