Limited
edition disks are back in stock! Many
people had asked me to reissue limited edition CDRs,
so I was going to make them available at my OTO
residency in June 2020, but now it has been
postponed to 26-27 June 2021, so I decided to make
them available now:
18
July Wakayama, LURU
HALLwith
Fatern 19 July Osaka, Mrs
Dolphin
with Les Animaux, Izumo Makiko, Fatern and Emmy★Kunocovic 20 July Yumi
Hara Birthday Live Streaming (worldwide, starts at 8pm Japan time, 12 noon UK
time)
with Tatsuya Yoshida, Natsuki Kido, Toshiaki Sudoh,
Miwazow, Wataru Ohkuma, Itoken, Rie Takeuchi.
This is a 'behind-closed-door-no-live-audience',
'free-to-view' worldwide streaming, so, donations
most welcome!! Performance details here
*Yumi Hara
2nd solo album launch + retrospective 2-day
residency at Cafe OTO, 27-28 June 2020 has now been
postponed exactly one year to 26-27 June 2021.
THE WATTS, Jump for Joy!, Itako Sisters, Sonic
Rituals duo, Lindsay Cooper Songbook Alone+, Yumi
Solo materials+Canterbury Favorites, DJ Marina Organ
(The Other Rock Show/Resonance FM) and DJ Kyle
McCallum (Extra Normal Records/Contra Pop) are
confirmed.
26
October 2019
*THE WATTS (Yumi
Hara, Tim Hodgkinson, Chris Cutler) debut CD Decoherence
out now!!
*THE WATTS
Japan Tour 2019 dates now confirmed. Please visit gig
dates page.
*Yumi
Hara 2nd solo album launch + retrospective
2-day residency at Cafe OTO, 27-28
June 2020[POSTPONED to 26-27 June
2021] has been
announced.
THE WATTS, Jump for Joy!, Itako Sisters, Sonic
Rituals duo, Lindsay Cooper Songbook Alone+, Yumi
Solo materials+Canterbury Favorites are confirmed so
far, more TBC
12
February 2019
*The
Lindsay Cooper Songbook group
regret to announce that for the forthcoming concerts in
March, Dagmar will not be performing with us. This is
due to a serious back condition from which she needs
more time to recover. Stepping in as lead vocalist is
Atsuko Kamura, whose work we have admired for many
years. Kamura began in music in the 80's as vocalist and
bassist of Mizutama Shobodan (Polka Dot Fire Brigade),
the first feminist punk band in Japan. She toured the US
with Tenko
as the Honeymoons, joined the Frank Chickens in London,
and the anglo-Japanese jazz progressive rock band
Setsubun Bean Unit, and initiated projects such as I am
a Kamura, with Robert Storey, and Kamura Obscura.
Throughout her work she has maintained clear political,
feminist, and ecological positions, campaigning recently
against nuclear power, following the Fukushima disaster
in Japan.
3
February 2019
*Lindsay
Cooper Songbook will celebrate International Women's
Day 2019. Performance full tour dates have been
announced:
7 March 2019: 'Canterbury Sans Frontiéres
presents Lindsay Cooper Songbook' Lindsay Cooper
Songbook, Free
Range, Garage
Coffee @ Fruitworks, 1-2 Jewry Lane, Canterbury,
CT2 2NR, 7.30pm
8 March 2019: Lindsay Cooper Songbook
celebrates International Women's Day,
[opening: THE WATTS, Chloe Herington solo, Mitsuru
Nasuno solo] Cafe
OTO [buy tickets], 18–22 Ashwin street,
Dalston, London, E8 3DL
9 March 2019: Lindsay Cooper Songbook,
Bonn, Germany,
Dialograum Kreuzung an St. Helena Bornheimer Straße 130,
53119 Bonn http://www.kreuzung-helena.de/home/
10 March 2019: Lindsay Cooper Songbook, Münster,
Germany, Theater
im Pumpenhaus Gartenstraße 123, 48147 Münster https://www.pumpenhaus.de/
31 Jan
2019
*'Prince
to Nihon, 4EVER IN MY LIFE' (Prince &
Japan, Japanese Language, Shinko Music) has been
published today. Including my interview. I formed
Japanese Official Prince Fan Club in the '80s, so.
25
December 2018
*THE WATTS will
be performing as one of the opening acts for Lindsay
Cooper Songbook celebrating International Women's Day
2019, 8
March 2019 at
Cafe OTO, London. Other acts include Chloe Herington
solo and Mitsuru Nasuno solo. buy
tickets
Half the Sky
will be playing in UK and Germany in June 2017 for the
first time!
4 Oct 2016
Jump for Joy!
and Half the Sky successfully completed Rock in
Opposition 2016 performances. We had overwhelming
responses, thank you so much for everyone there!
Jump for Joy's debut album 'Bat Pullover' CD is now ready
to ship from ReR
and Disk
Union (Japan), LP to follow soon.
Half the Sky Tokyo dates have been announced, 30
Nov-2 Dec 2016 and workshop on 4 Dec
Meanwhile, Yumi will be on solo and collaborations tour
in Japan, 21-31 Oct, please see gig
dates page for details.
31 May
2016
Tim
Hodgkinson and Yumi Hara will be joining Marina
Organ's THE OTHER ROCK SHOW at Resonance
FM on 5 June 2016, 9-10pm BST
22 May 2016
Yumi will be playing the harp
for Tony Lowe's ESP project recording and launch concert
on 11 Nov at 229 The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, W1W
5PN
new date: Yumi will be
performing at Club Integral at I'klectik on 6 July
with
Yuki Kaneko
(Indian style violin), Naomi Motomura (g), Poulomi Desai
(sitar, electronics). absolutuly eclectic four women
perform uncategolisable!! more info
4 May
2016
New gig dates...more to be
confirmed...
16
June 2016, UEL Practice as Research event series #1
Tim
Hodgkinson Music and the Myth of Wholeness: toward a
new aesthetic paradigmbook launch, talk & performance with Dr Yumi Hara
and Dr Guy Harriesmore info
17
June 2016, I'klectik
Tim
Hodgkinson, Yumi Hara, Geraldine Swayne +more TBCmore
info
29 April 2016, Clear
Spot, Creativeworks Festival (Resonance FM,
archived) [Convection 1, for piano with PNOscan,
electronics progrmmed by Guy Harries, performed by Kate
Ryder, introduced by John Sloboda, from 16:38]
8 April 2016
New
gig dates: 13 April 2016, University of East London,
with Patrick Evans, Yumi will play the harp
20 April
2016, Cafe OTO, with Guy Harries,
Sonic Rituals set
29 April
2016, Kings College Chapel, First performance of Yumi’s
new piece for piano with PNOscan and electronics,
performed by Kate Ryder, electronics programming by Guy
Harries
10
February 2016
Jump for Joy! live recording at Gothenburg will be
broadcast on 16 Feb on Swedish Radio.
21 January 2016
Jump for Joy! and Half the Sky will be performing at RIO
2016, 17 Sept and 18 Sept consecutively.
Half the Sky's new lineup has been announced: Dagmar
Krause and Chlöe
Herington, bsn and sax from Knifeworld will be joining
in
10
December 2015
Half the Sky and Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara Japan tour
has been completed successfully.
Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara will perform Chris's
instruction piece and other pieces with students of
University of East London on Wed 3 Feb 2016, 1pm, at
University Square Stratford building
22 September
2015
Tracks from LOGOSby The
Artaud Beats were broadcast on Late
Junction, BBC Radio 3 and Battiti, RAI
Radio 3 (Italy) recently.
'Madamme 0' from CD Poesy at Play
by you me & us was broadcast on NHK-FM and Chris
Cutler and Yumi's messages were read during tribute to
Daevid Allen section of a special all day prog programme
on 21 Sept. You can listen here
Guy Harries & Yumi Hara will be playing on
Minesweeper boat on 27 Sept as part of Creek Festival II,
and 17 Oct, part of Classwar Karaoke event
Yumi Hara & Sato Yukie and Dollhouse Residents will
be on Japan Tour 24 Oct-1 Nov.
'Half the Sky: Music of Lindsay Cooper' 3-5 Dec in
Japan. Yumi Hara, Chris Cutler, Keiko Komori, Yuriko
Mokoujima, Miwazou Kogure, Wataru Ohkuma, Mitsuru Nasuno
will play new arrangements of pieces written by Lindsay
Cooper for Henry Cow and News from Babel.
Yumi will make guest appearance
on Interesting Alternative Show at Phoenix FM
hosted by Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi on Mon 6
July 2015, 10pm-midnight BST. You can listen
online at:
on Fri 10 July 2015, Guy Harries & Yumi Hara
will do a studio live performance for a radio
programme hosted by Graham Dunning (details TBC)
on Wed 15 July 2015, Yumi Hara, Tim Hodgkinson, Guy Harries
(more TBC) will be performing and perhaps DJ sets at
Yumi's almost birthday event
(details TBC)
Wheels within Wheels, new live and
location recording album by Guy Harries &
Yumi Hara will be released from Sombre
Soniks on 23 July. It will be digital distribution,
but we will make limited number of CDRs too which are
better sound quality.
Japanese version of LOGOS by The
Artaud Beats will be released on 1 July from DiskUnion.
This is the same disk and jacket as original version, with
Japanese obi and liner notes attached.
Jump for Joy!
band is back: Yumi Hara, Geoff Leigh, Chris
Cutler, Zappi, Jean-Herve Peron and Geraldine Swayne
will be playing at Jazz Is Dangerous, Jazz Är Farligt, one
day jazz festival, at Taubescenen, Liseberg Amusement
Park, Gothenburg on 12 Aug.
Keiji Haino, Slynkören, Baby
Grandmothers + Slowgold have also been confirmed.
19 May
2015
LOGOS, the first studio recording CD
album by The Artaud Beats (Geoff Leigh, Yumi
Hara, Chris Cutler, John Greaves) will be
launched on 5 June 2015 at Le Triton, near Paris.
29 April 2015
Venue change for 10 May
Club Integral gig due to unforeseen
circumstances,
now it
is at The Others. please see gig
dates page for details
Tim
Hodgkinson is also performing with us!
Chris Cutler,
Yumi Hara, Geoff Leigh, Tim hodgkinson, Kengo Sakamoto and
Kazuya Uechi will be playing in various
combinations and all together
Yumi will be making a guest appearance at Club
Integral Radio Show, Resonance FM on 6
May, 9.30-10.30pm
Special website is now uploaded for 8 May 'Music Culture
in Okinawa and RIO' performance and Talk event (Chris
Cutler, Yumi Hara, Kengo Sakamoto, Kazuya Uechi)
http://rioaj.okinawa/main/
28 March 2015
New gig date announced, please see gig
dates page for details
Sun 10 May
2015, Chris
Cutler & Yumi Hara with Kengo Sakamoto and
Kazuya Uechi + Geoff Leigh, Club Integral at
The Others (please note venue change)
My old score 'Yume no Yo ni' for violin,
cello and piano, was featured alongside notable women
composers and sound artists in the 'Celebrating
International Women's Day with British Music Collection'
online exhibition curated by Poulomi Usurp Desai
for Sound and Music featured on the
Google Cultural Institute web site. Although my
main musical activities until mid-2000s used to be writing
for other performers, Poulomi knew me as more like
avant-rock performer/improviser, so, Poulomi says:
'when I found your score, I was very pleased and
astonished! And it is because of all the other musics you
are involved with that it made sense with what my original
ideas were'
other featured women composers, sound artists, sound
magicians and conductors: Alwynne Pritchard,
Angela Morley, Anna Friz, Claudia Molitor, Diana
Burrell, Errollyn Wallen, Ethel Leginska, Ethel Smyth,
Feminist Improvising Group, Iris Garrelfs Janet Beat, Jo
Thomas, Judith Weir, Ain Bailey, Lindsay Cooper, Magz
Hall, Michelle Marie Lewis-King, Nicola LeFanu, Phyllis
Tate, Polystyrene, Priti Paintal, La Horrox, Rebecca
Saunders, Riot Grrrls, Riz Maslen, Shirley J. Thompson
So, you can imagine how I felt when I found my name
together with Lindsay...I am so honoured...
Daevid Allen
has departed from this planet on 13 March, but he is
always with us.
Chris and Yumi are
planning to make DVD from 2013 Japan tour for the people
who have 'rain check' from 2014 Japan tour.
New gig dates announced,
please see gig dates page
for details
Tue 26 May, I'm going to play
with David Cross
(ex-King Crimson, violin), David Jackson
(ex-VdGG, saxophones) and Tony Lowe
(guitar) as 'David Cross and Friends' for Starless
Starlight CD launch event at The Bedford in
Balham. I have played with David Cross in 2007, and
released an album 'Dream of the Gryllidae' with Tony Lowe
in 2010, but this will be the first occasion to play with
David Jackson.
And long awaited The
Artaud Beats date in Europe at Le triton
on Fri 5 June.
3 February 2015
New gig dates announced, I will
have some guests from Japan this year:
11
March 2015, Haco, Guy
Harries & Yumi Hara, Black Box Studio, University of
East London, 6.30pm. Haco will give a lecture, then we
all play together.
8 May 2015, Chris
Cutler & Yumi Hara with Kengo
Sakamoto (b, Koenji Hyakkei) and Kazuya
GACHA Uechi (b),
Stratford Circus, part of FUEL, London,7.30-9pm. We will
play an improvised set, then there will be a panel
discussion about music making in Okinawa with regards to
the importance of venues as nuturing space in comparison
to London.
28 January
2015
Yumi started to do recording with
Chris Cutler for
her second solo album.
16 December 2014
you me & us
London Live CDR (hand-drawing replicated version) is back in stock
12 Nov, Okinawa,
Urasoe, GROOVE, with Kengo Sakamoto (b, Koenjihyakkei),
Dai Uchu Tamago
13 Nov, Kobe, BIG
APPLE, The Artaud Beats
14 Nov, Tokyo,
Sendagi, new BAR ISSHEE, Talk & Performance with
Takashi Seo (db)
15 Nov, Tokyo, O-EAST, RIO JAPAN,
The Artaud Beats
21 July 2014
Guy Harries & Yumi Hara
will perform at eXperimental
electronics on 7 August at THE CASTLE
(Upstairs), 44 commercial road, London E1 1LN, and Migro
night at St 51, on 6 September
16 June 2014
The Artaud
Beats will perform for the first time in the UK
at Fort
Process Festival, Newhaven, East Sussex,
UK (13 Sept).
