A first European tour for Japanese duo of Hitomis
SONOTANOTANPENZ (JP) & Le Ton Mité (BE)
Part of Volunteer Celebration Event: Free Admission for Volunteers
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Fri 2 November 2018 // 20:00
/ Venue Space
Tickets: £5
SONOTANOTANPENZ https://sonotanotanpenz.tumblr.com/movie
Is a duo of two Hitomis (Hitomi Itamura & Hitomi Moriwaki) who create contraditions in music that result in ecstatic moments infiltrating listening spaces, aka: live venues.
Their playing style can be boiled down to two major geometries:
1. Rythmic singing, one could say "rapping", on top of acoustic guitar chords
or
2. Chaotic chords played by their four hands on one keyboard with dual harmonic voices rising behind.
Their performances are balanced between synchronisation & syncopation, floating through the unique universe they create. When time & space allow, these moments of sound can be embellished by 3-D installations & costumes created out of paper, reflecting their interest in contemporary plastic & textile creation.
Their latest disc "31" was released by the NISENNENMONDAI curated label "Bijin Records".
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Their playing style can be boiled down to two major geometries:
1. Rythmic singing, one could say "rapping", on top of acoustic guitar chords
or
2. Chaotic chords played by their four hands on one keyboard with dual harmonic voices rising behind.
Their performances are balanced between synchronisation & syncopation, floating through the unique universe they create. When time & space allow, these moments of sound can be embellished by 3-D installations & costumes created out of paper, reflecting their interest in contemporary plastic & textile creation.
Their latest disc "31" was released by the NISENNENMONDAI curated label "Bijin Records".
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LE TON MITÉ (BE) videos link
Weaving between short lyric compositions & savage improvisation, LE TON MITÉ is a soundtrack of the voyages & life of multi-instrumentalist, potter & instrument maker McCloud Zicmuse. Homemade strings, flutes, percussions & voice will perform solo excerpts from the latest recording : "Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel" released last year on the mythic Made to Measure series of Crammed Discs & on Sweet Dreams Press in Japan.
PRESS :
MUSIKEXPRESS DE : (*****) allusions to "Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers... one can even feel a David Lynchian touch in songs like "Mystery Trail".
THE WIRE UK : "amalgam of pop, folk & jazz, with a certian post 'Rock In Opposition' flair..."
MOJO UK : (*****) "McCloud has gone native in the Low Countries' chamber-pop avant-guard, with spectacular results"
FREQ UK : "...a distant mystery pervades the album, all steamy and wild... an eclectic miasma of sound, well worth investigation
LIBERATION FR : "McCloud brings his art of songmaking to the next level of subtility and hybridisation, a crazed, never seen before variety for indy-chamber pop..."
Sonotanotanpenz: The short film series
Fotos of Hitomi Moriwaki works
Their new music video