The Band Toto Asia
Toto was expanding its production facilities abroad, and doing business in France and Germany, 안전놀이터 순위 Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan, Thailand and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as a market that would grow for bidet and washlet toilet seats, in contrast to its “base” markets in Japan and China.
Dhaniram Toto documented Toto words so that the next generation could be able to read the words. However, many of the words were being replaced by foreign ones, like dui from Bengali for verandah.
Origins
Established in 1917, Toto's early years mirrored Japan's economic development. In the first half, Toto made goods to meet the demand for modern, new urban housing. It used the first tunnel kiln in the country that could produce ceramics continuously. It also pioneered the use of automation for production control, allowing greater efficiency and consistency.
The company began expanding internationally in the late 1980s to benefit from new markets and sales opportunities. It launched the Cera Trading Company, importing and selling other manufacturers' products to complement its own lines of sanitary earthenware and plumbing fittings. This strategy increased sales and expanded the firm’s global market share.
In the 1990s Toto began focusing on research and development of water-related appliances. It also upgraded its distribution system to better serve its customers and boost profits. The company implemented a just-in-time method of managing supply chains and applied the same method for its sales process. This resulted in a greater level of satisfaction with the customer.
Toto continues to invent toilet technology. The latest toilet from the company features a strong, eco-friendly tornado flush. The company uses recycled water in its manufacturing process and also has a green purchasing policy. Toto also manufactures faucets, bathtubs and hand dryers with greater energy efficiency than conventional models.
The company's first museum opened in 2015 It has exhibits on Toto's seminal products and their development, its group companies (all that deal with ceramics) and the history of plumbing and products such as bath units and, in a different gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum also has a bathroom with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations.
Before forming Toto members of the group did sessions for a variety of musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro, and guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all played on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also played on records by Steely Don, Seals and Crofts and Sonny and Cher.
Discography
With a name like Asia, you would expect the group to be prog kings and queens - but it's actually a fairly simple rock band. The band was initially a four-piece and released two albums: 1979's self-titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. The group has a wide musical background but their biggest success was in 1982 with Toto IV.
The album was a major blockbuster, but not without issues. Record companies put the band on the place with the directive “give us an album that is a success or we'll drop you” and the pressure was on them to give it. Toto was able to achieve this with the help from the hit song “Africa.”
Toto's musical mastery is a result of their previous experience. Before joining the group, the members were session musicians for artists such as Boz Scaggs. Steely Dan and Seals and Crofts. Their distinctive sound has become the standard for 1980s music, and has inspired a lot of contemporary artists.
The album opens up hard with tracks like Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR songs that slowly sink into your head. But the album also contains some slower, more jazzy tracks like The Little Things and Chinatown. And the album ends with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distorted AOR and could sound completely wrong, but actually is incredibly effective.
After Toto IV The band's fortunes turned to the downside. David Hungate left the band to focus on his solo career and the band 첫가입 꽁머니 was dominated by drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the wake of drug charges and the band continued as a trio with Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.
Toto released Isolation despite the turbulence. It wasn't as popular as IV. The band managed to release a chart-topping album, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the conclusion of the original Toto lineup and was the first album to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips.
Tours
The band has performed all over the globe to an crowd of millions, with sold-out shows in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. The repertoire of the band is extensive, and their collective catalog has amassed over billion streams on streaming services around the world. The band's iconic music has influenced generations of fans.
Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have forged a deep and 안전놀이터 추천 vibrant friendship that flourishes professionally on a global basis. In 2018, the duo celebrated their 40th anniversary of Tours Around The Sun by a hugely successful tour around the world. The album with the same name was ranked at #5 on the Billboard 200. The new tour by the band includes their most popular songs and rarely live cuts, along with a selection of songs from Lukather and Williams' individual catalogs.
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Join Toto to experience a unique cultural encounter in Asia. This highlights tour includes luxurious accommodation, a day on a deluxe junk on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that the French called Indochine. You'll also stay a night in the charming town of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage city that will delight the senses. This is a excursion you should not miss!
Line-up
Turn Back, the band's third studio album is a return to a classic sextet structure, and it was a more consistent, more powerful effort that had a more grittier edge. The more edgier sound of Turn Back reflected the development of the group. The drummer Bobby Kimball's increasing virtuosity was reflected by the vocal delivery of Joseph Williams, who had become more confident and mature. Keyboardist David Paich's work also was more refined, sharper and less cloned previously recorded performances.
After touring to promote their album, the group recorded their Amsterdam live performance which was released on Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. The group released a new studio album a few months after and then embarked on a world tour to support it. In this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich, and bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.
In 1998, Paich and Lukather started searching through old demo tapes and tapes to make a new album featuring songs that were never recorded before. It was completed in 2001 as a duo album called Then and Now. It was the band's first album that did not contain one single track titled “A”. The album also contained an previously unreleased track called “Kari-Anne”.
By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The fourth album, Old Is New, was a commercial failure and the vocalist Williams suffered from a bad case of laryngitis which limited his singing capabilities. Hungate also returned to Nashville and Leland Sklar's drumming duties were replaced by Shem Von Schroeck.
Downes along with the other original members of Asia - Wetton, Palmer, and Howe–convened an event in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility of officially reforming the group. The group, which was missing Howe who was occupied with Yes at the period, was later renamed Toto XIV. They toured extensively.
(Image: https://to-topia.com/theme/BS4-Basic/storage/image/thumb-title-new_sidebanner_1_150x400.png)In 2010, the band reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The group also had an appearance by singer Michael McDonald, and a backing singer named Mabvuto Carpenter.(Image: https://to-topia.com/theme/BS4-Basic/storage/image/thumb-title-mainBanner_new_870x214.png)
