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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
|---|---|
| P | Wednesday 23rd March, 2011 |
| N | 8:00pm |
We Don't Care About Music Anyway...
Day Three: 23 March 2011: UMI NO YEAH ORCHESTRA / SAKAMOTO HIROMICHI / DJS CATCHER NINE & BOBBY AUGUST
info: http://cafeoto.co.uk/we-dont-care-about-music-anyway.shtm
UMI NO YEAH ORCHESTRA ft. L?K?O + Ken Iwasa + Sakamoto Hiromichi
Their name might translate roughly as Beach House, but these guys offer something rather different to their American counterparts - a seaside resort noise act, telling us a story of Bikini (Shimazaki Tomoko) and Aloha (Kirihito front man Takehisa Ken), aliens coming from outer space to discover the sea. The weird mix of Aloha�s cheap synth tunes and powerful guitar drones with the guitar-hero like strip-tease performance of Bikini is, above what words can say, one of the must-see Tokyo underground noise music acts.
Their story in their own words: "The two met in Yutsubo marine park in Kanagawa pref. got along, formed the band. Their motto is to have a good business and tropical sound. Their Curry rice is neither disgusting nor delicious. A profoundly mysterious beach hut. We don't have boats to let. Umi no Yeah's members are Takehisaken and the actress Tomoko Shimazaki - it's a Tropical noise unit! Recently they've been joined by a part-time participant Syrup-san (aka Compuma) and Mojah Sensei (aka Kujun) and 24/7, 365 all year around non stop open business!"
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.
