Summer Touring

Hello!
This summer I'll be getting out and about, touring quite a bit, including Mongolia and South Korea, with FU-CHING-GIDO, two countries I've never played in before, so that's all very exciting.
Here's my schedule up until July. There may be some extra dates coming in, so I'll do my best to keep it updated. You can keep up with my live schedule HERE.
And not to forget, FU-CHING-GIDO will tour Japan for the first time in October. More details HERE!
Hope to see you out there somewhere!

MAY

13- FU-CHING-GIDO w/tipsipúca+, Csiga Jidanda
mona records, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo

16- Orquesta Libre + Rolly
TakuTaku, Kyoto

17- Orquesta Libre + Rolly
Tokyo, Nagoya

28- Csiga Jidanda + Gideon Juckes
Gallery Mus-soh and Zuzu, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo

JUNE

4- Jinta La Mvta
22nd Jüdisches Filmfestival Opening Ceremony, Potsdam, Germany

5- Jinta La Mvta
WABE Berlin, Germany

6- Jinta La Mvta
22nd Jüdisches Filmfestival, Brandenburg, Germany

12- Miwazow Matsuri vol.5
Star Pines Cafe, Kichijoji, Tokyo

15- Orquesta Libre
Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo

23- FU-CHING-GIDO
Izakaya "Haruki", Seoul, South Korea

25- FU-CHING-GIDO
Playtime Festival 2016, Gachuurt, Mongolia

JULY

9/10- Orquesta Libre
Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Denmark, (Full details to follow)

12- Orquesta Libre
Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria

13/14/15- Orquesta Libre
Cafe Museum, Passau, Germany

23- Orquesta Libre & Rolly

Fuji Rock, Café de Paris

プライベートレッスン

Catch up!

Hello dear friends and followers! Apologies for a lack of blog posts recently. My time has been taken up with a couple of very exciting projects.

Firstly, I just recently finished a 4 month-long theatre production at Bunkamura, "Hyokkori Hyoutanima" (Floating Gourd Island). This marked my 7th production with the amazing Kushida Kazuyoshi, and it was a stimulating, exciting and beautiful experience. I'm missing the family feeling I had with the wonderful actors, crew and staff.

And my other big project is the "FU-CHING-GIDO Asia Tour 2016". This June, we'll be heading off for Mongolia to play the Playtime 2016 festival, via Korea, and soon to be followed by our Japan leg, including Nagoya and Osaka. For more information, and to find out how you can get involved, click HERE

So many exciting things on the horizon this year, including some trips to Europe and the release of a really great album, "Rock Opera!" by Orquesta Libre and Rolly, out on March 23rd. Watch this space!

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Nerima Tea Club

Tonight, Nerima Tea Club played at Otoya-kintoki in Nishi-Ogikubo, on our second double-bill with the Iizuka Naoko, Fukushima Hisao, Kosmas Kapitsa Trio. They sounded crystal clear and really dynamic tonight, and I really recommend checking out these wonderful musicians. We really enjoy sharing the bill with them too, they're lovely people and I'm sure we'll do another gig together soon. 

Nerima Tea Club sounded really warm and felt so good tonight, it felt really close like family. I think this is probably because we rehearsed yesterday then afterwards I cooked some dinner for the band and friends. (Pizza frita and sea urchin spaghetti, if you're interested! Send me a message if you'd like the recipe!)

It was so fun for the band to break bread and have some drinks together. Maybe this can become a pre-gig tradition? 

We don't gig often these days, but when we do, I'm reminded that forming a Japanese Renaissance Funk Band really WAS a good idea. 

There are plans afoot for our next gig, and we might make it a Tupperware party beforehand next time!