Chris
Cutler & Yumi Hara have completed the Japan tour
with incredible collaborators wishing Daevid's quick
recovery.
Daevid had
operation on 11 June successfully.
20
May 2014
Due to sudden illness, Daevid
Allen can not take part in Japan tour of you me &
us, but Chris Cutler and Yumi Hara decided to go ahead
without Daevid as he wanted us to do so. By hearing this
news, we got incredible number of musicians to play with
us wishing Daevid's quick recovery, including Alfred
Harth (CASSIBER etc), Mitsuru Nasuno (Korekyojin,
Altered States), Kazutoki Umezu (KIKI Band etc), HACO
(After Dinner etc), Ryoko Ono (Sax Ruins) and we call it
'Get Well Soon, Daevid! tour'.
We will issue
Rain Cheque (1000 yen worth) with message from Daevid and
drawing for all members of audience which can be used
against next you me & us Japan tour when Daevid is
back. And you can write 'Get Well Soon' message on a
special notebook we carry during the tour, and we will
pass it to Daevid.
(Hiroshima date only) The first 10 members of audience
will receive 'angel bear' handmade by the organiser, and
the bears are kissed by the lion puppet which Daevid gave
Yumi.
Alfred Harth (ex-CASSIBER, as, pocket
trumpet, KAOSS pad) and Sato Yukie, will tour with Chris
Cutler & Yumi Hara, upon hearing Daevid Allen's ill
health. As Alfred had already left CASSIBER when they did
the legendery Japan Tour in 92, so this will be the first
ever performance in Japan for both Alfred and Chris play
together.
There will be three talk events by Chris
Cutler & Yumi Hara during their forthcoming Japan
tour: Yamaguchi (25 May), Aomori (1 June) and Akihabara (2
June)
you me & us CD 'Live in Japan' (title
TBC) will be released at the beginning of forthcoming
Japan tour (23 May-4 June), remastered by Bob Drake.
23 May
Tokyo Flying Teapot
'Daevid, Get Well Soon!Night'
With Mito (Clammbon, b) Atsushi Asano (Zypressen,
b) Rie Miyazaki (ex-Marble Sheep, Mammmal Machine,
Dollhouse Residents, b)
open 18.30/start 19.30, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+500
JPY drink order required)
03-5999-7971 http://www.geocities.jp/flyingteapot1997/index.html
*We will play Canterbury favourites and some Gong material
Possible tunes are:
As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still, O Caroline, Master
Builder, Outer Temple, Hope for Happiness, Box 25/4 Lid,
We Did it Again, Dedicated to You, Moon in June, Sea Song,
Shipbuilding, Dynamite, Slice
24 May Oumi Hachiman Sakedelic Space Shuyukan Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara DUO open 17.30/start 18.00, 3500JPY adv/4000 JPY door
(with drink)
After party 3000JPY (booking required)
0748-32-2054 http://www.shuyukan.com/
*We will play Canterbury favourites, Yumi's material,
improv
*lower ticket prices than originally advertised, so there
will be no Rain Check giveaway, but you can get one by
paying the original price if you wish to do so
25 May Yamaguchi Yuda Onsen ORGAN'S MELODY
Talk and Performance with SALONDORANGE
talk open 16.30/start 17.00, performance open 19.00/start
19.30,
Talk & performance: 6000 JPY
performance only 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (drink order
required) http://organs.exblog.jp/
booking and enq: SALONDORANJU MUSIC 0839-280-389
salondoranjumusi@csc.jp
26 May Iwakuni ROCK COUNTRY
with Alfred Harth and Sato Yukie support: Yoshio Kobayashi
open 19.00/start 19.30, 3500JPY adv/4000 JPY door (+drink
order required)
0827-22-6655 rockcountry@rockcountry.info http://www.rockcountry.info/
*Sato Yukie and ex-CASSIBER Alfred Harth will come from
Korea for this occasion
four shows only. Alfred had already left CASSIBER when
they did Japan tour in 92
and these are the first occasion for Chris Cutler and
Alfred Harth play together in Japan.
Unmissable!
27 May Hiroshima OTIS!
with Alfred Harth and Sato Yukie
open 18.30/start 19.30, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (with
drink)
082-249-3885 otis.s@nifty.com
*Sato Yukie and ex-CASSIBER Alfred Harth will come from
Korea for this occasion
four shows only. Alfred had already left CASSIBER when
they did Japan tour in 92
and these are the first occasion for Chris Cutler and
Alfred Harth play together in Japan.
Unmissable!
28 May Kobe BIG APPLE
with Alfred Harth and Sato Yukie
opening: HACO
open 18.30/start 19.30, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+drink
order required) http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/big-apple/
*1st set: HACO solo, 2nd set: Cutler, Hara, Harth, Sato,
then session by all musicians
*Sato Yukie and ex-CASSIBER Alfred Harth will come from
Korea for this occasion
four shows only. Alfred had already left CASSIBER when
they did Japan tour in 92
and these are the first occasion for Chris Cutler and
Alfred Harth play together in Japan.
Unmissable!
29 May Tokyo Ogikubo ROOSTER
with Alfred Harth and Sato Yukie
open 19.00/start 20.00, 4000 JPY (+drink order required)
*Sato Yukie and ex-CASSIBER Alfred Harth will come from
Korea for this occasion
four shows only. Alfred had already left CASSIBER when
they did Japan tour in 92
and these are the first occasion for Chris Cutler and
Alfred Harth play together in Japan.
Unmissable!
03-5347-7369 http://ogikubo-rooster.com/main/index.html
31 May Sapporo HOT TIME
with Takashi Seo (double bass)
Support: Odd Moon Floating, Greyish Glow, Captured
open 17.45/start 18.00, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+500
JPY drink order required)
After party 2000JPY http://music.geocities.jp/susukinoht/
2 June Tokyo Akihabara GOODMAN
Talk and performance with Akira Sotoyama (d)
open 19.00/start 19.30, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+500
JPY drink order required)
03-3862-9010 info@clubgoodman.com http://clubgoodman.com/ http://www.clubgoodman.com/blog/?p=4850
Akira Sotoyama is an incredible drummer who plays around
and outside of beats and pulse
somewhat similar to Chris, but quite different
3 June Nagoya TOKUZO
with Ryogai (Gai: g, vo and Ryoko Ono: sax, fl)
more TBC
open 18.00/start 19.00, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+drink
order required) http://www.tokuzo.com/
tel: 052-733-3709
4 June Tokyo Bar Isshee presents at Li-Po
with Mitsuru Nasuno (b) and Kazutoki Umezu (sax, cl)
open 18.30/start 19.30, 4000 JPY adv/4500 JPY door (+drink
order required) http://li-po.jp/
(not for booking and enq)
booking & enq: barisshee@keh.biglobe.ne.jp
*We will play instrumental Canterbury favourites such as
Facelift
Isle of Everywhere and Master Builder (OM-riff) as well as
improv
6
May 2014
you me & us CD 'Live in
Japan' (title TBC) will be released at the beginning of
forthcoming Japan tour (23 May-4 June), remastered by
Bob Drake.
you me
& us (Daevid Allen, Chris
Cutler, Yumi Hara) Japan tour 2014 23 May-4 June
schedule
now confirmed
Fri 23 May: Tokyo, Ekoda, CAFE
FLYING TEAPOT
Sat 24 May: Oumi Hachiman, SAKEDELIC SPACE SHUYUKAN
Sun 25 May: Yamaguchi, Yuda Onsen, ORGAN'S MELODY
Mon 26 May: Iwakuni, ROCK COUNTRY
Tue 27 May: Hiroshima, OTIS!
