Blog - Steve ETŌ+SHINOHARA Tomoe+Kenken
Steve Etō+Shinohara Tomoe+Kenken
Last night I went with friend Nick to Hatsudai Doors to see Steve Etō+Shinohara Tomoe+Kenken.
Steve played his HandSonic and red djembe, Kenken (first announced as "X" as no one apparently knew his name) played skillful funky bass, while Tomoe played MC-303, pianica, harmonica, and sang and danced. They played about 6 songs, including Tomoe's song "Blue" from her second album, "Megaphone Speaks", and a quiet cover of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time"! There was a lot of funny talk and member solos.
The event, titled "rhythmic metempsychosis" seemed to have a theme of improvisation and percussions. I caught two other acts (missed the first one because it started a bit early) which I enjoyed, Naitō Tetsurō (wadaiko) with Kanazawa Miyako (piano, of unit le*silo), and Naritomi Miori (vocals) with assimilate (drums).
It was my first time at Hatsudai Doors, and I found it to be quite a nice place. All drinks are only ¥300, much cheaper than the ¥700 often seen in other bars. It seems like the owners are themselves upset with the expensive prices at other bars and this is their answer to them. Being a short bike ride from where I live I will probably be going again.
By the way, Panikaraqs (Tomoe, Steve, Yuka Honda and Chikage) have an interview up on Roland's MC Club site. It happens that all electronic instruments the band uses are by Roland, and Yuka has also preferred Roland's synths since her Cibo Matto days.
Posted on May 28, 2005 at 21:43 | Tweet
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