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Artist:
DAY AND HENRY KAISER, KIKU
Title:
Zen Kaiju
Label:
BALANCE POINT
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
BP 20047CD
"Kiku Day is a
ji-nashi shakuhachi
player from Denmark. She currently explores the possibilities of playing contemporary music on the
ji-nashi shakuhachi
. This is Henry Kaiser's personal favorite of his improvisational albums recorded in the last decade. He considers it to be some of his best guitar playing ever. The unlikely combination of the traditional
shakuhachi
of Kiku Day and the experimental guitar of Henry Kaiser is reflected in the title of this stunningly exotic new album of improvisations.
Kaiju
is Japanese for strange sea monster. Godzilla, Gamera, Rodan, Mothra, etc. would all be typical examples of
Kaiju
. If you imagine the sounds of these monsters' screams, and the space ships and flying saucers that often appear in their films, combined with the sound of a peaceful Japanese bamboo flute in the garden of a Zen temple, you can get an idea of part of what is going on here. But monsters do have their peaceful, quiet, introspective sounds and the
shakuhachi
can also evoke ghostly, otherworldly sonic expressions. Both traditions reflect the
wabi sabi
aesthetic that evolved with the Japanese tea ceremony."
Artist:
KAISER, HENRY
Title:
Domo Arigato Derek-Sensei!
Label:
BALANCE POINT
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
BP 21625CD
"Assembled by Henry Kaiser as his tribute to Derek Bailey, who was one of Henry's major influences as a player. There are solo tracks by Henry and also duo and trio tracks which include Charles K. Noyes, Toshinori Kondo, Andrea Centazzo, Damon Smith, Davey Williams, Larry Ochs, Greg Goodman, John Oswald, and Derek himself."
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