KEN HIS LIVE
SHOW WAS A SURPRISE TO ME...IT WAS SOO ELECTRIC AND CLASH, HIGH-ENERGY,
AND VERY POWERFUL!
MY FAVORITE
WAS THE SECOND SONG.
THE VOCALIST "Yoko. JK" WHO SANG ALONG WITH KEN, WAS ALSO VERY DREAMY
AND HAD A GOOD RANGE.
HISAHI AND HIS PARTNER "yskw", HAD A VERY FRESH
NEW APPROACH TO "THE OLD-SCHOOL" ACID HOUSE SOUND.
IT WAS REAL UNDERGROUND AND THE STAGE WAS WALL TO WALL WITH EVERY TOY
YOU WISH YOU COULD OWN...
PEOPLE WERE DANCING IN THEIR SEATS? THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN UP TO DANCE!
THEIR SET STARTED AND ENDED WITH THE DRAMATIC PIANO PARTS OF KEN MORIOKA
HIMSELF!
IT WAS VERY CLUBBY AT THE PEAK OF THEIR SET!
PATH HAD A VERY DEEP AND EUPHORIC SET WITH THE GUITAR OVER-LAYS AND
NEW AGE MEETS ECLECTIC FUSION.
4D MODE-1 FROM WHAT I FELT WERE SOME OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF UNDERGROUND
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC.
THEY PLAYED WITH 3 10 INCH NOTEBOOKS, VOCAL EFX, A SYNTH, GUITAR, AND
VIOLIN.
THEY ARE RIGHT UP THERE NOW ON MY FAVORITE OLD SKOOL ARTIST AS BRIAN
ENO, MICHAELNYMAN, AZERU, SEIJI TODA, DAVID MMICHAEL PIANO MAKER, COCTEAU
TWINS...
I could go on, but I don't want to compare artist to another name or
time.
The sound was really cool, and I could only imagine if they were making
this sound back then, they were definitely ahead of their time.
SOME OF OUR COOL GUEST PETER (ALSO A MUSICIAN, WHO WORKED RECENTLY WITH
Hisashi &
Susan),
WILLIAM WHITE (GUITARIST), & ANTHONYIII OF "BLOTTO"
PROMOTER OF A FUTURE EVENT SEPHA (Planet XG) & NORO (THE BOOKING MANAGER OF AOIHEYA!)
YR MAY PLAY AT ONE OF HER NEXT EVENTS "QUEER OPERA" MAY 13TH AT
BAR HIJOUGUCHI IN SHINJUKU
2 CHOME
HISASHI AND
PRETTY MILITIA WILL BE IN A FUTURE EVENT "CLASH 2" MARCH 26TH AT BLUE ROOM
YR AND THE
QUEEN OF THE HOUSE MASAKO TOGAWA
YR AND KEN
MORIOKA AFTER HIS LIVE IN THE DRESSING ROOM
HOPEFULLY MORE IS TOO COME OF HIS EVENT!