Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Geinoh Yamashirogumi (Japanese: 芸能山城組, Hepburn: Geinō Yamashirogumi) is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19, 1974 by Tsutomu Ōhashi, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc.

They are known for both their faithful re-creations of folk music from around the world, as well as their fusion of various traditional musical styles with modern instrumentation and synthesizers. For example, in the 1980s, MIDI digital synthesizers could not handle the tuning systems of traditional gamelan music, so the group had to teach themselves how to program in order to modify their equipment. The album that followed, Ecophony Rinne (1986) was a new direction for the group: they had not previously incorporated computer-generated sounds into their work. The success of this album brought them to the attention of Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who commissioned them to create the soundtrack of Akira. The soundtrack is built on the concept of recurrent themes or "modules". Texturally, the soundtrack is a mix of digital synthesizers (Roland D-50 and Yamaha DX7-II, both of which could, by then, be tuned to the Pure-Minor, slendro, and pelog tuning scales), Indonesian chromatic percussion (jegog, etc.), traditional Japanese theatrical and spiritual music (Noh), European classical, and progressive rock.

Geinoh Yamashirogumi has reproduced over eighty different styles of traditional music and performances from around the world, but despite having performed internationally to a high degree of critical acclaim, they remain relatively unknown.

The group's name uses Ōhashi's pseudonym, Shoji Yamashiro, and translates roughly to "Performing Yamashiro Collective". Ōhashi took his inspiration from a postwar 1950s group of similar characters that lived as a commune.

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Releases

Sleeve Title Year Format
芸能山城組* - 芸能山城組入門 Best Selection Of Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi 1988 CD, Compilation
No Image Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) = アキラ 1988 Vinyl, LP, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD, Album, Unofficial Release
芸能山城組* - 少年達への地球讃歌 [Shonentachi E No Chikyusanka] 1994 CD, Album, Reissue
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Symphonic Suite) 2017 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Soundtrack) 1990 CD, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) = アキラ 1988 Cassette, Album
芸能山城組* - 恐山/銅之剣舞 1976 Vinyl, LP, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Doh No Kembai 2015 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
芸能山城組* - 恐山/銅之剣舞 1976 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2017 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered
芸能山城組* - やまと幻唱 1994 CD, Album, Reissue
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 2016 2016 File, WAV, Album, Reissue, Remastered
No Image Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 1988 CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2017 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi = 芸能山城組* - Symphonic Suite Akira = 交響組曲アキラ 1988 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi = 芸能山城組* - Symphonic Suite Akira = 交響組曲アキラ 1988 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2019 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2001 CD, Unofficial Release
芸能山城組* - やまと幻唱 1977 Vinyl, LP, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 2018 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) = アキラ 1988 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 1988 CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo
芸能山城組* - 少年達への地球讃歌 1979 Vinyl, LP
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2022 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 1988 Cassette, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD, Album
No Image Geinoh Yamashirogumi - AKIRA – THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE SOUNDTRACK 1988 CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo
芸能山城組* - 黄金鱗讃揚 (Exultent Pisces In Cantics Nostris) 1994 CD, Mini-Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1988 CD, Album
芸能山城組* - 黄金鱗讃揚 (Exultent Pisces In Cantics Nostris) 1978 Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Stereo
芸能山城組* - 地の響〜東ヨーロッパを歌う 1976 Vinyl, LP
芸能山城組* - シルクロード幻唱 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
芸能山城組* - 輪廻交響楽 Ecophony Rinne 1986 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
芸能山城組* - 少年達への地球讃歌 1979 Vinyl, LP
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2017 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Soundtrack) CD, Album, Repress
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira 1991 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Symphonic Suite Akira CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite Vinyl, LP, Mispress, Reissue, Remastered
芸能山城組* - シルクロードの玄唱 = Silk Road Genjoh I, II Byzantine No Hibiki 1994 CD, Compilation
芸能山城組* - ビザンチンの響 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
芸能山城組* - 地の響 1988 CD, Compilation
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2018 Vinyl, LP, Album, Vinyl, LP, Album, All Media, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2014 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Unofficial Release
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2020 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
芸能山城組* - シルクロード幻唱 1981 Vinyl, LP, Album
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Osorezan / Doh No Kembai 2015 CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira Symphonic Suite 2022 Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered

Images - Coming soon...

Tracklist: Akira: 30th Anniversary Limited Edition

No. Title Runtime
A1 Kaneda
A2 Battle Against Clown
A3 Tetsuo
B1 Shohmyoh
B2 Dolls' Polyphony
B3 Exodus From The Underground Fortress
C1 Winds Over Neo-Tokyo
C2 Illusion
D1 Mutation
D2 Requiem

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