Wed 28 May: Kobe, BIG APPLE
Thu 29 May: Tokyo, Ogikubo, ROOSTER
Sat 31 May: Sapporo, HOT TIME
Sun 1 June: Aomori, SUBLIME
Mon 2 June: Tokyo, Akihabara, GOODMAN
Tue 3 June: Nagoya, TOKUZO
Wed 4 June: TBC Tokyo
Yumi Hara + Chris Cutler +
Kato Hideki will perform at Spectrum, New York, on 15
May
18
February 2014
you me & us
(Daevid Allen, Chris Cutler,
Yumi Hara) Japan tour 2014 23 May-4 June
5 February
2014
Yumi will be playing at
Avantgarde
Festival, Schiphorst, Germany, with
'Members of Gong, Henry Cow, Guru Guru, Faust', 20-22 June
2014
29
January 2014
The Artaud Beats will
be playing at RIO
2014, (19-21 Sept), Carmaux, France
Dollhouse Residents
(Yumi, Rie Miyazaki: bass, Emmy?Kunocovic: drums) Japan
tour dates announced (16-18 April) Please see gig
dates page
22
August 2013
you
me & us(Daevid Allen,
Chris Cutler, Yumi Hara)
Japan
Tour 2013 dates: 31 Oct-12 Nov
Thu 31 Oct,
Tokyo, Akihabara, Club
Goodmanwith Cho-Sokkyo (Tatsuya Yoshida
& Kazuhisa Uchihashi)
Fri
1 Nov, Tokorozawa, MOJOwith special guest Kazutoki Umezu
Sat
9 Nov, (Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) JASMIM
(Japanese Association of Study of Muisical Improvisation)
conference, University of Hiroshima, Panel discussion
(PM), Performance (early eve)
Sun
10 Nov, (Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) JASMIM
(Japanese Association of Study of Muisical Improvisation)
conference, University of Hiroshima, Chris Cutler Keynote
speech (PM)
Tue 12 Nov, Tokyo,
Bar Isshee presents (exact location TBC)
3 July
2013
IMPORTANT
NOTICE: If you emailed between Dec 2012 and June 2013 to
yumi 'at' yumiharacawkwell.co.uk, and if you haven't
heard from Yumi, please contact yumicity
'at' hotmail.com
22
June 2013
New merchandise available:
The
Artaud Beats 2012 Japan Revisited CDR (tracks
from the 'Archive Box' selected by Chris Cutler and Yumi,
remastered by Yumi)
The
Artaud Beats T-shirts in grey, size S-XXL
The
Artaud Beats 'Archive Box' Japan Tour 2012
second impression (only 2 boxes left)
you me & us
(Daevid Allen, Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara
Cawkwell) will tour Japan
31 Oct-12 Nov
7
May 2013
In addtion to
the various dates with Daevid Allen
previously announced, Yumi performed with him and Ian
East (GONG) on 3 May 2013 in a private gig in
Canterbury.
A
video on YouTube from the gig 'Hope for Happiness' here
you
me & us' (Daevid Allen, Chris Cutler & Yumi
Hara Cawkwell) 'Who's Afraid' from
Club Integral @ The Grosvenor on 21 April here
The Artaud Beats 'Archive Box'
Japan Tour 2012 has been completely sold out,
and we are still getting orders. So we decided to create
'second impression' in slightly different package,
numbered and signed by all memberes of the band, with
extra DVDR (Shibuya gig shot from behind Chris Cutler),
limited to 25 copies. Available from 29 May, beginning of
Japan tour 2013.
16
April 2013
Yumi will be joining Daevid Allen
on 29 April 2013, 'An evening of words and music' Michael Horovitz & Daevid
Allen with special guest Vanessa Vie,
Yumi Hara Cawkwell
The Art Workers Guild
Gradidge Room, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury, LONDON, WC1N
3AT
7-10pm, £7
9
April 2013
Two performances by a new band'you
me & us' (Daevid Allen, Chris Cutler & Yumi
Hara Cawkwell)have been announced:
17 Sydney Road, Stockwell, London SW 0TP, 8.30pm, £5/£3
cons
Thu 2 May
2013 Club
Integral @ The
Others
6-8 Manor Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 5SA, 8pm,
£5/£3 cons
NAME: you
me & us (all lower case) (Daevid
Allen, Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara Cawkwell)
DESCRIPTION:
improv unsongs & poesy at play
ANTECEDENT/ROOTS: brainville
Video
from performance by Daevid & Yumi in November 2012
The
Artaud Beats DVDR at Shibuya Bar Isshee is now available.
Please
note, the video was shot from behind Chris Cutler and the
view is extremely limited,
that's why we didn't
include it in the 'Archive Box', but some member of
audience were extremely interested exactly for the same
reason...you can watch how Chris choose his sticks and how
he use them!! £10 postage inclusive. Please contact Yumi.
6
March 2013
Yumi
Hara Cawkwell Japan tour Spring 2013 dates
announced:
Dates
include Mammal Machine, Yumi's solo CD 'Statement
Heels' Japanese version launch events, Kevin
Ayers Memorial Concert.
Yumi as
composer news: Yumi's pieces will be performed
at several occasions in May...actually on the same day!
11
May in York: at York Spring Festival of New
Music, Jane Chapman (harpsichord) will
play Molecular Dance with VJ
Gesuidoh from Japan
11 May in
London:Michael Bonaventure
will play organ suite Hibernal at St
Laurence Church, Catford (11am!)
26
February 2013
The
Artaud Beats Japan tour 2013 dates announced:
Wed 29 May, Nagoya,
Tokuzo
Thu 30 May, Toyohashi, House of Crazy
Fri 31 May, Osaka, Bar Soft Machine
Sat 1 June, Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan
Sun 2 June (afternoon), Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space
Shuyukan (Improvised music workshop)
Sun 2 June (eve), Kobe, Motomachi Cinema (Romantic
Warriors II: About Rock in Opposition screening + Talk
& live performance by Chris Cutler & Yumi)
Mon 3 June, Fukuoka, Hakozaki Suizokukan Kissashitsu
Tue 4 June, Oita, At Hall
Wed 5 June, Kobe, Big Apple
Thu 6 June, Yokohama Airegine
Fri 7 June, Tokorozawa, MOJO
Sat 8 June, Tokyo Ogikubo Rooster (Improvised music
workshop+performance)
Sun 9 June, Tokyo, Shibuya Uplink (Romantic Warriors II:
About Rock in Opposition screening + live performance)
Mon 10 June, Tokyo, Secret location TBC
16 January
2013
Discography
pageandThe
Artaud Beats pageare updated with order
details of 'The Artaud Beats Japan Tour
2012 Archive Box' and
'The Artaud Beats T-Shirt'.
We are currently organising The
Artaud Beats Japan Tour 2013 in late May-June.
The details will be announced here shortly.
Yumi will be visiting Japan in late
March-early April to promote Japanese version of 'Statement
Heels' (DiskUnion), with Japanese Obi and
detailed liner notes. There will be an instore event at
DiskUnion Progreesive-kan in Shinjuku on 31 March.
Mammal Machine will
touring Chubu-Kansai area in Late March.
27
November 2012
We had a
very SPATIAL guest last night, Dada Ali, aka Daevid
Allen at Sonic Rituals #2!
A
member of audience uploaded some video footages here:
The Artaud Beats Japan Tour 2012
Archive Box of Complete Recordings (8CDRs + 4
DVDRs, limited edition of 50 copies, numbered) will be
available during Yumi's Japan tour in December, and can be
dispatched worldwide in January. 8000JPY or 67GBP, if you
order with The
Artaud Beats T-shirt, 10000JPY or 83GBP. Please
email Yumi yumi'at'yumiharacawkwell.co.uk to order.
15 November
2012
Sonic Rituals #2 will
take place at Servant Jazz Quarters in
Dalston, London, on 26 Nov. Geoff Leigh and Mark
Hewins (Soft Heap, Canterbury Family, Gong etc) will
join Yumi Hara Cawkwell and Guy
Harries, and live drawings by Valerie
Pezeron.
22
October 2012
!!VENUE
CHANGE!! The firest SONIC RITUALS on 29 Oct is
now at Cakey Muto, a lovely cake shop with fully licenced
bar located on Chatsworth Road, East London street du
jour, and celebrating the 1st anniversary on the day!!
Yumi
Hara Cawkwell, Guy Harries, Graham Dunning
(electronics), Illi Adato (perc,
electronics), Emily Shapiro (cl), Valerie
Pezeron (live illustration)
Yumi & Guy will also be performing
at OUT
OF THE CAGE, John Cage festival at Trinity Laban
Conservatoire of Music and Dance on Fri 26 Oct,
14.00-16.00, 17.15-19.30 at Room G73, with two grand
pianos!!
15
October 2012
Yumi & Guy
Harries will be hosting SONIC RITUALS live performance
series.
We are excited to
have a number of great guest performers!
29 October at Cakey
Muto: Graham Dunning
(electronics), Illi Adato (perc,
electronics), Emily Shapiro (cl), Valerie
Pezeron (live illustration)
26 November at Servant
Jazz Quarters: Geoff Leigh (fl,
vo, electronics), Valerie Pezeron (live
illustration) and more TBC
26
September 2012
A small
quantity of the Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang.
Bodo 28.10.11,
Live at Nodutgang Festival, Bodo, Norway is now
available, following the response from the listeners of
'Sonic Rituals', Clear Spot at Resonance FM on 24
September. Please contact us.
Guy Harries
and Yumi hosted the show and invited Chris
Cutler as the first guest. We performed a 'Sonic
Ritual' improvisation set using household objects and
toy instruments.
13
September 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries
will be performing at 'At Home with the Ludskis #6' at RIO
Cinema, Dalston, London on 22 September. They will be on
at the very beginning for a 10-minutes set, then 6-minutes
glammed-up set later on.
Yumi's December Japan tour dates are
almost fixed now, including Mammal Machine Kyushu 3 days,
Bar Isshee 3 Days of Christmas Special, reworking of prog
classics performance, performance of pieces from solo CD
'Statement Heels' with Tatsuya Yoshida(d), Atsushi
Asano(b) and Natsuki Kido(g), and improvised music
sessions. Visit Gig
Dates page for detalis.
23
August 2012
Japanese language magazineEURO
ROCK PRESS vol 54 will be on sale on 31
August and there will be The Artaud
Beats (Geoff Leigh: flute,
voice, electronics, Yumi Hara Cawkwell: keyboard,
voice, Chris Cutler: drums, John
Greaves: bass, voice) interview and reviews
of Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang. Bodo
28.10.11 and gig in Tokorozawa. To
coincide this, the Limited Edition CDR Nodutgang.
Bodo 28.10.11,
Live at Nodutgang Festival, Bodo, Norway
will be available exclusively at WORLD
DISQUE in Mejiro, Tokyo. The CDR was previously
available only during the Japan tour and was sold out. Listen
sample tracks here
17 July 2012
Yumi
& Guy Harries will present SOUND RITUALS, a
radio progrmme at Resonance
104.4FM on Monday 24th September 2012,
8-9pm British time. You can also listen over
the internet worldwide. The progrmme is developped
from recent Sound Rituals performances by Yumi & Guy,
and will involve guests to perform with them.
They will also be
hosting SOUND RITUALS live performance series atServant
Jazz Quarters on 29 October and 26
November.
5 July 2012
The Artaud Beats (Geoff Leigh:
flute, voice, electronics, Yumi Hara Cawkwell: keyboard,
voice, Chris Cutler: drums, John
Greaves: bass, voice) Japan Tour and Yumi solo
Japan tour have successfully been completed. Thank you
very much for the people who attended the gigs and
workshops, helped organising events, and musicians who
performed together.
Please visit our facebook
page for more photos and video links
updates.
15 May 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries
will be performing at Electromania on Friday 18th May,
9pm,
Restaurant-Music Club Kolonada, v.
Kudirkos st, 22, Druskininkai, Lithuania. The event is
part of contemporary music festival DruskoManija'12,
and this year's theme is 'Electro-Acoustic Archaic'.
11 May 2012
Flyer for 28th May gig designed by Yumi, photo by Koichi
Yokoyama:
Yumi & Guy
will be performing 3x shortsets at RIO Cinema, Dalston on
late night Saturday 12 May:
18 April 2012
Yumi & Guy Harries will be
performing on 18 May 2012 at Druskomanija
2012, in Druskininkai, Lithuania. Yumi's piece
was performed there last year, and this time Yumi is
participating as a performer.
Yumi and friends
from Kansai area in Japan will be performing in London and
Paris.
The Artaud Beats will be
performing in Japan in June. The lineup of the band: Geoff
Leigh (flute, voice, electronics), Yumi Hara
Cawkwell (keyboard, voice), Chris Cutler (drums),
John Greaves (bass, voice). Please visit our facebook
page
Artaud Beats Japan
Tour dates:
Fri 8 June, Toyohashi, House of Crazy (Improvised
music workshop)
19.30
3500yen adv, 4000yen door, 2500yen student
Nakamura Building B1F, Matsuba-cho 1-26-2, Toyohashi-shi,
Aichi-ken, 440-0897, JAPAN
0532-55-9000 crazy921‘at’crocus.ocn.ne.jp http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~hofcrazy/index.htm
Sat 9 June, Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space
Shuyukan
Open: 16.30 Start: 17.00
5500yen adv, 6000yen door (with 1 drink)
After-show party with members of
audience: 20.00
3000yen (food and soft drink incl) (reservation required)
Sun 10 June, Oumi Hachiman, Sakedelic Space
Shuyukan (Improvised music workshop)
Open: 13.30, Start: 14.00, End 17.00 approx
4000yen (with 1 drink) (reservation required)
Naka 21, Suwai-cho, Oumi-Hachiman-shi, Shiga, 523-0862,
JAPAN
TEL 0748-32-2054 http://www.shuyukan.com/sakedelic/
Mon 11 June, Fukuoka, Space Terra
with support: monstermovie
19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door, 2500yen student
Momota Building B1F, Kego 2-19-9, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi,
812-0023, JAPAN
TEL 092-732-3101 spaceterra1‘at’ybb.ne.jp http://www.spaceterra.net/
Tue 12 June, Oita, At Hall
Open: 19.00 Start: 19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door, 2500yen student
Ichii-Kaihatsu Buiding 3F, Chuo-cho 2-6-4, Oita-shi,
870-0035, JAPAN
TEL 097-535-2567 info‘at’athall.com http://www.athall.com/
Wed 13 June, Kobe, Big Apple
with support: theremin unit “and_more..”, Tanzaku (Reiko
Imanishi+Saori Kojima)
19.30
4000yen adv, 4500yen door
Toa Hights B1F, Yamamotodori 3-14-14, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
650-0003, JAPAN
TEL 078-251-7049 big-apple‘at’i.bekkoame.ne.jp http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/big-apple/
Thu 14 June, Nagoya, Tokuzo
Open: 18.00 Start: 19.00
3800yen adv, 4300yen door
Blue Star Building 2F, Imaike 1-6-8, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya-shi, 464-0850, JAPAN
TEL 052-733-3709 info‘at’tokuzo.com http://www.tokuzo.com/
Fri 15 June, Tokorozawa, MOJO
with support: Noise no Tomo, Rocks
Open: 19.00 Start: 20.00
3800yen adv, 4300yen door
T.ing Building 201, Higashisumiyoshi 7-9, Tokorozawa-shi,
Saitama-ken, 359-1124, JAPAN
TEL 04-2923-3323 toiawase‘at’mojo-m.com http://www.mojo-m.com/
Sat 16 June, Tokyo Ogikubo Rooster (Improvised
music workshop+performance)
Workshop Open: 14.00 Start: 14.30
Performance Open: 18.00, Start: 18.30
Workshop participants 9000-16500yen (with soft drink and
light lunch)(fee varies depend on the number of
participants)(reservation required)
Performance entry 4000yen
Inoue Building B1F, Ogikubo 5-16-15, Suginami-ku, Tokyo,
167-0051, JAPAN
Enquiry and booking: andomew‘at’nifty.com Venue website: http://ogikubo-rooster.com/main/index.html
Sun 17 June, Tokyo, Bar Isshee (special gig and
party) (SOLD OUT)
20.00
6000yen adv, 7000yen door (with free drink until 30 min
after performance end)
Kusuhara Building 4F, Udagawa-cho 33-13, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-0042, JAPAN
080-3289-6913 barisshee‘at’keh.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.bloc.jp/barisshee/
Yumi's other dates in
Japan (visit Japanese
page for details):
21 June
Fukuoka Hakozaki Suizokukan Kissashitsu, with
Takei Tsuneo
22 June
Tokyo Shinokubo Earthdom, Kootown Presents
Kootown Improvise Festival 2012
23 June
Tokyo Vocal Workshop (venue TBC)
24 June
Osaka Bamboo Club, with Yasuyuki Tanaka,
Declaco Marie and more
27 June
Kyoto Urban Guild, with Tamaki (Makiko
Izumo+Taiqui), Hi-chan(from Kitsune no Yomeiri)
30 June
Tokyo Nanahari, with Kenichi Matsumoto
1 July Tokyo Koenji
U.F.O.Club, with Mammal Machine, NON BAND
22
October
2011
Yumi's first solo release 'Statement
Heels' is now available from iTunes and Amazon for
download, and CD is available from here
The album contains Yumi's pieces originally written for
contemporary art music performers, including 'Statement
Heels' and 'The Shape du Jour' from 'That is SO a Good
Look', 2006 British Composer Awards finalist suite for 2
pianos. Many tracks feature Tatsuya Yoshida's
drums and he also sings in some tracks. Read review: Prog-Sphere
Yumi will be performing with The Artaud Beats,
formerly known as Not Henry Cow, on 28th October in Bodo,
Norway. The lineup of the band: Geoff Leigh
(flute, sax, voice, electronics), Yumi Hara Cawkwell (keyboard,
voice), Chris Cutler (drums), John Greaves (bass,
voice). Please visit our facebook
page
Yumi is now planning Japan Tour in December.
21 May
2011
Yumi's pieces are receiving performances
in May and June:
On Fri
20 May 2011,
KEYNOTE +(Kate Ryder and
Jane Chapman - Prepared piano & harpsichord)
performed
'Luminous' for prepared piano and clavichord
(this time by harpsichord)
atThe Clore
Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall,
part of 'Lang
Lang Inspires: Young Pianists Week'.
On Wed
25 May 2011, 7pm,
BAccK +/- Harp (Irmantas Andriūnas: birbynė,
Danielius Rozovas: accordion, Viktorija Smailytė:
harp) will perform 'Nota
Bene', originally written for shakuhachi and
clavichord, this time by Lithuanian
wind instrument 'birbynė'.
Fluxus
Ministry, 5th floor,
Gedimino av. 27, Vilnius, Lithuania
part of 'Drusko
Manija '11' festival, Free
entry
On Sun
5 June 2011, 4.30pm, at Southwark
Cathedral,Michael
Bonaventurewill
perform Hibernal for organ. He is launching
his latest CD 'Contemporary
British Organ Music Volume 3' (SFZ
Music)
Guy
Harries & Yumi Hara Cawkwell will
perform improvised music using found objects and
electronics
atTHE
COURTYARD THEATRE, The Courtyard, Bowling Green
Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London N1 6EU
http://www.thecourtyard.org.uk/
part of NEW
LEXICONS OF DARK: exploring darkness in art and
music (12pm-12am)
OVER 30 WORKS AND ARTISTS EXPLORING AND DEPICTING
VARYING DEGREES OF DARKNESS, ACCOMPANIED BY SONIC ART
WORKS £6http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118574
Watch Guy & Yumi's performance at Cafe
OTO on 11 April here
Yumi will be touring West Japan from 30
June to 22 July
Also, the long-awaited date for a performance
of Yosshy YUMI-Yama (Yumi, Tatsuya Yoshida, Hoppy
Kamiyama) using 2 grand pianos and a drum kit has been
confirmed: 14 September 2011 at Nagakute Bunka no Ie,
near Nagoya, launching Yumi's solo CD!
13 January 2011
Dream of the Gryllidae by Yumi
Hara Cawkwell & Tony Lowe, Mitsugi (Esoteric
Rituals) by Mammal Machine (Yumi, Mitsuru
Tabata, Rie Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Watanabe), and
Ride a White Rabbit by Yumi Hara Cawkwell &
Sato Yukie are now available from
Discography page!
Mitsugi (Esoteric Rituals) is getting
critical attention, and now already got at least 5
reviews. Please also visit
Discography page for links to the reviews.
12 November
2010
Dream of the Gryllidae, a new album with
Tony Lowe will be out from Academy
Recordings for digital distribtion only, and new MySpace
has now been setup, so visit www.myspace.com/yumiharaandtonylowe
to listen some samples from the album and watch promo
video for 'Cicadas will Cry for Me', the last track of the
CD!
Yumi will be in Japan in
December for launch tour of two CDs, Mitsugi
(Esoteric Rituals) by Mammal Machine (Yumi,
Mitsuru Tabata, Rie Miyazaki, Yasuyuki Watanabe) from
Captain Trip Records and Ride a White Rabbit
by Yumi Hara Cawkwell & Sato Yukie from KOOTOWN.
Dream of the Gryllidae, a new CD album
with Tony Lowe has now been mastered,
and a promo video for 'Cicadas will Cry for Me', the last
track of the CD, now being made...watch the space.
