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15 August 2008 HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell)'s debut album 'Dune' is getting a lot of excellent reviews! Here are the links to these: Downtown Music Gallery Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room All Music (same review as Billboad)
30 July 2008 Due to Hugh Hopper's health condition, HUMI Japan tour is now postponed. It is not possible for Hugh to take long haul flights this autumn.
Yumi is going to do solo Japan tour in November. Dates and venues will be announced shortly. Yumi will perform a short set at Downtown Music Gallery in New York on Tuesday 7th October, 7pm.
13 June 2008 HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) Dune in June Japan Tour is now postponed to October/November, but Yumi will perform as solo on some dates. Please check out www.myspace.com/humimyspace (English) or www.myspace.com/humimyspacejapanese (Japanese) for updates. Yumi's solo dates for 'Tokyo Summer Festival' (4-6 July) remain unchanged.
16 May 2008 HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) debut CD Dune is out now via MoonJune website. It will be available during the Japan tour, and UK and US release to follow as planned. "It is a treat, indeed. On "Long Dune," Hugh's bass has a warm, thick, lovely sound along with Yumi's sparse, selective piano. When Yumi's wordless voice enters, it adds a sublime, spooky ambiance. On "Shiranui," Hugh stacks up layers of fuzz, distinctly distorted and rich-toned bass(es) in a most astonishing way with Yumi's superb piano floating on top. Hugh alters the sound of his bass on each piece, the sound is consistently fascinating. In a way, this disc is like a second part to Hugh's first solo bass album, '1984,' perhaps not nearly as frightening, but as intense nonetheless. Hugh continues to be the master of loops and does an amazing job of selecting just the right snips of sounds to loop and alter in different ways. Occasionally ominous, yet consistently mesmerizing." (Bruce Lee Galanter) “From soothing moments of calm reflection to jagged swipes at the psyche, the collective voices of HUMI form textures, moods, improvisation and formal compositions into a cohesive, expressive language. Beyond the confines of genre, there's an eloquent, spellbinding quality that arises when two risk-taking players go exploring. Subtle, exotic and eloquent, don't expect anything obvious from Hugh Hopper and Yumi Hara Cawkwell.” (Sid Smith)
9 April 2008 HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) debut CD will be released in June from MoonJune to coincide the Japan Tour. US and UK release to follow. HUMI will be performing at EAST Showcase on 11th June at Soho Thatre. 'Cicadas Project/Playsongs Now', Yumi's solo performance with workshop participants will be presented at Mon'naka Tenjo Hall on 6th July, part of Tokyo Summer Festival 2008.
10 March 2008 Yumi is currently writing a new piece for toy pianos, scheduled to be performed on 12 April 2008 at The Space, London, by Kate Ryder, part of 'Enterprise 08' series. Yumi has recently been commissioned to write a new piece for clarinet and piano by Carol Minor, as part of the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra’s Musicbridge series (Glens Falls, state of New York) in october 2008.
6 February 2008 HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) Japan Tour Dates: Fri 20 June Osaka Psychedelic Bar Soft Machine HUMI MySpace HUMI MySpace (Japanese) 21 January 2008 Yumi's new piece 'Wrapped Box 25/4 Lid (with Ribbons)', based on 'Box 25/4 Lid' by Mike Ratledge and Hugh Hopper from Soft Machine First is going to be performed at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, on 8th Feb 2008. This is specially written for Delta Saxophone Quartet's current Soft Machine themed project, and it will be performed by DSQ, Hugh Hopper (bass) and Yumi Hara Cawkwell (piano). Watch video
20 December 2007 Everyday Can be Christmas, a christmas song Yumi wrote in ca.1995 (words by Brendan Beals) has been uploaded on Yumi's MySpace. Yumi is writing a new arrangement for Delta Saxophone Quartet, for their current Soft Machine themed project, a new piece for toy piano for Kate Ryder. HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) will be touring Japan in June 2008.
