Tool - Lateralus - Japanese Version -

I arranged Tool's 'Lateralus' for 8-piece koto ensemble. Here's the first performance, by Soemon in Tokyo, 11/27/09. Check out the rehearsal version video as well. Kazue Sawai was in the audience at this performance. I'd like to dedicate this one to my oldest friend Eric, who first introduced me to 'Lateralus.' The first 6 steps and the 15th step (6=1 5) of the Fibonacci sequence for the numbers 0 and 1 feature prominently in the structure of this piece: (0-1) -1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34-55-89-144-233-377-610-987 This is reflected, for example, in the rhythm of the second section, 9/8-8/8-7/8, 987 being the 15th step of the sequence, as well as in the structure of the 3rd section. While the underlying rhythm of this section is 5/8 (the 6th step of the sequence is 5 8=13), the lead melody progresses back and forth through a series of phrases of length 0 to 13, again the first 6 steps of the sequence plus the root numbers, separated by pauses of length