Yumi is translating Japanese version of 'First
Steps with the Clarineo' DVD and companion
book. Clarineo is a C Clarinet developed by Graham Lyons.
Yumi is going to do a Japan tour in June-July, with
exciting line-up of collaborators including Kazutoki
Umezu, Mitsuru Tabata, Rie Miyazaki, Tatsuya Yoshida,
Hoppy Kamiyama, Ryuichi Yoshida, Ryoko Ono, Atsushi
Tsuyama, yasuyuki Watanabe, Morihide Sawada, Ichiro
Hosoya, and MEW. There will also be four workshops in
Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Please visit Gig
Dates page.
17 February
2010
pianocircus festival Event 1
has been postponed to Saturday 13th March ,
7.30pm, Hoxton Hall 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
www.hoxtonhall.co.ukpianocircuswill
play Yumi's Groove Study Mega Mix for 6 keyboards.
Tickets: www.wegottickets.com
£10/£7 concessions
Steve Howe Trio
has been using live photos and videos taken by Yumi for
their MySpace for a while, now they used one for their
forthcoming live album 'Travelling'! It will be released
in March, and will be available during their UK tour.
Please visit www.myspace.com/stevehowetrio.
The live photo of the back cover (bottom left of the first
file, Other photos by Zoe Street Howe.)
also the on-disk printing is my photo.
2 February
2010
Yumi's pieces will be performed
in three concerts in February.
Michael Bonaventure will play
'Frost', Yumi's short piece for organ written
for Michael, at Organ Recital at Westminster Abbey, Sunday
7th Feb 2010, 5.45-6.15 pm free entry
Please note: the timing of the recital is very strict at
the Abbey, so please get there before the scheduled
performance time to avoid disappointment.
2009 marked pianocircus' 20th
Anniversary and as part of these celebrations they will be
running a festival in February celebrating new innovations
and developments for the piano since the inception of the
group in 1989.
pianocircus
festival Event 1 is on Saturday 13th
February, 7.30pm, Hoxton Hall 130 Hoxton
Street, London N1 6SH
www.hoxtonhall.co.ukpianocircuswill
play Yumi's Groove Study Mega Mix for 6 keyboards.
Tickets: www.wegottickets.com
£10/£7 concessions
pianocircus
festival Event 2 Bartók: Subject and Reflection
David Appleton (Piano) with Barbara Gutierrez
(artist/film) Plus Keyboard Choir and Lorraine
Bowen.
pianocircus pianist David
Appleton performs solo piano works by Béla Bartók plus a
montage of miniatures (of between two seconds and two
minutes in length) reflecting some aspect of Bartók's life
and work, including Yumi's 'Cosmos
Massive No. 901', Tuesday
16th February 2010, 7.30pm, Vibe Bar, Truman
Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
www.vibe-bar.co.uk
Advance tickets: www.wegottickets.com
Or on the Door: £10/£7 concessions
24 November
2009
In addition to the tour with Akira Sakata and Tatsuya
Yoshida, Yumi will be performing with Yukie Sato, Japanese
guitarist who is based in South Korea, on 11th December at
Bar Isshee in Shibuya, Tokyo. Yumi is now editing the
recording with Yukie Sato, to be available during the
Japan tour.
Improvisation Workshop is now scheduled on 20th December
in Tokyo.
Yumi took part in the first performance of 'Maria
Kan'non' for voice, sho, electric violin and
electronics, which surprised New Music audience who knew
Yumi only as a composer!
At
the Cutting Edge 2009
Kaikoku Live poster/flyer front
Kaikoku Live poster/flyer back
photo by Zoe Street
Howe
22 October
2009
Yumi's pieces will be performed
at several concerts this autumn:
PianoCircus will
perform 'Groove Study Mega Mix' at Sound
2009 (28th Oct Aberdeen, 30th Oct Naim) , Kate
Ryder will perform 'Farouche'
for toy pianos at the Cutting
Edge (14 Nov), and new piece 'Maria Kan'non'
for sho, electric violin and live electronics will be
performed by OKEANOS with [rout]
at the Cutting
Edge (19 Nov).
Yumi will be performing in Hikone in Japan on 13th
December with Akira Sakata, Tatsuya
Yoshida and Yoshihide Otomo
(guest), to celebrate the 150th anniversary of opening of
Japan. There will also be performances by Yumi, Sakata
& Yoshida in Tokyo (10th, MANDA-LA2) and Osaka (12th,
nu things). Improvisation workshop in Tokyo is currently
being planned.
Interview, concert review,
workshop review and CD review of Geoff Leigh and
Yumi Hara were featured in EURO ROCK
PRESS, specialist magazine in prog rock and
experimental music in Japan.
1 September
2009
Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara performed at the Avantgarde
Festival, joined by Chris Cutler and John Greaves!!
Four of us performed a full 1 hour improvisation with many
magical moments. Watch video
1, video
2, video3.
12 August
2009
Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara successfully completed Japan
tour. An extensive covarage of the tour, including their
interviews, live report, and workshop report will appear
on EURO ROCK PRESS (Japanese language specialist magazine
in prog rock and experimental music) 28 Aug on sale.
Geoff & Yumi will be performing at Avantgarde
Festival, Schiphorst, Germany, on 30 August.
Yumi will be back in Japan in September, this time to
perform at 'Extreme
Night' at Aoi Heya, Shibuya, Tokyo, with
Kazutoki Umezu, Shunji Okawa and Muneomi Senju, and
to chair a panel discussion 'Evaluation of Musical
Improvasation in Education' at Japan
Association of Musical Improvisation conference,
Kobe University, 20-21 September.
Yumi recorded quite a lot of material with Tatsuya
Yoshida (dr, vo) while she was in Japan this summer,
including studio recording of her compositions, studio
improv recording and live improv recording with Geoff
Leigh!!
28 May
2009
Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara Cawkwell Japan tour schedule:
Sat 27 June:
Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan
Sun
28 June: Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan WORKSHOP
Tue
30 June: Osaka, Bar Soft Machine
Wed
1 July: Nagoya, Nan'ya (with Ryoko Ono & Yasuhiro
Usui)Tokyo, Flying Teapot solo
Fri
3 July: Tokyo, Flying Teapot (with Tatsuya Yoshida)
Sat
4 July: Tokyo, Studio UEN WORKSHOP
Sun 5 July: Tokyo,
Isolde, performance with workshop participants
Upstream, CD album by Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara will be
on sale during the Japan tour (27 June-5 July), and will
be available worldwide from MOONJUNE in autumn
2009.<available NOW!>
27 April
2009
Yumi will be performing with Geoff Leigh on 15th May at
the Drone's Club in North London. This is going to be the
pre-Japan tour show in June-July.
25 March
2009
Two performances at Cafe
OTO with Akira
Sakata went extremely well. On the 8th, we performed
with Asaf Sirkis
and a special guest, Yoshihide Otomo. 12th was with Charles
Hayward, and Sean Kelly took great pictures! Please
visit Sean's site here.
He also came along to the Klinker gig with Geoff Leigh and
Gerry Fitzgerald on 19th March. Photos from the night here.
10 February
2009
Great review on Hugh Hopper Benefit concert in Jazzwise
Feb 2009, Issue 127. '...Jazz
meets performance art, as her amazing voice headed off
into dog-whistle territory, but there was such good
humour and warmth in her performance. As she led us into
'Hope for Happiness', you couldn't help but love her'
(Duncan Heining). Please find out more about the concert
on p. 58 of the magazine!!
