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This is a Modern piece .

History (from Neptune, John Kaizan)
"For anyone familiar with Tokyo," notes Neptune, "the title of this piece pretty much says it all." The pace is fast, but it is the playing in unison that creates the pressure and intensity. "Sometimes I wonder," Neptune says, "why I write music that is so difficult to play. The answer is simple: it's fun!" The rattling jug sound, by the way, is made on an Indian clay pot instrument called ghatam.

Tokyo Pace appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Circle, The  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
"For anyone familiar with Tokyo," notes Neptune, "the title of this piece pretty much says it all." The pace is fast, but it is the playing in unison that creates the pressure and intensity. "Sometimes I wonder," Neptune says, "why I write music that is so difficult to play. The answer is simple: it's fun!" The rattling jug sound, by the way, is made on an Indian clay pot instrument called ghatam.