The Band Toto Asia

Toto was expanding its production facilities overseas, and was doing business in France and Germany, Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan, Thailand and the People's Republic of China. North America was seen as an opportunity to grow for bidet and washlet toilet seats, as opposed its "base" markets in Japan and China.

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Origins

Toto's early history, which began in 1917, was a reflection of Japan's economic growth. In the early years of its existence, the company produced products to meet the demand for modern, contemporary urban housing. It had the first tunnel kiln in the nation to continuously produce ceramics. It also pioneered automation to allow production control, allowing greater efficiency and consistency.

The company began expanding internationally in the late 1980s to take advantage of new markets and sales opportunities. The company founded the Cera Trading Company to import and sell other manufacturers' products in order to expand its line of sanitary earthenwares as well as plumbing fittings. This strategy helped to increase sales and expand the market share of the company globally.

In the 90s, Toto began focusing on research and development for water-related appliances. It also upgraded its distribution system to better serve the needs of its customers and to increase profits. The company adopted a just-in-time approach to supply chain management and applied the same approach for its sales process. This resulted in a greater level of satisfaction of customers.

Toto continues to invent with regard to toilet technology. Its most recent toilet, for instance it has an extremely powerful tornado flush that is more environmentally green than traditional toilets. Toto also makes use of recycled water in its manufacturing process and has a green purchasing policy. Toto also manufactures faucets, bathtubs and hand dryers with greater energy efficiency than typical models.

The first Toto museum opened in the year 2015. It hosts exhibits on Toto's most famous products and 토토사이트 순위 their evolution, the group companies (all of which are made of ceramics) and the history of plumbing, and products such as bath units. In an additional gallery, you will find Toto products that are sold across the world. The museum has bathrooms with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations.

Before forming Toto, members of the band did session work for a variety of musicians. Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees featured keyboardist David Paich and guitarists Mike Porcaro & Steve Lukather and drummers Jeff Porcaro & Steve Lukather. They also appeared on records by Steely Don, Seals and Crofts and Sonny and Cher.

Discography

With a name like Asia, you would expect the group to be prog queens and kings - but it's actually a pretty straight forward rock band. The group started out as a quartet and recorded two albums: 1979's self-titled debut, and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. Although the band have a variety of musical backgrounds their biggest breakthrough came in 1982 with Toto IV.

The album was a major blockbuster, but not without its share of issues. Record companies put the band on place with the directive "give us an album that is a success or we'll take you off the market" and the pressure was on to meet the deadline. Toto was able to do this through the aid of the hit song "Africa."

Toto's musical mastery is due to their previous experiences, as the band members were session musicians for artists such as Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and Crofts prior 토토사이트 to forming the group. Their sonic signature has since become the standard for pop music from the 1980s, and has influenced many contemporary artists.

The album opens up hard with songs like Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write fantastic AOR songs that slowly sink into your head. The album also has some more mellow, jazzy tracks, like The Little Things and Chinatown. The album ends with Great Expectations. This song is a mix of folk and distorted AOR, which should appear completely unnatural, but actually works extremely well.

After Toto IV, the band's fortunes began to decline. David Hungate left to concentrate on his solo career, and the band went through numerous drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the after he was charged with drug abuse. the group continued to perform as a trio with Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather.

Toto released Isolation despite the turmoil. It was not as popular as IV. However, the band still had a successful chart-topping album in 1992 with Kingdom of Desire. The album was the last of Toto's lineup and the debut of Simon Phillips, a new vocalist.

Tours

The band has entertained millions of people across the world, with sold out shows in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The band's repertoire is huge and their catalog has accumulated more than one billion streams on streaming services worldwide. The band's music has been influential to many generations of fans.

Steve Lukather has forged a colorful, deep friendship with Joe Williams that is flourishing professionally around the world. In 2018 the duo celebrated their 40th anniversary of Tours Around The Sun with a hugely successful global tour. The album of the same name debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. The latest tour of the band features their most popular songs and rarely-performed live deep cuts as well as a selection of songs from Lukather's and Williams' individual catalogues.

TOTO has an Net Promoter Score of 20. This score measures how likely it is that customers will recommend the brand. Promoters are those who rate the company highly and 먹튀검증 (click over here now) actively encourage others to use their products or services. Detractors are those who do not like the company and actively discourage people from making use of its products or services.

Join Toto to enjoy a unique cultural experience in Asia. This highlights tour of the region that the French once called Indochine offers luxurious accommodation, a day on a luxurious cruise ship in Halong Bay, and an exploration of the mysterious temples of Angkor Wat. You'll also spend one night in the charming town of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage city that is a feast for the senses. This is a trip which you'll never want to miss!

Line-up

Turn Back, the band's third studio album is an ode to the classic sextet structure, and it was a more consistent, more powerful album with a sharper edge. The more edgier sound of Turn Back was a reflection of the development of the group. The drummer Bobby Kimball's increasing ability to play was evident in the vocal delivery of Joseph Williams, 먹튀검증 커뮤니티 who had become more confident and mature. David Paich's keyboard playing was also more sophisticated, sharper, and less derivative on earlier efforts.

After touring to promote their album, the group recorded the band's Amsterdam live performance that was released by Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. The group released a brand new studio album a few months after, and went on a tour around the world to help promote it. In this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich and bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family.

In 1998, Paich & Lukather began looking through old tapes and demos to discover songs that hadn't been recorded before. It was completed in 2001 as a duo album titled Then & Now. It was the first album in the band's history that did not include any single song that had the word "A" in its title. It also included one previously not released track, "Kari-Anne".

By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth album, Old Is New was not a commercial success and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis that limited his singing ability. Additionally, Hungate returned to Nashville, while drummer Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.

Downes and the other original members of Asia - Wetton, Palmer, and Howe--convened an event in England in early 2006 to discuss the possibility of officially reforming the band. This lineup, minus Howe who was occupied with Yes at the time, was renamed Toto XIV. They toured extensively.

In 2010, the band reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The group also had the appearance of singer Michael McDonald, and a backing singer named Mabvuto Carpenter.