3 December 2007 Vaseline Towers gig on 30th November 2007 at the Klinker South has been cancelled due to Pheecle Debbry's illness. Get well soon! HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) debut performance videos have been uploaded. Please visit HUMI MySpace or here (the same section as the Resonance FM broadcast) and here. A video footage from Yumi's Japan tour in September has also been uploaded, entitled 'Improv: Flawless and Purple Fluff'. Performed at Progressive Rock Live and Cafe 'Songs' in Isesaki, Japan, with MEW (drums), Ejiri (bass) and Teruhiro Shiojima (Guitar)
26 November 2007 More HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) news: HUMI's debut performance at Club Integral on the 1st Nov went extremely well, and an excerpt from the live recording of the gig was broadcast on Resonance FM (104.4 FM Central London and www.resonance.com for anywhere in the world) on 22nd Nov. Some photos from the gig by Sean Kelly are found on HUMI MySpace, and video will be uploaded soon! Yumi's academic site at the University of East London has been revamped. Michael Bonaventure will be performing Yumi's organ piece 'Hibernal' on 9th Dec at All Saints Blackheath, 5.15pm. His performance of the piece at the Union Chapel can be viewed here. 16 October 2007 It has been very busy autumn for Yumi. Yumi visited Japan in September to attend a preparatory symposium for Aichi International Art Festival 2010 as a member of the panel, and did several performances. The details of the performances are in Yumi's blog in her Myspace. Some footage will appear there shortly. HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) As soon as its MySpace went online, HUMI, a new collaboration with Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine, Soft Machine Legacy, Isotope, etc), is getting a huge response!! Currently only four short segments from recent recording session can be heard there, but CD enquires from labels and audience are flooding in! On 22nd October, some longer recordings will be played on Resonance FM http://resonancefm.com/listen worldwide or 104.4FM in Central London, 19.00-20.00 UK time. The debut gig is at Club Integral, 1st November 2007, Canterbury Arms, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, LONDON SW9. Incidentally, Hugh Hopper and David Cross will be performing with Clearlight drummer Chris Stassinopoulos on 18 & 19 January 2008 in Athens. Because of this, Yumi, being in collaboration with both David and Hugh, is talked about in What's Rattlin'? (Canterbury music related forum)! David Cross & Yumi Hara Cawkwell MySpace appeared as a news item at DGM Live News (King Crimson website). Vaseline Towers autumn date 30th November 2007 at the Klinker South (The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, LONDON SE15) Yumi as Photographer-more news! More musicians are using photos taken by Yumi. Photos taken at The Producers' gig at Jazz Cafe, 24th July, are used at Chris Braide's MySpace, and a photo of Dylan Howe can be found at his MySpace. For more photos, including the latest ones taken at Bill Bruford & PianoCircus on 21 September, please visit Yumi's photography MySpace. Groove Study Mega Mix Unplugged (meaning played by six acoustic grand pianos) is going to be performed again by PianoCircus on 6th November at Rome University, Italy.
5 June 2007 Photographer debut! Yumi has been incredibly busy doing lots of gigs (including her niece's wedding in Tokyo...she played 'And You And I' on the organ for bride's entry!), writing music and teaching this spring......also taking photos!! Please visit www.stevehowe.com Two stage photos of Steve Howe Trio are taken by Yumi during their UK tour. More photos can be found at www.myspace.com/stevehowetrio The main image, all live photos (View My Pics section) and videos are by Yumi. Also the first photo appears in the slide show in Steve's MySpace www.myspace.com/guitarrondo Until recently she had been busy being taken photos (see Films & modelling page), but Yumi used to take a lot of photographs and got some awards in baseball photography in Japan in the late '80s.
Yumi as performer dates: Yumi will make two appearances at The Union Chapel in June following the success of solo performance in March. On Friday 15th June, Yumi (voice, organ, found sound) will perform with David Cross, ex-King Crimson electric violinist. There will be solos and duos. David's MySpace On Saturday 23rd June, Yumi will perform with Michael Bonaventure (organ), plus Alquimia will perform a short set at the beginning. Yumi and Michael are currently developing a large scale work. This performance includes some 'try-outs' from the project. And of course, please expect some renditions of classic prog. Yumi's solo performance of 'I Talk To The Wind' is now on YouTube and already viewed by nearly a thousand people. watch video Both of the above: 12.30 open and tea/coffee, biscuits are served, 13.00 performance start
Yumi as dancer date: Believe it or not, another Frank Chickens date is confirmed... Yumi will be performing as a dancer in two tunes with Frank Chickens at West End Live 07, Leicester Square, 24 June 2.15 pm
And Yumi as composer dates: Pandora Ensemble has taken Yume no Yo ni (In This World of Dreams) for piano trio into their repertoire, originally written for Trio Japan and premiered back in 2001 and a CD is released in Japan. They will perform this gagaku-inspired piece (oh, yes, I did that back in those days...), based on Ryokan's tanka (oh, yes, I do admit I did that!) at Hellenic Centre on 22 June. University of East London will launch Matrix East Research Lab (multimedia research centre with gallery space including loads of monitor screens with multi-channel projection capability), and Yumi's pieces for harpsichord, electronics and video will be performed by Jane Chapman at the launch evening on 26th June. Unfortunately, electronic keyboard instead of harpsichord this time. Pieces include Points of Departure Remix (based on Simon Emmerson's piece with video by VJ Gesuidoh) and Molecular Dance (video by Miwa). [cancelled: these videos now can be seen on YouTube, via DJ Anakonda Myspace] And Yumi will be back in Corsham Festival!! Keynote+ (Kate Ryder & Jane Chapman) will perform Luminous for prepared piano & amplified clavichord on 29th June. They premiered this piece last autumn and they performed recently at UC Berkeley, using harpsichord instead of clavichord, and it has been reported that it also sounded lovely.
