Live At Cafe Oto
Since the late '60s Kan Mikami has forcefully carved out a space for himself in the culture as a modernist poet, a raging folk singer, an author, an actor, an engaging TV personality, and one of Japan's most uniquely powerful performers. For most of Mikami's career as a singer, he has performed solo. Just him and his electric guitar against the world, creating jagged A-minor vamps to drive along the surreal wisdom of his lyrics. But he's equally at home in more demanding improvisational contexts such as those provided here by John Edwards on bass and Alex Neilson on drums. Their dense propulsive textures seem to spur on Mikami, his voice arcing powerfully into fragmented spaces, his guitar darting, colliding, shedding jagged and angular splinters of sound. Limited to 500 copies.
A1 | Aoshi = 青氏 | |
A2 | Dany Boya = ダニー坊や | |
A3 | Ankotsubaki Gaiden = アンコ椿外伝 | |
A4 | Taria = タリア | |
A5 | Kamome = カモメ | |
B1 | Furusato = ふるさと | |
B2 | Narayamabushiko = 楢山節考 | |
B3 | Maronie = マロニエ | |
B4 | Shiroi Inu = 白い犬 |
Double Bass – John Edwards
Drums – Alex Neilson
Guitar, Vocals – Kan Mikami
Mastered By – Giuseppe Ielasi
Mixed By – John Chantler
Photography By [Mikami Kan Stills] – Gianmarco del Re
Recorded By – James Dunn
Comes with obi strip, limited 500.