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L?K?O, Kirihito, Umi No Yeah, Sakamoto Hiromichi, Bo Ningen
Presented by: Cafe OTO| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
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| P | Monday 21st March, 2011 |
| N | 8:00pm |
We Don't Care About Music Anyway... Three Day Festival
Film Screening + Performances by: L?K?O, Kirihito, Umi No Yeah & Sakamoto Hiromichi + Bo Ningen!!!
From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo's avant-garde music scene is internationally known for its boldness.
While introducing some of the greatest musicians of this scene, "We Don't Care About Music Anyway..." offers a kaleidoscopic view of Tokyo, confronting music and noise, sound and image, reality and representation, documentary and fiction.
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Day One: 21 March 2011 - Film Screening / Q&A
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This three day festival kicks off with a screening of the film and Q&A with director Cedric Dupire alongside a musical selections from the Tokyo underground.
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Day Two: 22 March 2011 - L?K?O / Kirihito / Bo Ningen
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KIRIHITO
A vigorous and totally engaging live band, Kirihito formed in 1994 as the duo of Ken and C.O.B. Ken plays synth/casio tone with his feet while playing guitar and singing. C.O.B.'s drumming is also an acrobatic spectacle pounding out the rhythms of their joyous, danceable tunes whilst stood behind an array of drums.
L?K?O
L?K?O is a turntablist, taking in all kinds of music. He has performed with Moodman, Original Love and ooioo as well as Keiji Haino.
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Day Three: 23 March 2011 - Umi no YEAH! Orchestra / Sakamoto Hiromichi + Catcher Nine DJs
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UMI NO YEAH
Their name might translate roughly as Beach House, but these guys offer something rather different to their American counterparts - something more mysterious and where your unlikely to be able to dock your boat. The two founding members met at a marine park in Kanagawa prefecture, and decided to form a tropical/shoegaze/noise unit with drum machines, electronics, guitar noise and shouted vocals.
SAKAMOTO HIROMICHI (Cello)
A radical and lyrical performer, Sakamoto Hiromichi uses voices and musical saws (among other things) in addition to his customary cello and uses various effects, bumping and thumping, scrubbing in order to pursue and broaden his instrument's possibilities - going so far as to use an electric drill or a grinder, producing sparks.
Besides performing solo improvisations, he collaborates with many other musician as well as people from other genres of art, such as movie, theater, the fine art, photography, butoh, and street performance. His activities are eclectic, crossing boundaries. He released a disc of solo works "zero-shiki" (1999) and participates in Pascals and Shibusa-shirazu. He has also played together with UA, Otomo Yoshihide, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Keiji Haino, Lars Hollmer, and many others.
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Supported by the Japan Foundation.
