Keiichi SUZUKI featuring Yoko UENO - tour in NL!

Keiichi SUZUKI, one of Japan's leading musicians and composers, is best known for his soundtracks for "Zatoichi" and "Outrage" by Takeshi KITANO. An original member of the legendary band The Moonriders. SUZUKI has collaborated with artists including Alex Paterson of The Orb, YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) member Yukihiro Takahashi, and ex-XTC guitarist David Gregory. Yoko UENO will be special guest on this tour. Her music, modern electronica infused with a traditional Japanese sensibility, is unique and crushingly original. Her enchanting voice makes you shiver! (produced by: DIRECTIONS.nl)

Tour Schedule:

Wed.21.Sep 20:00 - Amsterdam Blue Note, Conservatorium van Amsterdam

ticket: €12,- BUY TICKETS

for more info about the venue:

http://www.ahk.nl/en/conservatorium/

Thur.22.Sep 19:30 - Lanteren Venster - Camera Japan Festival (Rotterdam)

ticket: €12,- incl. the opening film "Wife of Gegege / ゲゲゲの女房" BUY TICKETS

for more info about the event:

http://www.lantarenvenster.nl/36-2463-Opening_Event

for more info about the Camera Japan Festival:

http://www.camerajapan.nl/

for more info about the opening film "Wife of Gegege / ゲゲゲの女房" (where Keiichi Suzuki acts himself besides his musical contribution)

http://www.gegege-eiga.com/

Fri.23.Sep 20:30 - Theater Kikker (Utrecht)

ticket: €12,- BUY TICKETS

for more info about the event:

http://www.theaterkikker.nl/agenda/1972//verhuur_keiichi_suzuki_yoko_ueno/#.TmXEXN0M7N0.facebook

Biography:

Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木慶一)

Keiichi Suzuki has enjoyed a long and celebrated career in music, making his mark not only in his native Japan but on the global stage as well.

Suzuki formed the band The Moonriders in 1975 with members of Hachimitsu Pie, alongside other musicians including his younger brother, Hirobumi Suzuki. Ever since their debut in 1976 with the album ‘Hinotama Boy’ (‘Fireball Boy’), The Moonriders have continued to release works that were always a half step ahead of their time. The band are nearing their 30th anniversary.

Alongside his activities as a member of The Moonriders, Suzuki has from the mid-’70s composed numerous songs for performers of every genre, from teen idols to enka (Japanese blues) singers, together with countless commercial jingles, sowing a huge influence on the Japanese music scene and lovers of music. His soundtracks for the 1989 Nintendo videogame ‘Mother’ (‘EarthBound Zero’) and its 1994 sequel, ‘Mother 2’ (‘EarthBound’), have continued to win enthusiastic support from a great number of fans years after their release; the soundtracks were remastered and rereleased in 2003.

In addition to his solo career, Suzuki also has released albums in collaboration with other artists, including The Beatniks, a unit formed with YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) member Yukihiro Takahashi, and The Suzuki, a unit with Hirobumi.

In 1994, ‘Satellite Serenade’, a track from his solo album ‘Suzuki White Report’, was remixed by Alex Paterson of The Orb and climbed to No. 8 on the indie chart of British magazine Melody Maker. The music he composed in 1995 for Sega Saturn videogame ‘Real Sound’ was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with musicians including ex-XTC guitarist David Gregory.

Suzuki's wide-ranging activities outside of music include appearances in TV dramas and contributions to magazines. In 2002, he started his own label – Run, Rabbit, Run Records – where he continues to play a leading role, and released CD ‘Three Blind Moses’. His music for the movie ‘Zatoichi’ (directed by Takeshi Kitano) won him the Best Music Award in the 2003 Japan Academy Awards.

1970年頃より様々なセッションに参加し、1972年にバンド "はちみつぱい" を結成、日本語で表現されるロックの先駆者として活動した。"はちみつぱい"は1974年にアルバム「センチメンタル通り」を発表し解散。1975年 "ムーンライダーズ"を結成。1976年、アルバム「火の玉ボーイ」でデビュー以来、ムーンライダーズは常に時代の半歩先を行く作品を発表し続け現在も活動している。

ムーンライダーズの活動と並行して、70年代半ばよりアイドルから演歌歌手まで多数の楽曲を提供すると共に、膨大なCM音楽を作曲し、日本の音楽界とリスナーに多大な影響を与えた。任天堂より発売されたゲーム「Mother」、「Mother2」の音楽は、今でも多数の熱狂的なファンを持つ。

2003年、北野武の映画『座頭市』で音楽を担当。第36回シッチェス・カタロニア国際映画祭（スペイン）最優秀音楽賞、第27回日本アカデミー賞最優秀音楽賞を受賞。2010年には再び北野監督とタッグを組んだ「OUTRAGE」が公開された。

自身のソロに加え、元YMOの高橋幸宏とのユニット "The Beatniks" でも活動。1994年には、ソロアルバム「鈴木白書」に収められたサテライト・セレナーデをThe Orbのアレックス・パターソンがリミックスし、英国メロディーメイカー誌インディーズ・チャートの8位を獲得。音楽活動の他、ドラマ出演、雑誌への寄稿など、活動は多岐に渡る。

http://www.keiichisuzuki.com/

http://www.moonriders.net

for the samples of his music:

http://www.myspace.com/keiichisuzuki

Yoko Ueno (上野洋子)

Yoko Ueno is a multi-talented singer-songwriter whose enchanting voice has a variety of different tones. Her music - modern electronica infused with a traditional Japanese sensibility - is unique and crushingly original. While Japanese films, anime, videogames and TV music are very much her territory, her impressive live show will make you shiver!

