THURSDAY 11th Sept 2008
Times : 8pm
Tickets : £7 (Special 3 Day Pass £15)
KAN MIKAMI
Kan Mikami Japan’s legendary surrealist folk singer will be performing his unique Japanese Blues. Mikami has been a singular figure in the Japanese underground since the early seventies. We are very excited to have Mikami playing three consecutive dates at Café Oto as part of our residency programme. Grab this rare chance to see him in the UK.
I AM A KAMURA
Singer Atsuko Kamura began her career by juggling roles as karaoke bar hostess and punk chanteuse in Tokyo, performing with the agit-fem Polkadot Fire Brigade and The Honeymoons. Her arrival in London led to a spell with the situationist pranksters Frank Chickens, duetting with Kazuko Hohki. In parallel she has explored improvisation with masters of the art like Tenko, Fred Frith and John Zorn, and in London alongside Charles Hayward and Lol Coxhill. She co-presents Onkyodo, a weekly radio show devoted to Japanese music on Resonance Radio 104.4 FM.
I am a Kamura play Chinese ballads from the thirties, Japanese folk song and self-penned material, but live Kamura mixes her experience and spontaneity and soars up to another level. She is backed by a four-piece band including Simon King, Paul May, Matt Armstrong and Robert Storey.
 
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