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enami Taisuke, Asahi Miho live report
Last Saturday we headed to kissa nico in Komazawa, to see a show of enami Taisuke who came for a visit from Osaka. He was invited by Asahi Miho whose name I was familiar with although I has never really heard her music.
kissa nico is located in a very quiet residential area next to a large park. The odd café has a main room where the live shows take place, and there's a large window that lets you see outside about street level. You can hear the birds, and watch kids playing and people walking their dog. It's a very relaxing place. The walls are also decorated with interesting patchwork-like artwork, all featuring cows.
enami Taisuke, aka Enacchi, is a good friend of a good friend who we were introduced to recently while he was in town for promotion. He uses what he calls field recordings (natural sounds recorded outdoor during island vacations) on which he adds piano and melodica (pianica). He had brought a large keyboard that he used most of the time to play his beautiful instrumental melodies.
A bit like the nature of his field recordings, his melodies aren't too repetitive and sometimes feel almost random, and he plays them with great talent. He used a sampler to play background nature sounds, even some that he had even recorded earlier the same day in the adjacent park. We were never sure if the birds we heard were really from outside the large window or from his gear.
At the end of each song, he stands up and shouts "yeah!!!", applauses himself. Haha. :) Enacchi was radio DJ for many years and you can surely feel it in his humorous interaction with the crowd. We had a great time!
Set list: theme / hill / sonar / shima zori / oak / inano / bikini moon
Afterwards was Asahi Miho who had organized the event. She's been an artist for over 10 years. She performs original pop songs with a touch of funk or jazz. She was accompanied by a guitarist, and a girl who played toy piano, pianica and percussions, both who are of the unit small color.
Enacchi joined her for a few songs too, such as her latest, "Jav Jav" (released only on iTunes but it can be heard on MySpace) which was great. I also especially liked "sakasama Parachute" which I had heard before. Very nice set!
Oh and btw, I really love this jacket for her 3rd album "Horia Terrorism".
enami Taisuke's new album "Hill" is just out, and it's available at a very special price at Tokyo Recohan, because he was very kind to provide a few copies that he wishes to be heard outside of Japan. Get yours while supplies last! (Details on the home page until it runs out..!)
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Posted on December 11, 2008 at 22:05 | Tweet
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