Blog - Weekly revue: 2013 week #45 (November 2 to 8)

Weekly revue: 2013 week #45 (November 2 to 8)

Food: Sunday Bake Shop

Music events: - Went to see a concert of Akiyoshi Toshiko, a famous jazz pianist based in New York, turning 84 this year. While not familiar with her music, I had the chance to win a pair of tickets. She was accompanied by a local orchestra of musicians specialized in her pieces. I liked that she often switched between playing the piano and standing to conduct the orchestra. Very nice show!

- Also I went to see a free show of De De Mouse + Drumrolls at the school festival of Hosei University. It had been a while since I had seen De De Mouse, and also I was intrigued by this formation with two drummers. I was curious of who they would be, turned out it was Jimanica and Lite's Yamamoto Akinori. Both were excellent! The only thing is that I was at the front row, so I got to hear mostly raw drums and not much of De De Mouse's sounds. I enjoyed the show though of course! :)

Movie: "Laurence Anyways" at Shibuya Uplink. This is a movie by Montreal director Xavier Dolan. I was especially surprised to see a scene filmed in the Montreal restaurant Triskell, to which I used to go every week when I lived there. It made me happy to know that it's still there. :) Good film!

New music: I hadn't waited for an album so impatiently in a long time, Dorian's 3rd album "midori" was finally released this week! I've been listening to it almost non-stop since. :) It's quite a change of direction, as he moved away from his distinct 80's-influenced disco style to exotic sampling lounge with many quieter and even beatless tracks. Some tracks remind me of Sunahara Yoshinori, Towa Tei and Cornelius. Definitely a great album, and I'm looking forward to see Dorian live again to see how this will be done. It's available worldwide on iTunes, so check it out!

Music release news: frenesi, Negicco, Chiroline ver.2, Dorian, Perfume, Taikuh Jikang