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Together since December of 2004, Kyoto a band from Leiria, Portugal are formed by, Nuno Rancho on the Voice and Guitar, Tiago Domingos on the drums, Micael Maldonado on the guitar and Marco Varalonga on de bass, they started by playing covers but some months and some shows later they turned the other way and started working on their own material. They gave their first originals only performance in April of 2006 and never stopped ever since. Their goal: to play their melodic alternative rock in as many different and as far away places as they can! .
The Kyoto Connection is a free music project by Facundo Arena. Sweet Electronic Music, beautifully mixed with eastern melodies (+ 50.000 downloads world-wide). This music is released under a Creative Commons license. You can distribute it freely, do as many copies as you want (some rights reserved). If you like it, please TELL YOUR FRIENDS to visit this site and download the music. .
The Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra performs Gagaku, which is the ancient music of the royal court of Japan. Dating from the Nara (645 - 710) and Heian (794 - 1185) periods, Gagaku is a stately, formal music performed by an orchestra conisting of wind, reed, string and percussion instruments. Most notable, and giving Gagaku its characteristic sound, are the hichiriki, a double-reed instrument (somewhat like an oboe) with a nasal sound which is used to carry the melody, and the sho, which consists of 17 reed pipes and provides the harmony. Gagaku is one of the oldest forms of...
Not to be mistaken for members of Greenpeace, Kyoto Protocol are a five-piece outfit based in Malaysia who kickstarted a renaissance of Rock & Roll in Malaysia. It was formed by a core of long-time friends who decided to see how far they could go as musicians. Since their humble beginnings playing covers in local bars in 2009, the band reached a turning point when they unexpectedly won 2nd place in the Yamaha Asian Beat Malaysian Finals. It was not long until they got heads turning and ears listening with their no-holds-barred amalgamation of punk, rock and roll when they...