Sep 23, 2014

Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai Japan Tour 2014


Hikashu and Bolot Bairyshev in Aital Republic, June 2014


Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai, the incredible singers from Altai Republic, will come to Japan in October and the tour includes a date with Hikashu. The dates are as follows:

October 3 - Public viewing of the Hikashu's Altai tour video, Shinjuku, Tokyo
October 4 - Sakuraza, Kofu (with Hikashu)
October 5 - Yugawara Kanko Kaikan, Yugawara, Kanagawa

October 7 - Seto Yashiki, Kaisei-machi, Kanagawa
October 9 - Za Koenji Two, Koenji, Tokyo


Bolot and Hikashu have performed together in Altai, so they know well each other and blend well. Actually they are interesting mix.

And Tandarai. It was last year she performed in Japan for the first time, and quickly fascinated the audience. It was quite sensational. And she'll come to Japan again.

And as the first day of the tour, there will be a public viewing of the Hikashu's Russia Altai tour 2014 video. Hikashu and Bolot toured together in Altai this spring and it was so eventful: flood, snowstorm, show cancelled last minutes. Fortunately, they recorded video of the tour entirely and will hold an event about the tour where they reminisces the memorable tour with Bolot while screening the video.

Surely they'll be wonderful evenings.


October 3, 2014
Hikashu with Bolot Bairyshev
"Public viewing of the Hikashu's Russia Altai 2014 tour video"
@ Kyoouji
Shinjuku, Tokyo
open 19:00 - start 19:30
adv 3,000 yen - at door 3,500 yen
for inquiries and reservations, contact to hikashufan_at-mark_gmail.com (replace _at-mark_ with @)

www.kyoouji.gr.jp

Kyoouji, Ushigome Yanagimachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo



October 4, 2014
"Hikashu, Bolot Bairyshev, and Tandarai"
@ Sakuraza
Kofu, Yamanashi
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 3,900 yen - at door 4,500 yen

www.sakuraza.jp

Sakuraza, Kofu, Yamanashi



October 5, 2014
"Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai"
with Makigami Koichi, Sato Masaharu
@ Yugawara Kanko Kaikan
Yugawara, Kanagawa
open 18:30 - start 19:00
adv 3,000 yen - at door 3,500 yen


Yugawara Kanko Kaikan, Yugawara, Kanagawa



October 7, 2014
"Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai"
with Makigami Koichi, Sato Masaharu
@ Ashigarikyo Seto Yashiki
Kaisei-machi, Kanagawa
open 18:00 - start 18:30
2,500 yen


Ashigarikyo Seto Yashiki, Kaisei-machi, Kanagawa



October 9, 2014
"Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai"
with Makigami Koichi, Sato Masaharu, Karyiman (from Kyrgyzstan) and others
@ Za Koenji Two
Koenji, Tokyo
open 18:30 - start 19:00
adv 3,500 yen - at door 4,000 yen
student 2,000 yen (vaild student ID required)
tickets available at e+ or
Makigami Office at office_at-mark_makigami.com
(replace _at-mark_ with @)

za-koenji.jp

Za Koenji Two, Koenji, Tokyo

Gigs in October 2014

Hikashu in Altai Republic, June 2014


Needless to say that next month Hikashu plays in New York City, but asides that, there are some other dates as well. The details as follows:

October 2 - Moon, Aoyama, Tokyo (with Tokyo Nontroppo)
October 4 - Sakuraza, Kofu (with Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai)
October 12 - Yokohama Jazz Promenade, Yokohama


As for a tour with Bolot Bairyshev and Tandarai from Altai Republic, we'll have a different entry about it.


October 2, 2014
@ Moonromantic
Aoyama, Tokyo
other act: Tokyo Nontroppo, Za Ningen
open 18:30 - start 19:00
adv 2,500 yen - at door 3,000 yen
(one drink order minimum)

www.moonromantic.com

Moonromantic, Aoyama, Tokyo



October 4, 2014
"Bolot Bairyshev, Tandarai, and Hikashu"
@ Sakuraza
Kofu, Yamanashi
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 3,900 yen - at door 4,500 yen

www.sakuraza.jp

Sakuraza, Kofu, Yamanashi



October 12, 2014
"Yokohama Jazz Promenade"
@ Kannai Hall
Yokohama
19:30 - 20:30
4,300 yen

jazzpro.jp/en.php

Kannai Hall, Yokohama

Sep 20, 2014

Godzilla Legend Live in Concert 2014


Right now Godzilla is back and has made quite a sensation all over the world.

This year is truly special - the 60th anniversary of the first movie, and the centennial of Ikukube Akira's birth. Mr. Ifukube is one of the greatest composer in post-WWII Japan and gave us a lot of beautiful music including the splendid soundtrack of the original Godzilla.

Naturally, there must be some commemorations.

Godzilla Legend is a solo project of Inoue Makoto. Inoue is a man of many faces - an original member of Hikashu, a devotee of Japanese kaiju movie, a diligent historian of Japanese underground theatre movement in 1960-70s, and the authority of the works by Ifukube Akira, who has been his esteem since childhood.

So Godzilla Legend is back as well. And the line-up is a killer. All the members of Hikashu is there. Two drums, three keyboards, a full horn section, and the charanpo sisters as cute little pixies. The concert of orchestral Godzilla Legend is the first time since mid 80s. This is a precious opportunity, and must be a beautiful evening. An absolute must-see.