ALL THE DETAILS OF THE ABOVE ARE UPDATED IN YUMI'S MYSPACE www.myspace.com/yumiharacawkwell
12 February 2007 A lot of gigs are coming up this spring. Solo voice performance dates: Solo voice performance at The Klinker South (Thursday 15th February at The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, SE15, doors open 8.30pm - £5/£3 concessions). Yumi will perform a voice improvisation set based on Japanese lullabies and children's songs with pre-recorded found sound: waterfall, street noise, temple bells and cicadas... www.klinkerclub.info Similar solo performance has been confirmed at East@West Wing Festival, Slough on Sat 3rd March 2007. California mini tour: Wed 4 April 2007 at University of California San Diego Yumi (vo) performs with Reiko Manabe, award winning flautist. Sat 7 April 2007 at 21 Grand Improvised performance with Jon Raskin, Liz Albee, Gino Robair. Sun 8 April 2007 at Sacramento Audio Waffle at Del Paso Works Solo Thu 12 April 2007 at Luggage Store Gallery Solo
Oh, Frank Chickens are back...: Yumi will be performing as a dancer in two tunes with Frank Chickens Fri 16 February 2007, 8pm at The Shunt! Lounge Yumi performs in the 11pm set. Another set from 8pm. Be there early to avoid disappointment. Sun 18 February, 8pm at Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House Yumi will be performing two songs as a dancer with Frank Chickens. Yumi Hara Cawkwell (as composer) dates: Thu 8 March 2007 at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London Kiku Day will premiere 3 pieces written for her and the ji-nashi shakuhachi specifically by Yumi Hara Cawkwell (Nota Bene, 2007), Mogens Christensen and Gabriel Erkoreka. Part of the SOAS Concert series. Kiku Day: amplified shakuhachi Keith Howard: amplified clavichord Wed 25 April 2007 at St Olave's Church
Lemon Squeezer dates: Thu 15 March 2007, 8.30pm at The Klinker South (Nunhead) at The Ivy House Hideously gorgeous funky disco & MOR unplugged with newly developed repertoire of prog rock and electro. Lemon Squeezer: Yumi Hara (vo, piano, battery driven Casio keyboard) and Matt Scott (accordion, piano, voice). Lo-tech duo performs their favourites such as Je T'aime Moi Non Plus and Couid It Be Magic, plus prog, proto-prog and post-prog interpretations. Mon 14 May 2007 at The Klinker at the Vortex Yumi Hara (vo, piano, battery driven Casio keyboard) and Matt Scott (accordion, piano, voice) plus special guests.
6 January 2007 Yumi is going to present a paper at Music of Japan Today, UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County), 30-31 March. Several gig dates are being booked in California in April. Watch this space! 25 December 2006 Vaseline Towers new date is now confirmed: Thursday 11th January at The Klinker (South) @ The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Rd, SE15, doors open 8.30pm - £5/£3 concessions. Yumi will sing several songs. 21 December 2006 Vaseline Towers at The Klinker (North) on the 26th December 2006 has been cancelled due to the venue problem. It may be rescheduled to the Klinker (South) in January...watch this space! 19 December 2006 Last minute booking! Yumi will sing several songs with Vaseline Towers at The Klinker (North) on the 26th December 2006. Yumi (DJ Anakonda) will be DJing before and after PianoCircus performance at 93 FeetEast on the 17th January 2007. Expect gorgeous mix of Minimalist and Prog. Yumi's MySpace is now up and running! There are some audio and video clips too!
