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The Band Toto Asia

Toto was expanding production facilities abroad, and doing business in France and Germany, Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan, Thailand and the People's Republic of China. The company saw North America as a growth market for Washlet's bidets and toilets, as opposed to its "base" markets of Japan and China.

Dhaniram Toto was documenting Toto words to ensure that the next generation could comprehend them. Many words were substituted with foreign words. For example, dui, which is Bengali for verandah, was used.

Origins

The company was founded in 1917 and its beginnings mirrored Japan's growth. In the first half, Toto produced goods to meet the demand for modern, new urban housing. To do this, it used the country's first tunnel kiln that produced ceramics in a continuous flow. It also pioneered the use of automation to control production, allowing for more efficiency and consistency.

The company began expanding internationally in the late 1980s to benefit from new markets and sales opportunities. The company created the Cera Trading Company to import and distribute other products of other manufacturers to complement its own line of sanitary earthenwares as well as plumbing fittings. This strategy boosted sales and increased the firm's global market share.

In the 1990s Toto began to focus on research and development of water-related appliances. It also redesigned its system of distribution to better serve its customers and increase profit. The company implemented a just-in-time method of managing supply chains, and it used the same methodology for its sales process. This led to a higher degree of customer satisfaction.

Toto continues to invent on the toilet technology. Its most recent toilet, for example, has a powerful tornado flush that is more ecologically green than traditional toilets. Toto also makes use of recycled water in its production process and has a green purchasing policy. Toto also manufactures faucets, bathtubs and hand dryers with higher energy efficiency than standard models.

The first museum of the company was opened in 2015 and features exhibits about Toto's iconic products and their evolution as well as its group companies (all related to ceramics), history of plumbing and other products such as bath units, and in a separate gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum even includes a bathroom with a WASHLET toilet and other toilet-related innovations.

Before beginning the formation of Toto members of the group did session work for 토토사이트 모음 various musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro and guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all performed on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also performed on albums by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher.

Discography

You would expect a group with a name such as Asia to be a prog rock group, but it is actually a fairly straight forward rock band. The group started out as a quartet, and they recorded two albums - 1979's self-titled debut album and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. But even though the band have a variety of musical backgrounds, their biggest success was in 1982 with Toto IV.

The album was a major blockbuster, but it was not without its own set of issues. Record companies placed the band on the spot with the ultimatum "give us an album that's a smash or we'll sack you" and the pressure was on them to meet the deadline. Toto was able to achieve this with the help from the hit song "Africa."

Toto's musical mastery is the result of their prior experience. Before joining the group, the members worked as session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs. Steely Dan and Seals and Crofts. Their distinctive sound has become the standard for the '80s, and has influenced many contemporary artists.

The album begins hard with songs like Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to create great AOR tunes that slowly get into your head. The album also includes some more jazzy, slower tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. The album ends with Great Expectations. This song blends folk and distortion AOR, which should appear completely unnatural, but actually is very effective.

After Toto IV, the band's fortunes turned towards the negative. David Hungate left the band to focus on his solo career. The band had several drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball left the band following drug-related charges. The band continued with Michael Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Michael Porcaro.

Toto released Isolation despite the turmoil. It was not as well-liked as IV. However, the band still was able to release a chart-topping album in 1992, Kingdom of Desire. This album marked Toto's final lineup and the debut of Simon Phillips, a new singer.

Tours

The band has entertained millions of fans across the world, with sold-out shows across Europe, North America and Asia and also Australia and New Zealand. The repertoire of the band 첫가입 꽁머니 is extensive and their catalogue has amassed over a billion streams on streaming services worldwide. The band's iconic music has influenced multiple generations of fans.

Steve Lukather has forged a rich, deep friendship with Joe Williams that is flourishing professionally all over the world. In 2018 the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a hugely successful tour across the globe. The album with the same title ranked #5 on the Billboard 200. The band's newest tour features their greatest hits rare live deep-cuts, 메이저사이트 추천 (Www.kaseisyoji.com) and a selection of songs from Lukather's and Williams catalogs.

TOTO has a customer satisfaction rating of 20 according to its Net Promoter Score, which measures how likely its customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who praise the company and actively encourage others to make use of their products or services. Detractors are those that rate the company negatively and actively discourage others from using its products or services.

Join Toto to have a unique experience in Asia. This highlights tour of a region the French used to call Indochine provides luxurious accommodation, a trip on a deluxe junk in Halong Bay, and an exploration of the mysterious temples of Angkor Wat. It also includes a night in the charming city of Luang Prabang. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a feast for your senses. This is an unforgettable journey that you will not wish to miss!

Line-up

The band's third album, Turn Back, marked the return to the traditional sextet arrangement of previous albums. It was a more powerful, consistent effort that had an edge that was stronger than Hydra. The edgier sound of Turn Back reflected the growth of the band. Bobby Kimball's growing virtuosity was reflected by the vocal delivery of Joseph Williams, who had grown more confident and mature. David Paich's work was sharper, more intricate, and less derivative than previously recorded recordings.

After touring to promote their album, the band recorded an Amsterdam live show that was released by Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. A new studio album followed a few months later, and the group embarked on a long-distance tour in support of 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 exploring old tapes and demos to find songs that hadn't been recorded before. The album was released in 2001 and released as a double album called Then and Now. It was the band's first album without the single track "A". The album also contained an previously unreleased track called "Kari-Anne".

By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The fourth album, 토토사이트 Old Is New, was a commercial failure and singer Williams was suffering from a serious laryngitis infection which hampered his singing. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville and drummer Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.

Downes, Wetton Palmer and Howe, the founding members of Asia were in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility that the group could be revived. This lineup, minus Howe who was busy with Yes during that time, became 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 featured a special appearance by singer Michael McDonald and a backing vocalist named Mabvuto Carver.