Rankin' Taxi (born 9 February 1953) is a Japanese reggae artist, from Yokohama. In 2011, he re-recorded his 1989 anti-nuclear song 誰にも見えない、匂いもない (You can't see it, you can't smell it) with Dub Ainu Band, which despite receiving little airplay in the mainstream Japanese media, attracted the attention of the New York Times in June 2011 in an article by Dan Grunebaum titled Japan's New Wave of protest songs, after it became popular following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Rankin' Taxi is the leader of Reggae movement and has been pulling reggae scene as an originator in Japan. He has been conducting real reggae into Japanese music scene since he had been shocked by Jamaican sound system in 1983. , BOYOYON OYAJI who just turned 55 years old organized sound system crew called as Taxi HiFi in 1988 to energetically produce many works as reggae DJ. It is the fact that he is the one who introduces reggae to Japan. Also, he launched the label called BASS KULCHA for excavation of young artist and released many works of them.
His approach toward to reggae music is overflowed of humor and radical, and sometimes too extreme. We can say that he is so talented as an embodiment of Revel music. His behavior and attitude to reggae music influences many artist, so that he gets many supports from them. His recent works include original 7th full album, “AMISHATSU SOUL”(2005) and one love album, “Let’s Go Rockers”(2006). As you see, he had been throwing his vitality into Japanese reggae scene to convey the dignity of reggae music.
In April 2007, he ventured solo live “Rankin Taxi BOYOYON NIGHT” which was absent for long time. There were two band’s performance, HOME GROWN and LITTLE TEMPO. In addition, the live incorporated with an acoustic session lasting 3 hours and its unprecedented stage etched a dramatic and unforgettable memory onto reggae history. Also, he participated versatile wide compilation album to diffuse Rankin Taxi World. In late February 2008, the long waited new album“Shinumade Ikiru” means like “Born Fi Dead” from RIDDIM ZONE will be released.
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