Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi. Having recorded, toured, and collaborated with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal, Kishi Bashi released his first full-length album "151a" via Joyful Noise in 2012, which received high praise and the title of NPR's "Best New Artist Of The Year". K's follow-up album "Lighght" expanded his palette to include more diverse and nuanced instrumentation, flirting with Eastern-tinged arrangements, Philip Glass inspired improvisations, and 70s prog. With 2016’s "Sonderlust", K’s work became more intensely personal and artistically adventurous with the help of producer Chris Taylor, engineer Pat Dillet, and drummer Matt Chamberlain....
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Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym for violin virtuoso K Ishibashi. Having recorded, toured, and collaborated with diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal, Kishi Bashi released his first full-length album "151a" via Joyful Noise in 2012, which received high praise and the title of NPR's "Best New Artist Of The Year". K's follow-up album "Lighght" expanded his palette to include more diverse and nuanced instrumentation, flirting with Eastern-tinged arrangements, Philip Glass inspired improvisations, and 70s prog. With 2016’s "Sonderlust", K’s work became more intensely personal and artistically adventurous with the help of producer Chris Taylor, engineer Pat Dillet, and drummer Matt Chamberlain.
"Omoiyari" is Kishi Bashi’s fourth album, and his most important yet. Many of the songs were initially inspired by history and oppression, and he deftly weaves tales of love, loss, and wanting to connect listeners to the past. Channeling the hard-learned lessons of history, Omoiyari is an uncompromising musical statement on the turbulent sociopolitical atmosphere of present-day America.
Hvis du holder af velkomponeret folk med et alternativt twist, og med et klart budskab, så gå ikke glip af denne koncert med den japansk-amerikanske violinist og sanger Kishi Bashi.
Kishi Bashi brød igennem med sit debutalbum '151a' via Joyful Noise Recordings i 2012 og fik bl.a. prisen som "Best New Artist" af NPR Music.
Han har samarbejdet med anerkendte artister som Regina Spektor, of Montreal, Sondre Lerche og Chris Taylor fra Grizzly Bear og er netop kommet med sit fjerde album-udspil 'Omoiyari' her til maj. Albummets univers er centreret omkring den frihedsberøvelse, undertrykkelse og vold, som amerikanske japanere oplevede i kølvandet på Pearl Harbour-angrebet. Inspirationen til at dykke ned i denne historie er kommet i kølvandet på det, Kishi Bashi beskriver som, at 'white supremacy'-tendenser, der nyligt har vist sit ansigt, og en amerikansk politisk diskurs som er præget af angst fra det 'fremmede'; en situation, der for Kishi Bashis vedkommende er udmundet i utryghed.
Foruden det politisk-kunstneriske projekt, der er på spil her, så er der også tale om et album, som i den grad er fint og smukt med fokus på rørende melodier og sangtekster. Og musikken derfra kan man få fornøjelsen af at opleve live på denne aften i Xenon for første gang i Danmark.
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