Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 47
Japan Sound Portrait
We are pleased to temporarily return from hiatus to bring you this podcast marking for , by . Sharing Marios' intrigue with the question "Does each city have its own sound?", it was a pleasure to be able to talk to him about how he has sought to 'musicalise' the city of Kyoto, interspersed with sections of music that will make up part of the final composition. The final film will blend performances from over 560 musicians, set in dozens of indoor and outdoor locations across the city, and including Japanese traditional instruments, an electronic matryomin ensemble, choirs, symphonic and...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 46
Japan Sound Portrait
Concluding our series of podcasts focusing on 's visit to the UK, we are happy to bring you a section from his performance at The Rose Hill in Brighton on Sunday 24th February - it's a rather special journey through a range of both traditional and modern sounds. Please enjoy! And with many thanks to for the picture, which was taken on the very first day of Tatsumi's visit.
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 45
Japan Sound Portrait
Although beginning and ending somewhere in the vicinity of Japan, this podcast travels beyond our normal geographical boundaries in order to preview some of the artists who'll be performing alongside TA2MI on his forthcoming UK tour. The mix is inspired sequentially from the line-up for our Sound Portraits event at The Rose Hill in Brighton on Sunday 24th February thereby featuring: Nick Luscombe/Japan Sound Portrait - Monomachi Theme Simon James - OCT Meditation Bonus D/L track from Musicity 003 Shenzhen/Shanghai Moulay Ahmed Elhassani - Mi Hanna Dada, from Atlas Electric,...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 44
Japan Sound Portrait
We are delighted to confirm the full details for Akinobu Tatsumi / TA2MI's forthcoming visit to the UK, which will include: Wednesday 20th February The Arts Institute, Plymouth - KanZeOn screening, Q&A, DJ set Friday 22nd February Falmouth Academy of Music and Theatre Arts - Live Performance, Q&A Sunday 24th February Sound Portraits at The Rose Hill, Brighton - Live Performance/DJ set Saturday 2nd March Thus Have I Heard: Sound and Japanese Buddhism event at SOAS, London - Live Performance/Presentation Please tell any friends you may know in any of those vicinities!...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 43
Japan Sound Portrait
Also celebrating Tatsumi's forthcoming visit to the UK, we are making the film KanZeOn available to watch online for free for the first time - Tatsumi is one of three main characters in the film, which is part documentary and part a sensory exploration of sound, so anyone wanting to find out more about his fascinating double-life as a Buddhist priest and DJ/producer can do so via the following link. This podcast provides an introduction to the sonic character of the film, consisting of selections from remixes of the film's soundtrack by the following artists: woob dj tatsuki kidkanevil manone...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 42
Japan Sound Portrait
Following the announcement of our forthcoming event 'Thus Have I Heard: Sound and Buddhism in Japan' which features the Buddhist priest and producer/DJ Akinobu Tatsumi, this podcast features a selection of Tatsumi's music. Two selections are taken from this mix of some of his more dancefloor oriented tracks by Yoshie Takahashi interspersed with an experimental entirely new track called 'Contact is Universe'. Further details will be announced shortly for other events that Tatsumi will be doing whilst he's in the UK
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 41
Japan Sound Portrait
In this podcast we are happy to share some of the great music that we've been sent/given during the year... - starting with a remix by our friend Koichi Yuasa/japanetehq of a Japan Sound Portrait track made with Takeshi Nishimoto at last year's nowJapan Festival. - followed by a track called City (Lm version) by GOOD LUCK HEIWA, from their album Lm released at the end of 2017. GOOD LUCK HEIWA are Takuji Nomura on Keyboards and Daichi Ito on Drums and Whistling, and they are also part of Haruomi Hosono's touring band - we were grateful to receive their CD as everyone was saying their...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 40
Japan Sound Portrait
Nick meets DJ Sinta and UKD from the Tokyo Grime production duo Double Clapperz, and ONJUICY, a Grime MC also from Tokyo, during their visit to London earlier this summer. We already started to explore the story of Grime music in Japan in a previous interview with Elijah, Director of the UK label Butterz and 6 weeks from now sees what promises to be a landmark event taking place in Tokyo, where Butterz will celebrate their 8th birthday alongside an Allstar line-up of artists from the Japanese grime scene and beyond Featured tracks: Double Clapperz - Sha Ni Kamaeru - Obscure VIP - 02...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 39
Japan Sound Portrait
Nick meets Tomoko Hojo and Rahel Kraft - two sound artists who are exploring intimate, hidden sounds in different regions through a joint project. During their two months residency at Nairs in 2017, they investigated the specific acoustics of the Lower Engadine, in collaboration with the local community with special regard to the interaction of 'inner sounds' between people, language, space and nature. Their previous work Reborn Homes Through My Voice, seven site-specific sound works in a traditional Japanese house with performances and events, was exhibited at the Denchu Hiraksuhi House,...
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Japan Sound Portrait Podcast 38
Japan Sound Portrait
We are delighted to interview Kiku Day, ( one of the organisers of the World Shakuhachi Festival, which is taking place this week in London. Following discussion of the festival, Kiku-san gives some in-depth background about the history of the instrument, and discloses elements of the experience of playing the instrument, whereby the techniques of breathing and improvisation can make for a transformative meditation. -------------------------------------- More information about the World Shakuhachi Festival 2018 in London. As you can read on the website it is the 7th time a WSF is...
info_outlineNick talks to violinist Midori Komachi, discussing her career to date and her thoughts about the relationship between Western and Japanese music.
Following the interview is Midori's performance of Toshio Hosokawa's 'Spell for Solo Violin', recorded at Hosokawa's 60th Anniversary Concert in Tokyo in November 2015. In this piece, the sound of the violin becomes the voice of a shaman.