Godzilla Legend Live in Concert 2014

September 24, 2014 - Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo
September 25, 2014 - Club Quattro, Umeda, Osaka



cast:

Inoue Makoto - synthesizer
Makigami Koichi - vocal, theremin
Mita Freeman - guitar
Sakaide Masami - bass
Shimizu Kazuto - piano, keyboard
Sato Masaharu - drums
Yoshigaki Yasuhiro - drums
Tatsumi Kogoro - trumpet
Nakano Yasuhiro - trombone
Yoshida Ryuichi - baritone saxophone
Fukuda Hirohiko - keyboard
Koharu - button accordion, vocals
Momo - vocals





September 24, 2014
@ Club Quattro
Shibuya, Tokyo
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 5,000 yen


Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo


September 25, 2014
@ Club Quattro
Umeda, Osaka
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 5,000 yen


Club Quattro, Umeda Osaka

John Zorn's Cobra Tokyo Operation on September 21, 2014


Shortly after the Nagoya operation, John Zorn's Cobra comes to Tokyo. The line-up is quite interesting - it has some veretan musicians and Hikashu's guitarist Mita Freeman is also there.


John Zorn's Cobra Tokyo Operation
"The Day of Ceasing Wars and Non-Violent" Special Unit

Naoe Satoshi - shortwave radio
Pearl Alexander - double bass
Komori Keiko - bass clarinet
Umezu Kazutoki - alto saxophone
Hayakawa Takeharu - bass guitar
Sokabe Kiyonori - trumpet
Ichiraku Toshiyuki - drums
Yamamoto Tatsuhisa - drums
Mita Freeman - guitar
Arima Sumiyoshi - keyboard, computer
Sakaguchi Mitsuo - keyboard

Makigami Koichi - prompter


September 21, 2014
"John Zorn's Cobra Tokyo Operation"
@ La Mama
Shibuya, Tokyo
open 18:30 - start 19:00
adv 3,000 yen

tickets available at LaMama boxoffice, eplus, and lawson ticket
La Mama Shibuya - Time Out Tokyo

LaMama, Shibuya, Tokyo

Sep 8, 2014

Gigs in September 2014


Hikashu at Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, June 2014.


This month Hikashu does a short tour of three cities, and a double-bill gig with Nakano Teruwo in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

In Osaka, they perform at a rock festival called Positive Neuroses. They are the last act of the three days event.


September 14 - Nagoya (not Hikashu gig - offshoot groups of the band members)
September 15 - Osaka
September 16 - Hamamatsu
September 19 - Ikebukuro, Tokyo



September 14, 2014
"Makigamisantachi and Aljansu"
@ Yozora Ni Hoshi No Aruyouni ["Stars in the Night Sky"]
Nagoya
open 18:30 - start 19:30
adv 3,000 yen - at door 3,500 yen
www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yozoranihoshi/about/

Yozora Ni Hoshi No Aruyouni, Nagoya



September 15, 2014
"Positive Neurose"
@ Namba Rockets
Osaka
Hikashu's appearance - 20:05-21:05
1 day ticket adv 3,000 yen - at door 3,500 yen
3 days ticket adv 8,000 yen - at door 8,500 yen (sold only at the official site)
Tickets available via eplus or Lawson ticket
positiveneurose.com

Namba Rockets, Osaka



September 16, 2014
@ Madowaku
Hamamatsu
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 3,500 yen - at door 4,000 yen
madowaku.com/

Madowaku, Hamamatsu



September 19, 2014
@ Ruido K3
Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Other act: Nakano Teruwo
open 19:00 - start 19:30
adv 3,800 yen - at door 4,400 yen
http://ruido.org/new/k3/

Ruido K3, Ikebukuro, Tokyo

John Zorn's Cobra Nagoya Operation on September 13, 2014


Tokuzo, Imaike, Nagoya

Nagoya is the third largest city pf Japan and there are some fine musicians in the place. This month some of them gather to perform a famous game piece by John Zorn, and they are all women. This is the first time all women's line-up playing the piece in Japan.

The unit leader Ono Ryoko is a saxophonist based in Nagoya. Besides her own activities, she is also known as a frequent collaborator of drummer Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Painkiller). She has just released the first solo album of her own called Undine. Her web site is here.


Ono Ryoko, saxophonist in Nagoya, Japan
Ono Ryoko


John Zorn's Cobra Nagoya Operation
Ono Ryoko Unit


Ono Ryoko - saxophone
Shiraki Sayaka - vocals
Saga Yuki - vocals
Kuzushima Ryoko - clarinet
Ishiwata Misaki - trumpet
Tarumoto Satomi - koto
Yamashita Mari - vibraphone
Miyazaki Rie - bass
Kogure Miwazou - Chin-don percussion
Emmy Kunocovic - drums

Makigami Koichi - prompter





September 12, 2014
"John Zorn's Cobra Nagoya Operation"
@ Tokuzo
Imaike, Nagoya
open 18:00 - start 19:00
adv 3,200 yen - at door 3,500 yen
tickets available at the venue or Lawson Ticket

www.tokuzo.com/english/

Tokuzo, Imaike, Nagoya