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Japanese Shamisen and Vocals with Sumie Kaneko
As a follow up to her koto pack, Sumie Kaneko is sharing the sounds of the Japanese shamisen, along with a broad range of vocals. She started playing the three-string shamisen when she was 18 years old because the koto and shamisen are often played together in traditional form. For this pack, Kaneko tuned in Honchoshi, which is the traditional scale for the instrument. She crafted melodic patterns and improvised over them. Although she tuned for the traditional scale, she injected more groove and jazz rhythms to add an experimental flavor to this pack.
Chinese Guzheng with Melody Yan
The guzheng is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a history tracing back further than 2,500 years. With several playing techniques, its sounds can evoke the sense of a cascading waterfall, thunder, scenic countryside, and lush landscapes. At times, the versatile instrument sounds like a harp and sitar hybrid, yet uniquely identifiable with its own melodic qualities. Instrumentalist Melody Yan shares the stunning range of guzheng sounds in this Splice Originals pack.
Koto with Sumie Kaneko
Sumie (Sumi-é) Kaneko creates music that spans a millennium as a master in the traditional repertoire of the ancient instrument, koto. She also pioneered the use of the koto in jazz and experimental music through solo and group performances worldwide. She’s collaborated with artists such as Pulitzer Winner Paula Vogel, Gamelan Galak Tika’s Evan Zyporyn, RONIN's Nik Bärtsch, taiko artist Kenny Endo, Kaoru Watanabe, and gidayu-shamisen virtuoso Yumiko Tanaka. The koto is the national instrument of Japan. It has 13 strings that are usually strung over 13 movable bridges along the width of the instrument. The strings are plucked with three fingers and the bridges can be moved for varying pitches. The resulting sounds are both whimsical and grounded; airy and earthly, adding unique movement to any production.
Flutes of Japan with Kaoru Watanabe
As a follow up to Kaoru Watanabe’s Japanese Percussion pack, he returns to Splice sharing with all of us the mystic sounds of Japanese flutes. After spending a decade in Japan studying Japanese percussion and flutes and a grueling two-year apprenticeship, he became a member of the internationally acclaimed Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble Kodo. This experience led to a life of traveling the world playing these beautiful instruments and performing in esteemed venues like Carnegie Hall. This pack was recorded at the Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and features the sounds of a wide range of bamboo flutes played in traditional and contemporary styles.