０４/２３/０６ - Tropicana Bar & Grill, Okinawa City, Okinawa
NEW DAY RISING
KAZU
(宇宙猫)
KANAME-SAN
SHINOBU & YUKI
ONE HUNDRED BLUE
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Kazu (UCHU NEKO)
宇宙猫のカズさん On Stage!
２００６年４月２３日 - 沖縄県沖縄市トロピカーナ
posted by Beerbug @ 3:53 AM
Monday, May 29, 2006
NEW DAY RISING
KAZU
(宇宙猫)
KANAME-SAN
SHINOBU & YUKI
ONE HUNDRED BLUE
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This was Tropicana's first live music event. It was a fun time and a lot of the Chicken Katsu Records Crew got to meet Rage & Ryoko (Tropicana owners) and vice versa. They even had a big bottle of Kariyushi awamori on the house for the Chicken Katsu Crew. The only thing is that Tropicana is quite small and not fit for live bands so this had to be an acoustic event.
NEW DAY RISING is Shinobu & Weldon from SASPIRILLA and Louie from ONE HUNDRED BLUE. Weldon transfering basslines to power chords on an acoustic guitar while Louie plays lead and Shinobu on percussions. Interesting but if these 3 got together shouldn't they just blast out the melodic noise sounds of the late MUNCHKINS IN THE CAN. They did cover EVERGREEN's ol' classic "Footprints" from 1993's Songs That Make You Wanna Go Bowling compilation tape.
Kazu from UCHU NEKO played a fantastic solo set and really caught the attention of the Tropicana owners as well as a Tomigusuku bred acoustic guitarist/singer/cook named Kaname. The music was more on the folk side since he was missing that funk/reggae groove bass that Hayato supplies to UCHU NEKO. It reminded me a lot of those nights when Kazu would all of the sudden just start singing and playing guitar at Tangerine or Moby Dick.
Kaname had to go to work but before he left he got up and played a few 70's Japanese folk tunes. He had a couple of originals along with some old Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi tunes.
Shinobu Saspirilla and Yuki played more along the lines of traditional Okinawan music with an acoustic guitar and shamisen. I had heard of Yuki singing acapella and that she had some acoustic based project with Kan-chan (ONE HUNDRED BLUE) but this is the first time I've heard her really sing. Wow, she has a really nice voice and it fits what they're doing quite well. Even though there's a lot of kids these days using traditional Okinawan music and/or instruments to sell(out) their music to the mainland (the whole Okinawa boom that's been going on of lately), I don't see that in Shinobu & Yuki. They seem to be more into following their roots and understanding their culture.
ONE HUNDRED BLUE was next but Louie had a little too much gasoline in his system so guitar playing was out of the question. He jammmed a couple of songs with Kazu (UCHU NEKO) but called it quits soon after.
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