iPhonegrapher Koichi Kuwabara

The heat is scorching, stifling. The Harajuku sky... I couldn't help but think, A!chacha



It was so hot, I had bara chirashi at Hachiku in Harajuku.

iPhonegrapher Koichi Kuwabara

“There might be a day when music like this becomes my master clock” (Mito from Clammbon)

A new dimension of dub! A post-dub trio of bass, drums, and steel pans, creating their own unique dub expression while crossing over with minimal dub, ~Scape, and UK dub. The members are tatsu (B) from Lepidus and Gunga Zumba, Yoshio Machida (steel pans), and Nobuhide Saji (Dr), who also backs De De Mouse. These three sound anarchists freely traverse jazz, dub, electronica, post-rock, and Latin, having been featured on numerous film soundtracks and in Sense of Wonder.

Includes a cover of Björk's masterpiece "Hyperballad"!
Miimo, a post-dub trio, presents their 4th album. Shifting from the pop image seen in their previous work "miimo 3," they create minimal repetition and sonic spaces. Steel pan phrases are cut up and processed, forming rhythms based on microbeats. The combination of electric yet analog phrases and rhythms creates a comfortable oscillation.

I see this, taste this, hear this, and write this.

Speaking of heat, a hot herbal tea with a mint aroma...



Levain
http://levain.chottu.net/

iPhonegrapher Koichi Kuwabara

This is the wrapping paper from the Ningyo-yaki souvenir I received from Asakusa yesterday.

There's a standard for design, isn't there? For shops that have been around for a long time.

Everyone lives life in a rather rough-and-ready way.
Whether we worry about our days or not, whether our condition is good or bad,
we are alive. The fact of being alive brings a sense of peace.

After all,
No matter how much we worry, or for whatever reason, when someone dies, isn't it simply their time?

Perhaps I'm delirious from the heat and the dub. The fan is blowing.

And last night's PIRATE RADIO was,
truly like a lecture from the Dictionary Club artschool.

Shingo Wakagi's music selection and record collector Tetsunoshin Ayabe's commentary were superb,

and perhaps it was a radio experience unlike any other in the age of Twitter.

And to celebrate the Dictionary Club's first anniversary,

those two will be hosting an event to listen to Russian pianism on a gramophone.

And so, my personal gramophone will make its appearance.

iPhonegrapher Koichi Kuwabara

“One day, a friend gave me an amplifier, and I ended up getting a whole set. Then I started wondering what records to play, and I found myself listening to one record over and over. That was a record by Heinrich Neuhaus.” (Shingo Wakagi)
You will enjoy Russian pianism on a gramophone with Shingo Wakagi, featuring records from the soundtrack of Wakagi's directorial debut film, "Waltz of Starlight."
Shingo Wakagi: Listening to "Russian Pianism" on a Gramophone
Date: 2011.07.24 (SUN) 16:00-17:00 (scheduled)
Admission: Free
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