Thursday, August 25, 2005
VIDEOS!
Nagoya videos available here!
01 - Nagoya circuit bending Goma-san
02 - Nagoya crazy mambo karaoke
03 - Nagoya concert inside the bus (kawasaki & suzuki)
04 - Nagoya YMCA cover by teenage brassband
05 - Nagoya yoyo Yoyo flute
01 - Nagoya circuit bending Goma-san
02 - Nagoya crazy mambo karaoke
03 - Nagoya concert inside the bus (kawasaki & suzuki)
04 - Nagoya YMCA cover by teenage brassband
05 - Nagoya yoyo Yoyo flute
small wonders (continued)
The Karaoke from Hell, Mixi Religion, Kinoko scape, around the world, Onaka Ippai Desu, le petit joueur de flute du Pachinko, Piggies, Inu, Iragana stop, Shoboys Mediation Unit, Chiku-chiku field with child, Appearance, AS Possee, Suspension, Cassette drink, Jah bench in Kyoto, Enlightenement, Koban, I break horses, Fromage bike, vertigo.
(Aug. 18-23)
(Aug. 18-23)
Typhoon menace
gigantic and tremendous
we have yet one more day to spend in nagoya and then we go to the secret festival where we're not supposed to play.
we arrived here three days ago, parked the bus at nagoya university, in front of a big concrete building that i liked a lot . the arrival was really nice because there were a lot of (classical) musicians from the school ensemble rehearsing. but everybody was playing by themselves, so it was quite chaotic, and the building's architecture added a nice reverb to it. a group of teenagers was also rehearsing a choregraphy (for a dance festival i guess) so we decided to make a little portable PA performance out of their bad trance/dream music. some people were even there to listen to us.
it's good to know that some people can make good use of their public space.
then we went to canolfan to get ready for the concert.
lullatone played first (i have a tape : let's listen) , they did a very nice acoustic set with lots of small toy instruments. they really put the audience in a good mood because they were so funny and relaxed and happy. then davide played, and he did a really good job on the last song (second chair). then we all played together with yoyo-chan (who has just left this morning see you in tokyo mama) as Daikon Mother, she was cutting daikon japanese style, wearing a hippie BANDEAU, and we were around her , recording the sound with our laptops and microphones, and then processing it with nao tokui's shoboshobo patch. it was fun to do , and also fun to watch i guess. afterwards we (mehdi odot davide and myself) played again as panawave bros. for a nice improvised C Maj synth gig...
then the real fun began : we went to JOYJOY karaoke for a good drinking and singing session with yoyo-chan and satoko. i even danced like crazy (à la grandpa style) with satoko on a mambo song. i think odot also did a great rap performance on "No Limit" (remember?) but i was kind of sleeping then so i'm not sure...the funny thing was that they would tell you how many calories you lost after each song. not sure how they could calculate that though...
the next day we didn't do much actually. except for a great shochu tasting/ice cream making party at shawn's and yoshimi's. i like shawn a lot, he's very friendly and talkative and has a great sense of humour. we also tried mos burger for the first time, and we saw a very big buddah.
yesterday we had to park the bus at a different university at the other end of nagoya. and as we wanted to make another PA session we took them with us to central nagoya for a guerilla style performance. it was kind of heavy and pointless though, we just kept walking, making noise for no one. maybe the music was good .., some kind of marche funebre drone thing, (i had recorded the "ensemble" tuning of a junior high school brass band and some cheesy ambient synth washes). then i don't know what happened. we somehow managed to go to a great sento with shawn. they had a wonderful 37°C brown water bath that i enjoyed very much. oh boy i will miss sento when i'm in paris.
we arrived here three days ago, parked the bus at nagoya university, in front of a big concrete building that i liked a lot . the arrival was really nice because there were a lot of (classical) musicians from the school ensemble rehearsing. but everybody was playing by themselves, so it was quite chaotic, and the building's architecture added a nice reverb to it. a group of teenagers was also rehearsing a choregraphy (for a dance festival i guess) so we decided to make a little portable PA performance out of their bad trance/dream music. some people were even there to listen to us.
it's good to know that some people can make good use of their public space.
then we went to canolfan to get ready for the concert.
lullatone played first (i have a tape : let's listen) , they did a very nice acoustic set with lots of small toy instruments. they really put the audience in a good mood because they were so funny and relaxed and happy. then davide played, and he did a really good job on the last song (second chair). then we all played together with yoyo-chan (who has just left this morning see you in tokyo mama) as Daikon Mother, she was cutting daikon japanese style, wearing a hippie BANDEAU, and we were around her , recording the sound with our laptops and microphones, and then processing it with nao tokui's shoboshobo patch. it was fun to do , and also fun to watch i guess. afterwards we (mehdi odot davide and myself) played again as panawave bros. for a nice improvised C Maj synth gig...
then the real fun began : we went to JOYJOY karaoke for a good drinking and singing session with yoyo-chan and satoko. i even danced like crazy (à la grandpa style) with satoko on a mambo song. i think odot also did a great rap performance on "No Limit" (remember?) but i was kind of sleeping then so i'm not sure...the funny thing was that they would tell you how many calories you lost after each song. not sure how they could calculate that though...
the next day we didn't do much actually. except for a great shochu tasting/ice cream making party at shawn's and yoshimi's. i like shawn a lot, he's very friendly and talkative and has a great sense of humour. we also tried mos burger for the first time, and we saw a very big buddah.
yesterday we had to park the bus at a different university at the other end of nagoya. and as we wanted to make another PA session we took them with us to central nagoya for a guerilla style performance. it was kind of heavy and pointless though, we just kept walking, making noise for no one. maybe the music was good .., some kind of marche funebre drone thing, (i had recorded the "ensemble" tuning of a junior high school brass band and some cheesy ambient synth washes). then i don't know what happened. we somehow managed to go to a great sento with shawn. they had a wonderful 37°C brown water bath that i enjoyed very much. oh boy i will miss sento when i'm in paris.
