Label: Oonomatope – ONM-006
Format: Cassette
Country: Japan
Released: 2023
Genre: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Experimental, Field Recording, Folk
This is the second album of Shin-ya Ohno's magic realism music solo project KiMiMi.
This album, released only six months after the release of the first album, is a Butoh performance held in November 2022 at a former factory "Houjo factory Tonari" in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, and the music written for the video work "Whisper of black Ink of Hokusai Manga, Echoes of the City" that was released in parallel with the performance. The soundtrack for the Hokusai Manga Butoh performance. (Mint / New)
The Butoh performance standing from the view point of Hokusai.
He watched people, nature, and even spirits carefully, then changed the lifestyle into arts. When we created this work, we researched the Sumida area which is an old city in Tokyo. I directed this work to involve not only visible things but also invisible things and the atmosphere like residents’ kindness, the professional souls of craftsmen, and a long history of the Sumida-river.
Mostly we don’t pay attention to these daily tiny things, and it disappears before we knew it was precious.
Time changes so quickly. We’re struggling to catch up.
Always running, it is our city life. Sometimes, we need to stop and feel winds blowing from the past. I hope this non-verbal communication touches your heart and lets you remind yourself of something important.
Tracklist
1. Kage pick up 03:29
2. Sumi no Itteki 07:09
3. Hokusai Suzume dance 06:59
4. Something called Climate from 3 factories in Kyojima 10:11
5. Sumida river 06:08
6. Envoi 03:50