Rankin' Taxi (born 9 February 1953) is a Japanese

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artist, from

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. In 2011, he re-recorded his 1989

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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

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, attracted the attention of the

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in June 2011 in an article by Dan Grunebaum titled Japan's New Wave of

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s, after it became popular following the

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* Japanese reggae musicians Living people 1953 births {{Japan-musician-stub

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