"""Have you ever smelled love?
Smells like wet metal on a bed of honey.
Smells like sex in a zipped-up tent.
Smells like chocolate.
And what does love sound like?
Sounds like Prototokyo.
When I first heard these bards "" over at some optimistic sake- hop in Okinawa G "" I thought: 'I guess music don't ever end.' Their sound is unique, tender, flirtatious. It's the ultimate soul-mash-up and get this: It comes from the future. Yes, that's right. Prototokyo's from a time period when then is now. A time after time. And thanks to a little thing called intervallic collapse, they've brought the party to their all-time favorite year: 2005. Take a good whiff, my distant friends, and say hello to the Love Regime.""
-- John Coltrane XI, Reboot Orchestra, 2222
But you don't have to take Coltrane's word for it. Just listen. This two-man outfit uses spaced-out hip hop beats, crazed grooves, and old school soul vocals to create their new, ""retro-electronic R&B"" sound. Simultaneously throwback and flash forward, Prototokyo is tight, catchy and nassty.
And it all starts on stage: The Protoshow combines electronic grooves and live instrumentation with tight dance routines andaudience participation. The result is a high-energy, funny and relentlessly positive vibe. Most recently, a Protoshow helped encourage a crowd member to profess his five-year secret love to his best friend. That night, they went home together and made sweet love...
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"THE STORY: In the future, all borders and barriers have been replaced by one peaceful global community: The Love Regime. This society is founded on the notion that partying and lovemaking are the most effective modes of building a successful, functioning society. In order to accelerate the World Party, a group of scientists in Tokyo Province decided to send artists back in time to spread their positive message. They selected two men: Tastemaker Three and Ladies Sagittaria, one a famous pilot and the other a ground-breaking dance therapist, to bring their soulful music and dance stylings to the people of 2004. They are Prototokyo.
THE SOUND: Caught in a love triangle between electronica and old-school R&B, Prototokyo uses hip hop beats, retro-soul singing and spaced-out effects to create a deep, danceable sound that is unique and nasssty.
THE SHOW: Prototokyo and their gorgeous all-female dance troupe turns the party out. Their live show combines electronic grooves and live instruments with dance routines and audience participation. The show is high-energy, tight, funny and most of all, positive. Recently, a Prototokyo gig helped encourage a crowd member to profess his five-year secret love to his best friend. That night she went home with him and they made sweet love…"
