Little Tempo

Official Site : LITTLE TEMPO
Myspace : LITTLE TEMPO

An instrumental band of 9 members who keeps pursuing an original outlook on the world while installing reggae music in the wick, and has been trained on various live scenes in Japan.
Still unparalleled,orginal style. Groovy ensemble of glittering steel pans, saxophone and pedal steel guitar. And killer riddim, 4-dimensional dubwise. mellow but punk.
Little Tempo swallows all those elements,and changes any live hall into the carnival every time.

[Members]

Takeshi "Tico" Toki : Steel pan
Seiji Big Bird : bass
Ikuma Sasaki : guitars
Hakase : Keyboards
Takahiro Haruno : sax, clarinet
Gen Tamura : steel pan, pedal steel
Koji Oishi : drums
Kenta Tajika : percussion
Naoyuki Uchida : dub mix

GOLDEN DELUXE -THE BEST OF LITTLE TEMPO- / Little Tempo

Little Tempo 20th anniversary 3CDs greatest hits nthology.
(2012 release)

SUN BRIDE / Little Tempo

Seventh original album of Little Tempo.
(2011 release)

MP3 Download available:
for Japan

LITTLE TEMPO 15TH ANNIVERSARY "WAI WAI FESTIVAL SPECIAL" AT HIBIYA MUSIC BOWL [DVD+CD]

90 minutes live DVD and 4 tracks live CD set from Little Tempo's live event "Wai Wai Festival" at 2008.
Featuring many guests as Hemo+Moofire, Ego-Wrappin', Kazufumi Kodama, Likkle Mai, Kenji Jammer, Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton, DJ Kentaro, Pushim, etc.
(2009 release)

MOUNTAIN AND SEA / Little Tempo

Sixth original album of Little Tempo.
(2008 release)

LIVE & DIRECT 1369 [CD+DVD] / Little Tempo

Anthology album compiling live recorded tracks at many places.
Featuring the guests as DJ Kentaro, Yumiko Ohno, Kenji Jammer, Gota Yashiki, Rankin' Taxi.
(2006 release)
(Audio CD only available)

SUPER DUB / Little Tempo

Dub mixed version from the album "Super Tempo".
(2005 release)

SUPER TEMPO / Little Tempo

Fifth original album of Little Tempo.
(2005 release)

CHA NO AJI (OST) / Little Tempo

Original soundtrack album for the movie "Cha No Aji" (meaning "Taste of tea") directed by Katsuhito Ishii.
(2004 release)

FIRE BLENDER / Little Tempo

Dub mixed version from the album "Musical Brain Food".
(2003 release)

MUSICAL BRAIN FOOD / Little Tempo

Fourth original album of Little Tempo.
(2003 release)

1999-2001 / Little Tempo

Anthology album compiling Little Tempo's works since 1999 till 2001.
(2003 release)

KEDACO IS BORN / Little Tempo

Dub mixed version from the album "Kedaco Sounds".
(2001 release)

KEDACO SOUNDS / Little Tempo

Third original album of little Tempo.
(2001 release)

CONGA BONGO / Little Tempo

Maxi-single CD containing three tracks, total 29 minutes.
(2000 release)

ON THE RON RIDDIM / Little Tempo meets Voices of Flowers

Re-constructed album by featuring vocalists (Linda Lewis, Fresh Funky Four, Trio Esperanca) and dub mix from the album "Ron Riddim".
(2000 release)

RON RIDDIM / Little Tempo

Second original album of Little Tempo.
Two tracks (featuring Levi Roots, Klearview Harmonix, DJ Santana, and Eddi Reader) containing bonus CD-single coupled.
(1999 release)

USUAL THINGS / Little Tempo

Four tracks containing mini-album of Little Tempo.
Featuring Linton Kwesi Johnson and Eddi Reader as guest vocalists.
(1999 release)

THE WAY BACK HOME IN DUB / Little Tempo meets Henry Holder

Dub mixed (by Henry Holder) version from the album "The Way Back Home".
(1997 release)

THE WAY BACK HOME / Little Tempo

First original full album of Little Tempo.
(1997 release)

LATITUDE / Little Tempo

Five tracks containing mini-album featuring Rico Rodriguez (trombone), Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton (trumpet), Michael "Bammie" Rose (sax, flute).
(1995 release)

NO SHOW DOWN / Little Tempo

Debut CD-single of Little Tempo.
Featuring Hideaki Ishihara as vocal.
(1994 release)