4 November 2006 THE BRITISH COMPOSER AWARDS 2006 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED on the 2nd of November. Yumi's work for two pianos, commissioned by Kate Ryder and David Appleton, supported by the PRS Foundation, That is SO a Good Look: 1. Very Prada, Darling has been nominated in instrumental solo and duo category. The British Composer Awards enters its fourth year of celebrating, rewarding and profiling the work of classical composers in the UK and Northern Ireland. The Awards will take place on Friday 24th November at the Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank. On the same evening, the BBC Concert Orchestra will perform a programme of music by contemporary British composers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and both the Awards ceremony and the concert will feature in a BBC Radio 3 broadcast on Monday 27th November. http://www.britishacademy.com/awards/britishcomposerawards/2006/nominations.htm
Luminous for prepared piano and amplified clavichord was premiered by Kate Ryder and Jane Chapman at bmic Cutting Edge, 26th October, The Warehouse. The concert was sold out!! 2 October 2006 Yumi has completed Luminous for prepared piano and amplified clavichord, commissioned by Kate Ryder and Jane Chapman, supported by the Gen Foundation. Yumi handpicked lovely hair grabs, handbag with metallic chain strap, and bracelets to prepare the piano, and metallic lipstick container will be used to play inside clavichord... They will be captured by a video camera and projected so that the audience can see what is going on inside the piano. Preview at Morley College on 17th October, and proper premiere at bmic Cutting Edge, 26th October, The Warehouse, 7.30pm. About The Cutting Edge concert above, Kate Ryder speaks to David Francis, senior producer of Contemporary Music Network, in spnm New Notes October issue (on the cover, it says 0906 for some reason), p. 07. Kate & Jane will lead a workshop at Royal Academy of Music on Monday 13th November. Hibernal for organ was performed by Michael Bonaventure at Sheffield Cathedral on 29th September. Another performance is scheduled on Monday 23rd, 1pm, at Southwark Cathedral, London. Shakuhachi and clavichord piece commissioned by Kiku Day: premiere date has been confirmed: Thursday 8th March 2008 at SOAS. Yumi will be performing at Dennis Austin tribute gig on Friday 20th October at the Klinker (North). 3 September 2006 Lemon Squeezer (Yumi Hara & Matt Scott) autumn date is confirmed: Tuesday 12th September 2006 at The Klinker (north). Yumi took part in 'Karaoke Cabaret Lounge' presented by Kazuko Hohki & Frank Chickens at HOME event at The Theatre Museum, Covent Garden on 2nd September 2006, as a karaoke judge with Kazumi Taguchi (one of the original Frank Chickens), also sang 'Heart of Glass' by Blondie. The Frank Chickens performance was done by the third incarnation of Frank Chickens (Kazuko, Chika Nakagawa, Ray Hogan) plus Ricca Kawai (from the fourth incarnation) and some new recruits. It seems like it was the end of the fourth incarnation of Frank Chickens, and members from that era, such as Akiko Sato, Tomoko Minamizaki, Kinue Kato and Yumi are now becoming ex-member of Frank Chickens, although there was no consultation to these personnel. 18 August 2006 Yumi will be guest presenting ONKYODO, a programme of Japanese underground/alternative music, at Resonance 104.4 FM (central London), also at www.resonancefm.com (worldwide), on Tuesday 22nd August 8pm-9.30pm.
8 August 2006 New organ piece Hibernal (I. Climbing up the Frozen Waterfall, II. Light of the Distant Sun, III. Frost) will be premiered by Michael Bonaventure at All Saints Blackheath, Sun 13 Aug 2006, 5.30pm, free entry. A rare performance as vocal and keyboard with Chris Biscoe (Cl, Fl) and Pete Flood (dr, perc, Farmyard Animals) at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Thu 24 Aug 2006, 1.00pm, free entry. This gig is dedicated to Dennis Austin (perc) who died on 23rd July, was going to perform with us. Yumi will be DJ-ing for 'Onkyodo' at Resonance FM, one of Tuesdays in August. Watch this space. 3 August 2006 Yumi has been appointed as Lecturer in Music at the University of East London. She will be teaching music theory, performance and production, improvisation and composition from September 2006. Would like to study with Yumi? Go to www.uel.ac.uk. Music programme is in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, and the undergraduate programme is called 'Music and Culture: Theory and Production'. Yumi is currently writing a new piece for prepared piano and clavichord for Kate Ryder and Jane Chapman. Expect innovative use of feminine everyday objects for these instruments. Yumi is going to start a big project for pipe organ and electric guitar, with possibly saxophones, percussion and choir. Please see more details for new pieces in the Performance Dates page. |
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