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This is a monograph on steelpan history in Japan. In Japan, fast half of 1990s became a boom of World Music. Before World Music Boom, some occasions such as Expo 1970 in Osaka and Expo 1975 in Okinawa, steelbands from Trinidad landed to Japan. It was that Japanese government tried to establish international prestige by "Display the World". "Discover America"(1972) of Van Dyke Parks, a U.S. artist, influenced to some Japanese Pro. musicians, such as Haruomi OSONO.They took steelpan for their artistic creation and self-orientalism / self-exotisism. In 1970s-80s also the timbre of steelpan was diffused by electric organs with the name of steeldrum". In this time the use of steelpan as a timbre material. Regardless of its cultural and historical background of the birthplace. Under the World Music Boom of 1990s, several teelbands from Trinidad, such as Renegades and Panberi realized Japan Tours. Music shops sold imported steelpan CDs. The steelpan became to be recognised as "music" of the birthplace, Trinidad. Several Japanese young visited to Trinidad to meet the steelpan, some of them for playing, some of them for making. They started Japanese Steelband Movement. At present, more than twenty steelbands, around one thousand pan-persons and about five steelpan builders exist in Japan. In Japan, from fast age of arriving until now, the steelpan has been connected with the image of "Tropical Paradaise". |
