We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Jo Ha Kyu

by Gaspar Klaus

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

1.
Jo Ha Kyu 33:18
2.
3.

about

CD/LP available directly from Imprec.com

Modern Japanese culture is colored, in part, by ancestral shades. Where other countries are willing to forget their past as they move forward, Japan values local tradition over global culture.

Japanese tradition is clearly evident in the music of the Japanese avant-garde. One can easily detect that they belong to the great tradition of Japanese music which continues through them.

Jo-ha-kyu is a concept of modulation and movement applied in a wide variety of traditional Japanese arts. Roughly translated to "beginning, break, rapid," it essentially means that all actions or efforts should begin slowly, speed up, and then end swiftly. Jo-Ha-Kyu has been used in many aspects of Japanese culture including writing music, dance, theater, literature and even floral arrangement or tea service.

Tradition belongs more to the present than the past.

For three weeks Parisian cellist and composer Gaspar Claus met with traditional and modern Japanese musicians in a Tokyo studio to record Jo Ha Kyu. Performing with Claus on this piece are:

credits

released February 4, 2021

Eiko Ishibashi (voice, piano, drums)
Keiji Haino (voice)
Kakushin Nishihara (voice, satsuma biwa)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (piano)
Hiromichi Sakamoto (electric cello)
Sachiko M (sine wave)
Otomo Yoshihide (turntable)
Leonard Eto (wadaiko)
Kazutoki Umezu (tenor saxophone)
Kazuki Tomokawa (voice, guitar)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

imprec Massachusetts

The character conveyed most often in Important releases isn't style but substance, with a personal and emotional depth that makes the label easy to understand but difficult to explain.

contact / help

Contact imprec

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Jo Ha Kyu, you may also like: