Heavy Friends
Saturday October 12th, 2024 with Heavy Ben & Zoë Argiropulos-Hunter
Phew: Ottawa show preview and profile

Phew (JPN) + SUBR صبر + Lamb Fatale Sunday, October 13, 2024 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Club SAW 67 Nicholas Street https://www.debaser.ca/event/phew Thanks to Zoë for her introduction to tonight's episode of Heavy Friends, previewing tomorrow's night's appearance of Phew at Club SAW. As Lamb Fatale, Zoë will open the night with a set. Ahead of tomorrow's live performance promoted by Debaser, we've got a deep dive into the career of Hiromi Moritani, best known by her stage name Phew. Phew is a Japanese avant-garde vocalist whose recording career spans over 45 years. Her work has encompassed punk, minimalist electronics, noise, improv and avant rock. Phew started out as a member of punk band Aunt Sally in the late 1970s, establishing the underground music scene in Osaka. In 1980 she released her first single as a solo artist with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Her first solo album in 1981 is essentially a latter day Can record with Holger Czukay (b), Jaki Liebezeit (d) and Conny Plank (prod) in Köln. In a nutshell, that's what the ensuing decades were like for Phew - as a member of a group, a solo release, but always collaborating, working with a variety of artists from around the world. This includes Otomo Yoshihide, Golden Palominos Anton Fier & Bill Laswell, members of Einstürzende Neubauten and Liaisons Dangereuses, Moebius (Cluster), Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke, and Anna da Silva of The Raincoats. You can hear Zoë Argiropulos-Hunter on First Crush, Friday @3pm (alternating with Chance Meeting) https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/510/info.html This episode of Heavy Friends originally aired on Hiromi Moritani's 61st birthday, September 12, 2020. https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/410/49018.html (to embiggen the show icon, right-click and choose "Open image in new tab")