20年以上に渡り、映画、ＣＭ、アニメ、ゲーム等の音楽制作に作曲家、ヴォーカリストとして携わる。また、自己の作品では七変化するヴォーカルスタイルを駆使して民族音楽や現代音楽等のフレーバーを取り入れた緻密で独創的なサウンドを紡ぎ出し、LIVEでは即興を中心としたアバンギャルドな世界を展開している。

http://www.uenoyoko.com/

cited from:

http://www.camerajapan.nl/2011/films_04.html

TIME OF EVE

IBU NO JIKAN GEKIJOBAN

Sat. 24/09, 21:30, LantarenVenster / Rotterdam

In deze futuristische anime zijn robots zijn reeds lang in gebruik, androids nog maar net. Ondanks dat de voorschriften duidelijk zijn en mensen hun androids net zo moeten behandelen als al hun huishoudelijke apparaten, bouwen sommige mensen toch een persoonlijke band op met hun android. Zij staan ondertussen bekend als de 'android-holics' en lijken een serieus maatschappelijk probleem te worden. Als de middelbare scholier Rikuo wat opvallende data in de gevens van zijn android Sammy vindt, brengt dit hem bij het Time of Eve café, dat een eigenaardige huisregel heeft: 'mensen en robots moeten gelijk behandeld worden'.

In this futuristic anime, robots have long been in practical use, and androids have just come into use. Influenced by the Robot Ethics Committee, public mores dictate that androids be treated like household appliances although some people empathize unnecessarily with them. Known as "android-holics," these people have become a social problem. One day high-school student Rikuo discovers some strange data in the behavior records of Sammy, his family's household android. Rikuo and his friend Masaki trace Sammy's movements, only to discover the Time of Eve, a mysterious café with a peculiar house rule: "humans and robots are to be treated the same" ...

Japan, 2010, 106 min, DigiBeta, Color, English subtitles
Director: YASUHIRO Yoshiura
Script: YASUHIRO Yoshiura
Producer: Tom NAGAE
Music: OKAGA Toru, Kalafina
Distribution: Phantom Film
Website: www.timeofeve.com

About the director: YASUHIRO Yoshiura captured attention of the anime world with his groundbreaking solo OVA Pale Cocoon (2005), and has secured his spot as a visionary creator with his original series and feature film Time of Eve (2008-2010). Fans worldwide are captivated by the nuances of his artwork, and the depth and humor of his stories.

Filmography:
2002 Aquatic Language (short)
2005 Pale Cocoon (Peiru kokon) (short)
2008 Time of Eve (Eve no jikan) (television series)

[date] Sepl 10 - Oct 02, 2011

[place] Osnabrueck, Germany

[exhibition title] JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL at Dortmunder U

[website] http://dortmund.bunka-jmaf.jp/?lang=en

[exhibited works] Interactive Artworks on iPod and iPad with i3DG

SUM05: Lia [AT]

Immanentia: FoAM [BE] + Performing Pictures [SE]

Disperse: Emmanuel Flores Elías [MX/NL]

TrailScape: Geert Mul [NL]

Omnibus: DIRECTIONS Inc. [JP]

abusio: Amelia Kaczyńska [PL/NL]

amsterdam, !play: klararavat [SP/NL]

[Programs] http://www.hmkv.de/_en/programm/programmpunkte/2011/Ausstellungen/2011_JMAF_Dortmund.php

[organized by] V2_ Institute for Unstable Media

[date] June 7 - September 18, 2011

[place] On View, 4th Floor Gallery, MAD museum, NY, USA, 

[exhibition title] Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities

[website] http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=searchrequest&moduleid=1&profile=objects&currentrecord=1&style=single&rawsearch=id/,/is/,/9681/,/false/,/true

Immanentia by FoAM (BE) & PERFORMING PICTURES (SE)

cited from the website:

Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities

Virtual reality has been a powerful factor in shaping our social and artistic environment since the 1970s. Today, innovations in digital technology have completely transformed film, video, and television: extraordinary special effects and three-dimensional imaging created using computer-based software are commonplace. However, while the digital world continues to expand into more and more areas of our lives, a profound human need to re-experience the actual and tangible has also arisen. It is not a coincidence that as individuals spend more and more time looking at a monitor interacting with others in cyberspace, the pleasures in making things by hand, engaging with materials and techniques in a direct fashion, also increase.

[date] April 27 - May 29, 2011 (Opening: April 27 19:30-)

[place] Osnabrueck, Germany

[exhibition title] European Media Art Festival (EMAF)

[exhibited works]

Interactive Artworks on iPod with i3DG

• SUM 05 - Lia (AT)
• Immanentia - FoAM (BE) + Performing Pictures (SE)
• Disperse - Emmanuel Flores Ellas (MX / NL)

[Programs]  to be downloaded here
http://www.emaf.de/index.php?i d=511

[organized by] V2_ Institute for Unstable Media

[date] May 17‐18, 2011

[place] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco,  USA

[exhibition title] The TV of Tomorrow Show 2011

[website] http://www.tvot.com

• "SUM#05" Lia
• "japan modern" Noriaki Okamoto
• "cradle" Mitsuo Toyama
• "mayso (meditation)" Tayuta Mikage
• "Mr. Jesus" Shuhei Shibue
• "2:00AM" Masashi Yokota
• "kurukuru" Mitsuo Toyama

The TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) is the live events division of [itvt] - InteractiveTV Today (http://itvt.com). Our annual conference in San Francisco is the global gathering for executives, technologists and creatives working in the Interactive and Multiplatform Television industry/community. The conference is also the venue for the presentation of the highly regarded Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television, presented by [itvt] since 2004.