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Saito Koji

Saito Koji, born December 25, 1978, is a musician currently living in Fukushima City, Japan. He played in several bands, then went solo in 2003 after being influenced by Otomo Yoshihide live performances, Derek Bailey and Kaoru Abe. Published on labels like keshhhhhh, somehow or resting bells, Saito is engaged in the pursuit of an original kind of minimalism-improvisation based on infinite looped music that could be compared to a spirituality of the traditional mantras encountered in the asiatic "religions" and the native americans societies. Since the nuclear disaster in March 2011 in Fukushima, Saito Koji composes pieces based on distortion and much more powerful "noise" guitar sounds.

Links: Official site · FMA profile

Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

37

Albums

17

Total audio

4h 40m 52s

FMA listens

173,938

Favourites

136

Avg bitrate

315 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Instrumental1
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 20
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative — 8
  • Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio — 6
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 2
  • Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International — 1

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Elephant_01[EPV_132] Elephant03m 55s80,840
Helplessness Loop_02[EPV_116] Helplessness Loop_0204m 33s25,224
Elephant_02[EPV_132] Elephant02m 05s8,206
AloneAgain03m 00s6,599
Elephant_04[EPV_132] Elephant02m 25s6,439
hope loop_01[EPV_112] hope loop_01020m 01s5,869
AuroraAgain03m 00s4,387
DogAgain03m 00s2,438
SunsetAgain03m 00s2,387
A Clockwork Guitar 06[EPV_135] A Clockwork Guitar010m 00s2,346

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min410.8%
3–6 min1951.4%
Over 6 min1437.8%

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Track Catalogue

37 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
One Minute For The Stars [15, 26, 107] One Minute For The Stars 2011 1m 00s 912 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
Helplessness Loop_01 [47, 107] [EPV_109] Helplessness Loop 4m 33s 2,153 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
hope loop_01 [26, 47, 107] [EPV_112] hope loop_01 20m 01s 5,869 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Helplessness Loop_02 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_116] Helplessness Loop_02 4m 33s 25,224 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
hope loop_02 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_117] hope loop_02 20m 01s 334 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Helplessness Loop_03 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_119] Helplessness Loop_03 4m 33s 679 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
hope loop_03 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_120] hope loop_03 20m 01s 301 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Helplessness Loop_04 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_124] Helplessness Loop_04 4m 33s 416 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
hope loop_04 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_125] hope loop_04 20m 01s 272 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Womb_01 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_126] Womb 3m 00s 177 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Womb_02 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_126] Womb 3m 00s 394 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Womb_03 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_126] Womb 3m 00s 157 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Womb_04 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_126] Womb 3m 00s 139 Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internatio
Helplessness Loop_05 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_129] Helplessness Loop_05 4m 33s 2,090 Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International
hope loop_05 [38, 42, 47] [EPV_130] hope loop_05 20m 01s 413 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0