Koto (band)
Koto was an Italian synth pop group that consisted of Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari. Their most popular songs were "Visitors", "Dragon's Legend", "Chinese Revenge" and "Jabdah", released in 1983-1988. Stefano Cundari is also known for his participation in the group "Hipnosis" in 1982-1987.
In 1989, the German record label ZYX Music bought the rights to the "Koto" name and recordings. They then had Dutch producer Michiel van der Kuy re-record and remix some of the old Koto tracks. He then released several other albums under the alias "Koto" in which he remixed science fiction movie themes and other songs, like "Koto Plays Synthesizer World Hits" and "Koto Plays Science-Fiction Movie Themes". Michiel van der Kuy is a member of the Laserdance group.
In recent years, Anfrando Maiola won back the rights to the "Koto" name and continues to produce music under this name. His latest tracks were: "Koto Is Still Alive" (2001) and "Blow The Whistle" (2003).
Koto was a one man project driven by Anfrando Maiola. Stefano Cundari was part of the producer team Zanni & Cundari, producing most likely all music for the record label Memory records. Anfrando wrote the music, Zanni & Cundari produced it......
The rights to the name Koto were purchased by German music group ZYX in the late 80s, and Dutch producer Michiel van der Kuy (Laserdance) was asked to reproduce old Koto tracks, as well as produce new tracks later launched in the name of Koto.....
External links
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Koto - discography of original Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari team.
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Koto+(2) - discography of Michel van der Kuy's "Koto".