NAGOYA 02
Had a portable PA session in the streets of Nagoya (Osu area, we walkes all along the streets with the PA, having brief stops in front of some shops ...
At night went to a very nice and so old restaurant.
YOYO to SATOKO
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
SOCHU report One
Left To right :
Sweet Potatoes : 6/10
Sweet Potatoes : 7/10
Awamori : 8,5/10
Wheat : 8/10
Rice & Potatoes : 7/10Please send suggestions and votes
if you already tried these
or if you think we should make an other testing session.
NAGOYA 01
Because of exhausting karaoke and concert the day before that day was off!
A concert happened in the bus and we met that crazy circuit bender guy named Goma (friend of Chesterfield that we met in Osaka)...
At night Shawn and Yoshimi took us to Tou Genji, a strange shrine with a huge Buddha and a big and beautiful buddha's hand, then went to Shawn and Yoshimi's appt, had oudon and drank shochu... They also showed us a very nice book about japanese onomatopea...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Circuit Bending
Shotaro Nakano (aka Goma)the Circuit-Bender.
Karaoke device(Voice pitch control and famous japanese singers spoken word samples)
vide
Vidéo de Portable P.A à Omi Hachiman (18 août 2005)http://davide.balula.free.fr/japan/18aug-OMI-hachiman.mov
Vidéo de Portable P.A à Osaka (14 août 2005)
http://davide.balula.free.fr/japan/OSAKAmall3.mov
Vidéo de Portable P.A à Osaka (14 août 2005)http://davide.balula.free.fr/japan/OSAKAmall3.mov
canolfan pics 2 = Panawave Bros, Shawn, Yoshimi, Elico
canolfan pics 1 = Daikon Mama and her Sisters
NAGOYA 00
First day in Nagoya, Lozi parked the bus in front of the university, we had a nap and a quiet portable PA performance there, and also the exibition in the bus (motor karaoke + Lozi's lecture)... Then at night, we performed at a venue called Canolfan as Daikon Mama and her Sisters (feat. Yoyo as Daikon mama) and Panawave Bros. Davide also performed alone and also there was a very nice Lullatone concert.
After that we went to a karaoke till 5 in the morning with Yoyo, Lozi and Satoko.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Nagoya
3D map (volcano)
Dark radiation map
?and we are now in Canolfan, Nagoya
KUMO!!!
For those who love japanese clouds like me, here is a place where i put a bunch of hi-res japanese clouds pictures... enjoy.
VIDEOS!
At least, we could get through IAMAS 6 firewalls and deliver for ytou those few videos :
-kyoto 01 domotic live
-kyoto 02 streets of kyoto
-kyoto 03 monster in kyoto univ
-kyoto 04 libelule
-omihachiman 01 old woman playing harmonica
-omihachiman 02 kikds during walabimochi workshop
-omihachiman 03 motor karaoke in the bus
-IAMAS 01 panawave brothers live
-IAMAS 02 hanabi
-IAMAS 03 Davide vs Suzueri
-kyoto 01 domotic live
-kyoto 02 streets of kyoto
-kyoto 03 monster in kyoto univ
-kyoto 04 libelule
-omihachiman 01 old woman playing harmonica
-omihachiman 02 kikds during walabimochi workshop
-omihachiman 03 motor karaoke in the bus
-IAMAS 01 panawave brothers live
-IAMAS 02 hanabi
-IAMAS 03 Davide vs Suzueri
placard
what better to do after a slacky super-rainy day in Ogaki but a nice session of after-rain placard in the bus in Iamas?
Highlights tonight included of course Suzueri (who also did me the honor of a duet), Panawave Brothers, and the might Aleph Sisters. I'll let you guess about possible A.K.As and go to bed ASAP.
Highlights tonight included of course Suzueri (who also did me the honor of a duet), Panawave Brothers, and the might Aleph Sisters. I'll let you guess about possible A.K.As and go to bed ASAP.
My favorite
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You need an anti-mosquitoe citronelle fan like this one.
(And new batteries with it)
You need an anti-mosquitoe citronelle fan like this one.(And new batteries with it)
Sunday, August 21, 2005
name a few salty things
the best sento ever
yesterday we went to this great family/mall-style sento. they had everything we could ask for (except soap and shampoo maybe) bubble & feet massage pool, big powerful back massage pool, outdoors pool and fake waterfall for head massage, electrical bath, where we talked a bit with some indigenes and got strange remarks about our beards (our beards are doing great, by the way), ice-cube timer sauna and a frozen bath that i enjoyed a lot.
now my body feels great.
where is the brain sento?
now my body feels great.
where is the brain sento?
Omihachiman drawing
thank you Phirip for this drawing of the Omihachiman portable PA performance ...
can you hear the wind
between us?
plus
today
there's a typhoon coming
oh and there's an annoying FIREWALL also which prevents us from uploading anything
plus
today
there's a typhoon coming
oh and there's an annoying FIREWALL also which prevents us from uploading anything
placard 02
A few pictures from the mobile placard in the bus ... + Mihara kun working, Yoyo's nice skirt and Davide thretening Suzueri-chan with a saw ...
today in the park
I performed portable PA with Soichiro Mihara (sampler) and another guy i didn't get the name of (synthetizer).
After we performed, we met Moribayashi Miho (Hi-posi) and her husband Shindou-san.
In the evening, in IAMAS we saw Suzu Eri trying to finish her work.
the bus
CLOUDS!
