Studio Leda - Tokyo. A recording session with music director Kazu Watanabe (Wind Come Orchestra), Jumpei Hashimoto (Tokyo Wind Orchestra) on drums, and ‘Sensei’ on piano. I love these guys, they are such amazing and talented musicians! A very productive day!
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Love Hotel - Tokyo. Yes, we did a recording session in a Love Hotel! A ‘Tokyo Love-Inn’! Haha! It was a lot of fun! My producer, Penny loved the cute little ‘mushrooms’ and murals that were painted on the walls! Well, not till we told her what they were…
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Recording session with Kato playing Noh & Shinobue flutes, Kotsuzumi, and Noh vocals. Kato is an amazing artist with such refined discipline for these Japanese traditional arts.
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Recording Session - Tokyo. Kazu Watanabe organised an ensemble of traditional Japanese instrulmentalists - Nobu on Koto, Takeshi on Taiko, Kuma the ‘Kumachine’ on world percussion, Kazushi on Shamisen and Kazu on Gibson bass. It was a very long day, and we achieved a lot, producing some outstanding performances! Afterwards, we went out for dinner and drinks to celebrate! Kampai!
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Noriko Tadano - Japanese Shamisen. A recording session on Pete’s balcony in Sydney Australia, …a beautiful breeze, a chilled afternoon with ice tinkling in a glass and airplanes flying overhead… perfect.
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‘Nights in Tokyo’ is a new collaborative project by Tokyo Love-In (Michael K. Chin) working with Australian and Japanese artists, integrating both traditional art forms and contemporary ones.
‘Nights in Tokyo’ is a multimedia work combining photography, video, movement and music. It paints an outsiders or gaijins view of Tokyo today and what they find interesting about Japan’s ancient traditions and modern subcultures.
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Studio Leda - Tokyo. A recording session with music director Kazu Watanabe (Wind Come Orchestra), Jumpei Hashimoto (Tokyo Wind Orchestra) on drums, and ‘Sensei’ on piano. I love these guys, they are such amazing and talented musicians! A very productive day!
(Source: nightsintokyoblog)
Recording session with Kato playing Noh & Shinobue flutes, Kotsuzumi, and Noh vocals. Kato is an amazing artist with such refined discipline for these Japanese traditional arts.
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Love Hotel - Tokyo. Yes, we did a recording session in a Love Hotel! A ‘Tokyo Love-Inn’! Haha! It was a lot of fun! My producer, Penny loved the cute little ‘mushrooms’ and murals that were painted on the walls! Well, not till we told her what they were…
(Source: nightsintokyoblog)
Noriko Tadano - Japanese Shamisen. A recording session on Pete’s balcony in Sydney Australia, …a beautiful breeze, a chilled afternoon with ice tinkling in a glass and airplanes flying overhead… perfect.
(Source: nightsintokyoblog)
Recording Session - Tokyo. Kazu Watanabe organised an ensemble of traditional Japanese instrulmentalists - Nobu on Koto, Takeshi on Taiko, Kuma the ‘Kumachine’ on world percussion, Kazushi on Shamisen and Kazu on Gibson bass. It was a very long day, and we achieved a lot, producing some outstanding performances! Afterwards, we went out for dinner and drinks to celebrate! Kampai!
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‘KyoToKyo’ is a track composed by Tokyo Love-In (Michael K. Chin) - creative director and producer of ‘Nights in Tokyo’.
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