Toshi Kasai is a Japanense record producer, engineer, mixer and musician.[1] He is most well known for his strong vocal production work with hard rock and metal groups such as his long standing relationship with The Melvins and his work with Tool.[2][3][4]

Toshi Kasai
Toshi Kasai at Sound of Sirens, 2020
Background information
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • engineer
  • mixer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
Years active1997–present
LabelsJoyful Noise Recordings, et al.
Websitehttp://www.toshikasai.com

In addition to his recorded production work, Toshi was a member of the band Big Business and Nate Mendel's band Lieutenant. He is also a member of Altamont, The Dale Crover Band. In 2019, he opened for Melvins and Redd Kross under his own name, playing Moog Synthesizer to oscilloscope and projections.[5]

Biography edit

Hilbish Design released a pedal of Toshi's design called the T-Fuzz,[6] the pedal, like the other pedal designs of the manufacturer, features artwork by Mackie Osborne.

He also has his own project called Plan D, this project is similar to a drum-triggered synthesizer set with Dale Crover and Troy Zeigler (one show) where he opened for Melvins Lite in 2011.[7] This set was cited as an inspiration behind the Plan D project.

On March 12, 2020 Joyful Noise Recordings announced the release of his project: Plan D. It was received with favorable coverage from outlets such as Rolling Stone[8] and others:[9][10]

"From his LA studio, Toshi created a complex drum-triggering system which is the catalyst for Plan D. He then spent the last several years luring drummers into his Sound of Sirens studio, letting them go nuts behind the kit. Meanwhile, Toshi has been behind the board, capturing the signal from each drum hit, and sending that signal to a variety of analog synthesizers. The result is some of the craziest sounding prog-like instrumental music you're likely to ever hear."

included on the project are drummers:

Selected production work edit

Toshi Kasai has worked with the following musicians and groups.[11][12]

