10 Facts About Toto Asia That Will Instantly Put You In A Good Mood

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 bidets and toilets, as opposed to its “base” markets of Japan and China.

Dhaniram Toto documented Toto words to ensure that the future generation could read them. Many words were replaced with foreign words. For instance dui, which is Bengali for verandah, was being used.

Origins

The early history of Toto that began in 1917, was a reflection of Japan’s economic expansion. In the beginning of its existence, the company made goods to meet demand for new, modern urban housing. To achieve this, it employed the country’s first tunnel kiln to make ceramics in continuous flow. It also pioneered the use automation to control production, which allows for greater efficiency and consistency.

In the latter half of the 1980s, the company began to expand outwards to profit from sales and new markets. It launched the Cera Trading Company, importing and selling other manufacturers’ products to complement its own line of plumbing fittings and sanitary earthenware. This strategy helped increase sales and increased the company’s global market share.

In the 1990s, Toto began to focus on research and development of water-related appliances. It also upgraded its distribution system to better serve the needs of customers and increase profits. The company employed the same just-in time approach in its supply chain management and sales program. This resulted in a higher level of satisfaction with the customer.

Toto has been able to continue to innovate in the toilet technology. Its most recent toilet, for example it has a strong tornado flush that is more ecologically green than traditional toilets. Toto uses recycled water for its manufacturing process and also has a green purchasing policy. In addition to toilets Toto produces bathtubs and faucets, as well as hand dryers that are more efficient in energy use than typical models.

The company’s first museum opened in 2015, and it has exhibitions about Toto’s iconic products and their development and its group companies (all related to ceramics) and the historical background of plumbing and products such as bath units, and in a separate gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum even has a bathroom that features a WASHLET toilet and other toilet-related innovations.

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

Discography

It is common for a group with a name such as Asia to be a prog rock group however, it’s actually a relatively straightforward rock outfit. The band started out as a quartet and released two albums – 1979’s self-titled debut album and 1980’s Armed to the Teeth. The band has a varied musical background, but their biggest success came in 1982 with Toto IV.

The album was a huge blockbuster, but it was not without its share of problems. Record companies put the band on place with the directive “give us an album that’s a smash or we’ll sack you” and the pressure was on them to meet the deadline. Luckily for Toto they delivered and they did it with the help of the smash hit single “Africa.”

Toto’s musical mastery owes a lot to their prior experience in the music industry, as the band members were session musicians for artists such as Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and Crofts before starting the group. Their distinctive sound has since become the standard for ’80s pop, influencing many modern artists.

The album begins hard with songs such as Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band’s ability to create great AOR songs that slowly sink into your head. However, the album also includes some slower, more jazzy tracks such as The Little Things and Chinatown. And the album ends with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distorted AOR and sounds like a complete flop, but works amazingly well.

After Toto IV The band’s fortunes changed for the worse. David Hungate left the band to pursue a solo career and the band was dominated by drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball left the group due to drug charges. The band remained with Michael Porcaro, Steve Lukather and Michael Porcaro.

Despite the turmoil, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation that was not as successful as IV. The group managed to release an album that topped the charts, Kingdom of Desire, in 1992. This album marked the end of the original Toto lineup and was the first to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips.

Tours

The band has performed all over the globe to an crowd of millions, with sold-out shows in Europe, to-topia North America, Asia and Australia and New Zealand. The band’s repertoire is huge and their catalogue has accumulated more than billion streams on streaming services worldwide. The band’s music has inspired many generations of fans.

Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have formed a strong, colorful friendship that thrives professionally on a global basis. In 2018, the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a wildly successful tour across the globe. The album that bears the same name reached #5 on Billboard 200. The band’s newest tour features their most popular songs rare live deep-cuts and an assortment of songs that come from Lukather’s and Williams individual catalogs.

TOTO has an Net Promoter Score of 20. This score is a measure of the likelihood that customers will recommend the brand. Promoters are those who rate the company highly and actively encourage others to use their products or services. Detractors are those that rate the company negatively and actively discourage people from making use of its products or services.

Join Toto for an unforgettable cultural experience in Asia. This highlights tour offers luxury accommodations, a day aboard a deluxe junk on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that the French called Indochine. 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 an unforgettable journey which you’ll never want to miss!

Line-up

Turn Back, the band’s third studio album, was an ode to the classic sextet structure, and an even more consistent and powerful album with a sharper edge. Its edgier sound reflected the maturation of the group, with drummer Bobby Kimball’s improved virtuosity on drums, and an improved, mature vocal delivery by singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich’s work was more precise, sharper and less cloying than earlier efforts.

After touring to promote their album, the group recorded the band’s Amsterdam live show that was released by Eagle Records as a 2-CD set entitled Falling In Between. A new studio album was released just a few months later and the group went on a world-wide tour in support of the album. 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 had never been recorded prior to. It was released as a double album titled Then and Now in 2001. It was the first album by the band without one single track titled “A”. The album also contained an previously unreleased track titled “Kari-Anne”.

By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group’s fourth album, Old Is New, was a commercial failure, and singer Williams suffered from a bad laryngitis infection which limited his singing capabilities. In addition, Hungate returned to Nashville as a drummer, and Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck.

Downes, Wetton Palmer and Howe, the original members of Asia, met in England early in 2006 to discuss the possibility that the band could be reformed. The lineup, with the exception of Howe who was working with Yes at the 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 band featured an appearance by singer Michael McDonald and a backing vocalist named Mabvuto Carver.