Rabble Without A Cause
Wednesday November 7th, 2012 with Bernard Stepien
the cultural clash of Italian guitarist Paolo Angeli and Japanese violinist and vocalist Takumi Fukushima
Guitarist Angeli and violinist Fukushima are into another kind of fusion. Fukushima is Japanese, granted, but she plays her violin like Paganini (oh, yet another Italian), that means mostly like classical music. But that would be too simple. She also wanders into American folk music and if that wasn’t enough, her Japanese built-in Kabuki burst out at unexpected moments. Angeli is Italian or more precisely Sicilian. He plays guitar but in two radically different ways that you would expect a guitar to be played. First of all he plays it by holding it vertically like a cello and secondly he mostly uses bowing rather than plucking. The result of this fusion is pleasant with enough disturbances like elements of Rock and Free Jazz to keep a commercial radio station at bay.
Tonight, we will survey their Itsunomanika CD recorded in Italy.
vele spiegate Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
kaze no tabi - voyage du vent Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
l'altra faccia della medaglia Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
dialogo tra sordi/bricciole in fuga Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
sponde Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
nee dear my sister Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
perdita di tempo Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |
l'ultima nave Takumi Fukushima & Paolo Angeli - Itsunomanika - Rer PAS |