POIL UEDA

+ KIKU DAY

14.04.2023

Doors: 20:00 // Entrance: 95 DKK

Be mesmerized by the Japanese bamboo flute 'shakuhachi' when Kiku Day plays at turkis. Later in the evening you will experience what happens when traditional Japanese music fuses with modern experimental rock when PoiL Ueda takes the stage.

PROGRAM

➤ Doors open: 20:00
➤ Kiku Day: 20:45
➤ PoiL Ueda: 21:30

POIL UEDA

PoiL Ueda is the result of a collaboration between Junko Ueda, a vocalist and satsuma-biwa player from Japan, and PoiL, a French rock/contemporary music band. The composition is based on traditional epic singing accompanied by the satsuma-biwa and Buddhist Shomyo chant. Through the fusion of ancient Japanese traditional music with a hyper modern European musical formation, this project offers the opportunity to discover a unique musical universe. An innovative performance where PoiL's unrestrained experimental rock blends with the mellow and sinuous voice, the compelling narrative, and the remarkable charisma of Junko Ueda.

LINE UP

Junko Ueda: Voice & Satsuma Biwa
Antoine Arnera: Keyboards
Boris Cassone: Guitar
Ben Lecomte: Electro acoustic bass
Guilhem Meier: Drums & percussion

KIKU DAY

Kiku Day is a shakuhachi player and ethnomusicologist from Copenhagen, Denmark, where she grew up with her Japanese and American parents. She studied honkyoku (classic solo repertoire of the komusō monks of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism) with the master Okuda Atsuya in Tokyo for 11 years. Day has since her return to Europe dedicated her life to the potential use of jinashi shakuhachi today. Day is known for her innovative playing techniques in cross-cultural settings. She has furthermore explored soundscapes of antiquity with music anthropologist Eva Fock. 

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