Ondekoza Dotou Banri UHQCD

The Japanese "demon drum group" Ondekoza is known for its energetic drumming, which is based on the Japanese folk art of taiko drumming and traditional melodies. Existing since 1969, the musicians have made their art form known outside Japan over the decades through rousing live performances and creative arrangements. The album "Dotou Banri" contains six powerful tracks that take the listener into extraordinary and intense sound worlds.

Ondekoza made its explosive debut in 1975 by rushing off to its first performance directly after completing the Boston Marathon. From that time on, they have continued to perform music that centers upon the Japanese drum, all over the world, to the great delight of all.

Japanese Import UHQCD + MQA-CD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
HiFi Flamenco is the fusion of two JVC albums: Flamenco Ole and Sabicas. Even 43 years after their release, these recordings have lost none of their fascination and liveliness. On the contrary, they are now considered the best flamenco recordings in the world. Sparkling Spanish castanets, tremendously dynamically captured footwork of the dancers and fascinating guitar playing make up the charm of this flamenco classic.
After being released as a UHQCD and one-step LP, the album is now released as HQCD, made in Japan by Memory Tech. This CD can be played on any CD player. By using higher-quality polycarbonate and a silver alloy as a reflective layer, the HQCD achieves excellent sound quality.
Flamenco is a collection of two albums of floor dancing and guitar showpieces from JVC: Flamenco Ole and SABICAS. Even after 43 years these recordings have not lost any of their fascination and liveliness. This recording is considered to be the "best Flamenco recording on the planet." The sparkling transience of the Spanish castanets, the tremendous dynamics of the dancers' intricate foot dance, and the fascinated guitar playing by Sabicas were all well-recorded in this recording. It is real Flamenco in the truest sense and at the highest standard. It is a Flamenco classic!
All About Ultimate High Quality CD (UHQCD)
Many years have passed since the birth of the Audio Compact Disc (CD) back in 1982. By use of High-Quality materials and a totally different manufacturing method, the definitive version of audiophile audio CD was born. Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
The Ultimate High Quality CD (UHQCD):
UHQCD is a radical change to the CD manufacturing process itself. The conventional wisdom about CD manufacturing, which had remained largely unchanged across the world for over 30 years, has been exhaustively questioned. Through this effort, the ultimate in quality was attained - a level of quality that is certainly impossible to achieve with existing CD discs.
The Ultimate High Quality CD was developed through an effort to improve audio quality by simply upgrading the materials used in ordinary CDs to higher quality materials. For the substrate a high-transparency and high-fluidity polycarbonate (a type of plastic) of the type used for LCD panels was used, while for the reflective layer, low-cost, common aluminum was replaced with a unique and expensive alloy of high-reflectivity.
Differences in manufacturing methods:
Conventional CDs are produced using the technique of injection molding to form "pits" of data on polycarbonate material. Metal plate on which "pits" representing audio source data are formed is used as a die. This is called the "stamper." Polycarbonate is melted at high temperature and poured into the die to duplicate the pit patterns on the stamper.
This method is efficient because it enables high-speed production, but it does not enable totally accurate or complete duplication of the pits on the stamper. As a melted plastic, polycarbonate is inevitably viscous, so it cannot penetrate completely into every land and groove of the tiny pits of the stamper.

The Ultimate High Quality CD photopolymer is used instead of polycarbonate to replicate the pits of the stamper. In their normal state, photopolymers are liquids, but one of their characteristic properties is that they harden when exposed to light of certain wavelengths. The advantage of this property, perfect replication of very finely detailed pits was achieved. Photopolymers in the liquid state are able to penetrate into the tiniest corners of pits on the stamper so that the pattern of the pits is reproduced to an extremely high level of accuracy. The Ultimate High Quality CD reproduces audio with greater precision and at a level that is impossible to achieve using conventional CD production technology!
Packaged in an XRCD-like luxury digipak complete with full color CD booklet.

Features:

• Ultimate High Quality CD + MQA-CD
• MQA Direct from 24bit 176.4kHz
• Remastered by Kazuie Sugimoto at JVC Mastering Center
• Made in Japan
• Superior Crystal Sound
• XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
• Playable on conventional CD players

Selections:

1. Toto
2. Monochrome II
3. Hi no Mai
4. Sakiyama Bushi
5. Yuko no Ashita
6. Doto Banri