Ura Matsuri Artists
Since 2016 Ura Matsuri enjoyed works of:
Frank Chickens Bei Bei Wang Akari Mochizuki and the Mochi band A Record of Living Beings
Hibiki Ichikawa & Shamisen London Mai and Fear of Fluffing Kamura Obscura
Yuko Tsubame & Stephane Bourquin Zashiki Warashi Chindon-ya Tomoko Komura
Clive Bell Japanny-A-Granny Tenzin Sisters Mirei with Chris Hill & Douglas Benford
No Cars O Yama O Yokolele Richard DeDomenici Flange Zoo Jasper Sharp
K-Beat Hina Fujimoto Mademoiselle Lychee aka. Aya Nakamura Kim Longinotto
Patrizia Paolini Toshiko Kurata Rie Nakajima DJ Gaikokuchan-Man
Ura Matsuri 2024 artists
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Ura Matsuri Artists from 2016-2023
A Record Of LIving Being
With a collective mark-making that encircles Rai Wong’s cassette tape-loops manipulations, this is a semi-improvised extension of his freewheeling Soho Radio show “A Record of Living Beings”. Collaborating with previous guests on the show and a wider independent network, which includes Yoshino Shigihara (Yama Warashi) on taishōgoto, drums and percussions, and Suren Seneviratne (My Panda Shall Fly) on obsolete music software and hardware, it is a filmic and playful meeting place between origins and categorisations filtered through a somewhat inevitable eastern sensibility.
Zashiki Warashi
Zashiki Warashi is a London based Taiko (Japanese drums) and Flute Duo, named after a mythical being, from the ancient Japanese folklore, that likes to cause mischief in a household while it brings a good fortune and wealth to the family.
Akinori Fujimoto and Mikey Kirkpatrick began the Zashiki Warashi Drum and Flute Duo in 2004 whilst studying at Goldsmiths College, University of London, as a way to connect their interest in acoustic and electronic music from around the world with their spiritual and philosophical discussions in a playful way. Zashiki Warashi creates a world that bridges our imagination, the magical world, and the real world.
Just like 'Zashikiwarashi' likes to cause mischief, elements of playfulness is a part of their compositions.
Benshi Performance
Tomoko Komura and Clive Bell
Tomoko Komura is a London-based performer, actor and instrumentalist from Japan. In 2010, Tomoko became the UK's first Japanese benshi (solo silent film live story teller) for Kenji Mizoguchi's "The Water Magician (1933)" shown at the Barbican Cinema in English.
Clive Bell is a musician, composer and writer with a specialist interest in the shakuhachi, khene and other Far
Eastern wind instruments. Clive has a substantial recording history as both a solo artist (his solo album, Shakuhachi: The Japanese Flute was reissued
in 2005 by ARC Records) and as a composer for film, TV and theatrical productions. Based in London, he
writes regularly for the music monthly The Wire.
https://www.tomokokomura.com/blank-page
https://www.komuso.com/people/people.pl?person=624
Photo: Sean Kelly
Yuko Tsubame
Yuko is a London-based singer and musician who plays Sanshin (a traditional Ryukyu instrument with three strings). Yuko has cultivated a song repertoire and style that really goes places - from Minyo; Japanese folk, to Jazz and rock. Making a life in east London for the last 20 years has fed and expanded her musicality and today Yuko’s sanshin and voice-work still connect strongly to the transcendence she draws from Ryukyu (Okinawan) / Japanese culture.
Photo: Kuba Nowak
Akari Mochizuki with Mochi Band
Akari, the only professional Enka singer in the UK, presents Japanese Enka & Kayokyoku with her amazing 'Mochi Band'. The members are Josh on electric guitar, Luke on drums and Conor on bass. Japanese hit songs from the 60's-90's are played with 'Mochi Band' style:)