The Taj Mahal Travellers (also given variously as Taj Mahal Travelers,
Taj-Mahal Travellers, etc.) were a Japanese experimental music ensemble
founded in 1969 by former Group Ongaku leader and Fluxus member Takehisa
Kosugi. The rest of the group were several years younger than Kosugi, and
were all inspired by the spirit of the day. They chose mainly to perform
their music out of doors, often on beaches and hilltops, creating
spontaneously improvised drones (compare with Dronology), often using
standard musical instruments, albeit in unconventional ways (e.g., a bowed
double bass placed flat on its back). The group's sound was heavily reliant
on electronic processing, particularly delay effects. There is an extensive
12-page biography of Taj Mahal Travellers in Japrocksampler (Bloomsbury
2007), written by author/musician/occultist Julian Cope.
Personnel
· Takehisa Kosugi: electric violin, harmonica, vo
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Taj Mahal Travellers,