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EMI, WOMAD AND REAL WORLD ARTIST
Joji Hirota
Live At The Paleohora Club
Contemporary Japanese Taiko Music
 10 Tracks - 76mins - great atmospherics - £5.00 (P150)
        

Going on stage with the moon rising over the ocean at half past midnight, and with 500 people packed into the open air, seaside  Paleohora Club, in Crete, this is an energy laced performance of Joji's contemporary Taiko compositions.

Noh and Kabuki style flute solos, classical piano phrasings, traditional Japanese folk songs, modern keyboard riffs, and dramatic Taiko drumming, back Joji's amazing percussion solos.

This performance draws deep from the immense and fascinating resource of Japanese music.

 
A World Spirit Production
 
Joji Hirota

Real World recording artist, Joji Hirota, studied music at Kyoto Arts University and 'taiko' drumming with Itto Obba in Hokkaido, North Japan. As a composer, musical director and multi-instrumentalist, he has forged a highly successful career, specialising in the use of the traditional ceremonial 'taiko' drums within a broad contemporary synthesis which embraces musical styles of East and West.

As a Real World recording artist, he performs regularly at WOMAD festivals around the world, whilst creating music for a number of TV and theatre productions.

www.jojihirota.com

 

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