{"id":19189,"date":"2011-05-11T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=19189"},"modified":"2011-06-07T09:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T13:55:31","slug":"justins-japan-new-yorks-japan-society-ready-to-rock-with-hikashu-tomoe-shinohara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/11\/justins-japan-new-yorks-japan-society-ready-to-rock-with-hikashu-tomoe-shinohara\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: New York’s Japan Society Ready to Rock with Hikashu, Tomoe Shinohara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hikashu headlines New York’s Japan Society May 13 with Tomoe Shinohara and Steve Eto. (Ikeda Masaaki & Makigami Koichi)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

By<\/em> <\/strong>JQ magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a> editor <\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/a><\/em> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0page <\/em>here<\/a> <\/em>to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Friday (May 13), Japan Society<\/a>\u2019s Performing Arts Season goes into overdrive with Hikashu and Tomoe Shinohara Live in Concert<\/em>, a special one-night-only event featuring the North American debut of legendary band\u00a0Hikashu<\/a> with special guests\u00a0Tomoe Shinohara<\/a> and\u00a0Steve Eto.<\/p>\n

Drawing on more than thirty years in the music business, Hikashu<\/a> combines J-pop, new wave and electronic pop, taking listeners on unparalleled musical journeys through its signature sound. Led by its founder, enigmatic vocalist\u00a0Makigami Koichi\u00a0(vocal, theremin, cornet), the group\u2019s members include\u00a0Mita\u00a0Freeman\u00a0(guitar, sampler),\u00a0Sakaide Masami\u00a0(bass, electronics),\u00a0Shimizu Kazuto\u00a0(piano, synthesizer, bass-clarinet) and\u00a0Sato\u00a0Masaharu\u00a0(drums, voice).\u00a0Currently a lecturer at Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Koichi has\u00a0performed at Japan Society twice before as part of the\u00a0New Voices from Japan<\/em> series curated by John Zorn (2006) and\u00a0Ikue Mori: Celebrating 30 Years of Live, Love & Music in NYC<\/em> also curated by Zorn (2008).<\/p>\n

Joining headliners Hikashu at the Manhattan venue\u00a0is singer, actress and Japanese pop culture icon Tomoe Shinohara with percussionist Steve Eto. Best known to anime fans in the West for singing “Ultra Relax,”<\/a> the title song of Kodomo no Omocha<\/em> (released as Kodocha <\/em>in North America<\/em>), Shinohara is a choice stylistic counterpoint to the sounds on display. As a musician, songwriter and lyricist, Shinohara (or Shinorer, as her Japanese fans affectionately call her) has released a score of albums, featuring guest spots from artists as diverse as Pizzicato Five, Cibo Matto and Julio Iglesias(!).<\/p>\n

For the\u00a0rest of the\u00a0story, click <\/em><\/strong>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hikashu headlines New York’s Japan Society May 13 with Tomoe Shinohara and Steve Eto. (Ikeda Masaaki & Makigami Koichi) By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0page here to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories. This Friday (May 13), Japan Society\u2019s Performing Arts Season goes into overdrive with Hikashu and Tomoe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t