Name: Through The Looking Glass
Brand: Midori Takada

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ALIVE AG

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2017 Reedition

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Limited edition

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2017-03-17

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5336721

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Artist

Midori Takada

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Wrwtfww Records

Genre EU

Jazz

Midori Takada is a Japanese percussionist, born in Tokyo on December 21, 1951. With a unique style that blends traditional Japanese music with experimental and ambient sounds, Takada has become a renowned figure in the world of contemporary music. Her mesmerizing performances have captivated audiences around the globe.
Takada's music can be described as ethereal and atmospheric, creating immersive sonic landscapes that transport listeners to another realm. Influenced by artists such as Valentina Magaletti, David Edren, and Sofie Birch, she has carved out her own distinct sound that pushes boundaries and challenges conventions.
Throughout her career, Takada has collaborated with notable musicians including Pauline Oliveros, Roméo Poirier, and Oren Ambarchi. Her compositions have been praised for their intricate rhythms and haunting melodies. Whether performing solo or with other talented performers like Dream Dolphin or Jon Hassell, Takada never fails to leave a lasting impression on her audience.

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Recorded in a live setting and played with instruments conserved in the collections of the MEG Museum, Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter is Midori Takada’s very own rendition of "Nhemamusasa", a traditional work emblematic of the musical repertoire for mbira of the Shona of Zimbabwe, well known worldwide, thanks notably to its version by Paul F. Berliner included on the famed 1973 album The Soul of Mbira.The choice of this title by Midori Takada evokes the links between traditional African and contemporary music which are the foundation of this work, and it also translates the resolutely multicultural vision of the artist.Midori Takada explains: "African music is remarkable for its polyrhythms. Not only are there simultaneously several rhythmic motifs, sometimes as many as ten, but furthermore it may be that the part played by each musician has its own starting point and its own pace, all combining to form a cycle. All the cycles progress at the same time according to a single metrical structure which functions as a reference point, but which is not played by any one person from beginning to end. The structure emerges out of the multi-level parts, all different. With the Shona, the musical system is based on the polymelody: one performs simultaneously several melodic lines which are superimposed, each having its own rhythmic organization. It is truly captivating. In Western classical music, one four-beat rhythm induces some precise temporal framework and regular reference points, which come on the strong beats 1 and 3. But in the logic of the Shona musical system, and in other African music, the melody can begin in the very middle of the cycle and be continued up to some other place in an autonomous manner, as if it had its own personality. It’s very rich."The album comes with in-depth liner notes that include an interview with Midori Takada, a point of view by Zimbabwean scholar, musician and activist Forward Mazuruse, and background information on the project by Isabel Garcia Gomez and Madeleine Leclair from MEG Museum.The sleeve features an artwork by celebrated Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera.

Through The Looking Glass

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