Production engineering and mixing work edit

Year Band Album Credit
2000 Capital Eye Mood Swingz Engineer
2002 Melvins Hostile Ambient Takeover Engineer, Mixing
2004 Jello Biafra Never Breathe What You Can't See Engineer, Mixing
2004 Dave Matthews Band The Gorge Engineer, Editing, Digital Editing
2005 Altamont The Monkee's Uncle Engineer, Audio Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Organ
2005 Dave Matthews Band Weekend on the Rocks Engineer, Digital Editing
2005 Jello Biafra Seig Howdy! Engineer
2006 Melvins A Senile Animal Engineer, Mixing
2006 Melvins 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust Engineer, Audio Engineer
2008 Totimoshi Milagrosa Engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing, Jaw Harp
2008 Tweak Bird Reservations Producer, Main Personnel, Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background), Noise
2009 Brian Walsby Manchild 4/Pick Your Battles [Book + CD] Engineer
2009 Shrinebuilder Shrinebuilder Producer, Engineer, Synthesizer
2009 Zu Carboniferous Producer, Engineer
2010 Red Sparowes The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer Engineer, Mixing
2010 Helmet Seeing Eye Dog Engineer, Mixing, Additional Production
2010 Melvins The Bride Screamed Murder Engineer
2010 Tweak Bird Tweak Bird Mixing, Digital Engineer
2011 Hurry Up Shotgun Hurry Up Shotgun Producer, Engineer
2011 Big Business Quadruple Single Producer, Engineer
2011 Melvins Sugar Daddy Live Engineer
2012 Anywhere Anywhere Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards
2012 Indian Handcrafts Civil Disobedience for Losers Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Screams, Vocal Coach
2012 Marriages Kitsune Engineer, Mixing
2012 Tweak Bird Undercover Crops Engineer, Mixing
2013 Federation X We Do What We Must Producer, Engineer
2013 Dumb Numbers Dumb Numbers Engineer, Mixing
2013 Victory and Associates Better Luck Next Life Producer, Engineer
2013 Melvins Everybody Loves Sausages Engineer
2013 Melvins Tres Cabrones Engineer, Toy Piano, Omnichord
2014 Melvins Hold It In Engineer
2014 Hurry Up Shotgun Abracadabraham Lincoln Producer, Engineer
2014 Qui Life, Water, Living... Producer, Engineer
2014 Hew Time Hew Time Producer, Engineer
2014 The Luxembourg Signal The Luxembourg Signal Engineer
2014 GODSWOUNDS Death to the Babyboomers Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals
2014 King Buzzo This Machine Kills Artists Engineer
2015 Indian Handcrafts Creeps Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals
2015 Lieutenant If I Kill This Thing We're All Going to Eat for a Week Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Mandolin, Mellotron, Melodion, Piano, Synthesizer, Tambourine, Toy Piano, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer
2015 Leeches of Lore Motel of Infinity Producer, Engineer
2015 Melvins The Bulls & The Bees/Electroretard Engineer
2015 Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends The Enemy of Everyone Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
2015 DEAD Captains of Industry Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Guitar, Noise
2015 DEAD Captains Of The Void/Captains of Reincarnation Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Guitar, Noise[13]
2015 Sons of Huns While Sleeping Stay Awake Engineer, Mixing
2016 Melvins Basses Loaded Producer, Engineer
2016 Helmet Dead to the World Engineer
2016 Orphan Goggles Meat Face Needs Eyes Producer, Engineer, Keyboards
2016 Dumb Numbers II Engineer
2016 Mike & the Melvins Three Men and a Baby Engineer, Mixing
2016 Acid King Middle of Nowhere, Centre of Everywhere Engineer
2016 Nocturnal Habits New Skin for Old Children Engineer
2016 Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends The Art of Murder Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
2017 Melvins A Walk with Love & Death Producer, Engineer, Noise
2017 Low Flying Hawks Genkaku Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Vocals, Fx Vocals, Guitar
2017 DEAD We Won't Let You Sleep Producer, Engineer
2017 Fat Dukes of Fuck A Compendium of Desperation, Morality and Dick Jokes Producer, Engineer
2017 Primitive Race Soul Pretender Drum Engineering
2017 Dale Crover The Fickle Finger of Fate Producer, Mixing, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Jaw Harp, Bowed Banjo, Composer
2017 Legend of the Seagullmen Shipswreck Composer
2018 Legend of the Seagullmen Legend of the Seagullmen Engineer, Mixing, Composer
2018 Melvins Pinkus Abortion Technician Engineer
2018 Legend of the Seagullmen Ballad of the Deep Sea Diver Composer
2018 Legend of the Seagullmen The Fogger Composer
2018 Prism Bitch Prism Bitch ep Producer, Engineer
2018 All Souls All Souls Producer, Engineer
2018 Qui Snuh Producer, Engineer
2019 Primitive Race Cranial Matter Engineer, Drum Engineering, Drum Recordings, Additional Production, Arranger, Instrumentation, Remixing
2019 Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends Protons and Electrons Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
2019 Hurry Up Shotgun This Crystal Vessel Producer, Engineer
2019 Alright Spider Desolation Producer, Engineer, Synth, Theremin

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Band member edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Toshi Kasai: "I want to make them a success."". tapeop.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 11 - Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Big Business, Foo Fighters, Tool)". earthquakerdevices.com.
  3. ^ "Protonic Reversal Ep123: Toshi Kasai (Engineer and Producer: Melvins, Tool, Helmet)". radioneutron.com.
  4. ^ "The Vinyl Guide ep212: Toshi Kasai (the Art of Music Production)". Thevinylguide.com.
  5. ^ "Toshi Kasai joins Melvins/Redd Kross tour". punknews.org/.
  6. ^ "T-Fuzz pedal". hilbishdesign.com.
  7. ^ "Ep156: Toshi Kasai (Producer, Plan D, Big Business)". radioneutron.com.
  8. ^ "Hear Pearl Jam, Melvins, Blondie Drummers Team Up on Experimental Track Plan D project masterminded by long-time Melvins collaborator Toshi Kasai debuts this year with four limited-edition 12-inches". rollingstone.com/.
  9. ^ "Plan D to release four new EPs "SW", "NE", "SE" and "NW" throughout 2020". grande-rock.com/.
  10. ^ "Today we'd like to introduce to you, one of the weirder projects we've been working on: Toshi Kasai - Plan D". joyfulnoiserecordings.com/.
  11. ^ "Toshi Kasai - Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio - AllMusic".
  12. ^ "Toshi Kasai".
  13. ^ "Toshi Kasai". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  14. ^ "Tosh Kasai (sic): Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Toshi Kasai: Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

Interviews and External links edit