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kumimonsterEverytime I hear Ryuichi Sakamoto is planning a tour I have to figure out where the stops are and where in the world I might possible be that coincides with at least one of the concert dates. If I'm not in town, then I figure out how to rearrange my schedule so I can catch a show.
Last year Playing the Piano/Out of Noise toured around Europe. This year it made it to North America with about only 10 stops including New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, some place I can't remember, and also San Francisco. It was also one of those "eco" type of tours where carbon emission offsetting was taken into consideration as well as sustainable energy or something like that.
This concert featured "lighter" versions of a lot of his popular (and fantastic) soundtrack pieces all performed on piano (Playing the Piano) and blends of electronic noise, piano, and the environment influenced sounds (Out of Noise). The visuals on the large screen behind accompanied everything by imbuing the stage in single vibrant shades of light or displaying computerized or enhanced shapes moving in a slow hypnotic performance.
Sometimes it's just a bit too minimalist or slow for me, I really do love the variety of what he creates and plays. I'm not a big fan of electronic music either. So far, I've been able to see the concerts with Alva Noto as well as the Morelenbaums (though that was bossa nova). And each concert is a treat and often has entertained and gone beyond what I expected.And just like my previous experiences, I was just as excited to witness this show.
Unfortunately, I was reminded that sometimes the audience and venue can completely ruin a show/performance.
To cut this short - really it's already too long - I'd like to thank the venue for making sure drinks were served throughout the performance, and for letting people bring their red plastic solo cups into the theater hall where they'd end up dropping them to the ground or kicking them across the floor repeatedly. The sound reverberates astonishingly well and it happened at least 10 times or so during the performance. Also, thanks to all those people in the audience that felt the need to get up to purchase drinks during the show, instead of taking care of that issue before the evening began. I realize that people get thirsty but really, I watched one man get up and leave at least 4 times during the less than 2 hour show. Normally at the symphony, when people got up to leave, it wasn't in between songs. The same for when they decided to return. Here, the audience or venue didn't seem to care. I probably don't need to mention the heavy steps and loud heel strikes on the wooden floors echoing through the hall did a great job of breaking the mood. Maybe I'm just used to symphony performances where ushers don't actually walk patrons to their seats during a show, instead, they make people wait for intermission or a pause.
Oh well. It was still worth going to see. I still anticipate going to whenever he decides to play again.
bah. add more later maybe.
Last year Playing the Piano/Out of Noise toured around Europe. This year it made it to North America with about only 10 stops including New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, some place I can't remember, and also San Francisco. It was also one of those "eco" type of tours where carbon emission offsetting was taken into consideration as well as sustainable energy or something like that.
This concert featured "lighter" versions of a lot of his popular (and fantastic) soundtrack pieces all performed on piano (Playing the Piano) and blends of electronic noise, piano, and the environment influenced sounds (Out of Noise). The visuals on the large screen behind accompanied everything by imbuing the stage in single vibrant shades of light or displaying computerized or enhanced shapes moving in a slow hypnotic performance.
Sometimes it's just a bit too minimalist or slow for me, I really do love the variety of what he creates and plays. I'm not a big fan of electronic music either. So far, I've been able to see the concerts with Alva Noto as well as the Morelenbaums (though that was bossa nova). And each concert is a treat and often has entertained and gone beyond what I expected.And just like my previous experiences, I was just as excited to witness this show.
Unfortunately, I was reminded that sometimes the audience and venue can completely ruin a show/performance.
To cut this short - really it's already too long - I'd like to thank the venue for making sure drinks were served throughout the performance, and for letting people bring their red plastic solo cups into the theater hall where they'd end up dropping them to the ground or kicking them across the floor repeatedly. The sound reverberates astonishingly well and it happened at least 10 times or so during the performance. Also, thanks to all those people in the audience that felt the need to get up to purchase drinks during the show, instead of taking care of that issue before the evening began. I realize that people get thirsty but really, I watched one man get up and leave at least 4 times during the less than 2 hour show. Normally at the symphony, when people got up to leave, it wasn't in between songs. The same for when they decided to return. Here, the audience or venue didn't seem to care. I probably don't need to mention the heavy steps and loud heel strikes on the wooden floors echoing through the hall did a great job of breaking the mood. Maybe I'm just used to symphony performances where ushers don't actually walk patrons to their seats during a show, instead, they make people wait for intermission or a pause.
Oh well. It was still worth going to see. I still anticipate going to whenever he decides to play again.
bah. add more later maybe.
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I'd like to see Ryuichi Sakamoto some time. I've never sought out a miovie because he did the soundtrack, yet he's done the soundtrack for a lot of movies I really love.