Yumi will be performing with Geoff Leigh and Gerry
Fitzgerald on 19th March at The Klinker, Cross Kings.
The Bartok project is finally on! David Applton will be
performing Yumi's new solo piano piece 'Cosmos Massive
No.901' at the
Space, part of Enterprise 09 Festival on 3rd May.
David asked composers to write new pieces which somehow
relate to Bartok. He will perform these new pieces
together with Bartok's substantial piano works.
14 January
2009
Happy New Year!!
Yumi will be performing with Akira
Sakata again, this time in London, in March. Two
dates at Cafe OTO
are confirmed with guest drummers: 8th with Asaf
Sirkis and 12th with Charles
Hayward. It has been 13 years since I last played
with Charles!! And this is going to be my first
performance with Asaf, who shares a passion for pipe organ
with me!
Nota Bene, Yumi's piece for shakuhachi and
clavichord will be performed by Kiku Day and Michael
Bonaventure at Purcell Room on 26 March.
HUMI limited edition CD-R, DVD-R, T-Shirts and official
CD Dune are now available from HUMI
MySpace or HUMI
MySpace Japanese site. These were previously
available only from Yumi's solo gigs and Hopper benefit
concert in December. Only several T-shirts are left-so
please order now to avoid dissappointment.
17 December
2008
The Hugh Hopper Benefit Concert on 14 December was very
successful! Thank you very much for the people who came
along, buying CDs and T-shirts! All profit have sent to
Hugh. And thank you to John Etheridge who organised the
concert. Yumi performed a 15 minutes set including
'Hopeful Impressions of Happiness' (based on 'Hope for
Happiness' written by Hugh's brother Brian, who was there
on the night) and 'Wrapped Box 25/4 Lid (with Ribbons)'
piano solo version.
3 November
2008
Yumi will be taking part in Hugh Hopper Benefit Concert
on 14 December at the
100 Club, London. From the 100 Club's website:
'Legendary Soft Machine bass player Hugh Hopper has
Lukaemia which is responding well to treatment but will
require long period of convalescence and musical
inactivity. His friends and admirers are staging a concert
to raise funds for this difficult period. Line-up
...In Cahoots / Soft Machine Legacy / Delta Sax qrt /
Sophia Domancich and Simon Gouberg / Alex Mcguire qrt,
More to be confirmed.' Buy
tickets
'Six Flowers' received second performance at Community
Music Center of Boston, MA, USA, on 23 October by
Christopher Bush and Carol Minor.
13 October
2008
Yumi's new piece for clarinet and piano 'Six Flowers' was
premiered by Christopher Bush and Carol Minor in Glens
Falls, NY, USA on 3 October 2008. Watch
video The piece will be performed at the
London New Wind Festival, Regent Hall, on 8th November
2008, 8.30pm. http://www.londonnewwindfestival.org/
22 August
2008
In addition to the November dates, Yumi will be
performing in Japan in September too!
11 September 2008, Barrel House, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, with
Ryuichi Yoshida (Baritone sax), Toshiki Nagata (Double
bass) and Hoppy Kamiyama (Keys and gadgets).
14 September 2008 The Japanese Association for the Study
of Musical Improvisation at Kobe University
7 October 2008 New York DownTown Music Gallery
19 November 2008 Tokyo
Flying Teapot with Akira Sakata (sax, vo) and Tatsuya
Yoshida (dr, vo)
Nerima-ku,
Sakae-cho 27-7, Enomoto bldg. B1F, Tokyo, 176-0006
3000 yen plus 1 drink 500 yen, 18.30
doors 19.30 start
20 November 2008 Tokyo
Flying Teapot Improvisation Workshop
3000 yen plus 1 drink 500 yen,
18.00-21.30
Description:Improvisation workshop with Yumi Hara
Cawkwell. Booking essential to andomew'at'nifty.com
Bring your own instrument and amplifier if needed. (n.b.
Flying Teapot is located on basement floor, and there is
no lift and car parking) ’Flats’ drum kit is provided.
21 November 2008 Tokyo
Flying Teapot Solo
1500yen plus 1 drink 500yen, 18.30 doors 19.30 start
22 November 2008 Tokyo
Studio UEN Improvisation Workshop
Suginami-ku, Nishiogi-kita
3-31-14, Tokyo, 167-0042 5,000 yen-8,500yen
(depend on the number of participants), 14.30-18.30
Improvisation workshop based on rock
aesthetics. All instrumentalists and vocalists welcome.
This time, we will explore and analyse historical
recordings based on improvisation, and will experiment in
modes and scales. Will record the participants
performance, then discuss immediately what was going on.
Booking essential to andomew'at'nifty.com
23 November 2008 Omi
Hachiman Sakedelic Space Shuyukan with Akira Sakata
(sax, vo) and taiqui (dr, vo from Ain Soph)
Omi
Hachiman-shi, Suwai-cho, Naka 21, Shiga, 523-0862 4500 yen (adv)/ 5000 yen
(on the door) with drink, 18.30start
After
performance party with performers 3000 yen (booking
essential)
With free jazz legend Akira Sakata (alto sax, vo) and
guest Taiqui (dr, vo, from Ain Soph)
24 November 2008 Omi
Hachiman Sakedelic Space Shuyukan Improvisation Workshop
with taiqui (dr, vo)
3500 yen (including drink), 13.30
door, 14.00 start
Improvisation workshop with guest Taiqui (dr,
vo, from Ain Soph). Yumi will give some talk
about various techniques of improvisation, then perform a
short improvisation with Taiqui while video record it. The
video will be immediately played back, and Yumi will
analyse the performance and make comments to explain what
was going on. Then participants will perform improvised
music in small groups. Instruction will be given according
to the technical ability and previous knowledge in music
of the participants. All instrumentalists and vocalists
are welcome.
28 November 2008 Nagoya
Cafe Paruru with Ryoko Ono (sax, fl)
Naka-ku,
Shinsakae 2-2-19, Nagoya, 460-0007
1800 yen (adv)/ 2000 yen (on the door)
052-262-3628
http://www.parlwr.net/ With an amazing female sax player Ryoko Ono, who
has performed and collaborated with many big names,
recently performed with Tatsuya Yoshida (dr) as Sax Ruins.
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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:
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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
'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.
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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.
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February 2008
HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) Japan Tour
Dates:
Fri 20
June Osaka Psychedelic Bar Soft Machine
Sat 21 June Shiga Sakedelic Space Shuyukan
(Guest: Dave Sinclair)
Sun 22 June Kanazawa Mokkiriya
Tue 24 June Nagoya Tokuzo
Wed 25 June Tokyo Flying Teapot (Yosshy
HUMI-Yama: HUMI+Hoppy Kamiyama & Tatsuya Yoshida)
Thu 26 June Tokyo Flying Teapot (Guest: Morgan
Fisher)
Fri 27 June Tokyo Flying Teapot (HUMI
only)
Sat 28 June Sapporo Coo (HUMI only)
Sun 29 June Sapporo Coo (afternoon workshop
& evening workshop performance)
Tue 1 July Gunma Songs (HUMI
only)
Wed 2 July Gunma Songs (afternoon
workshop & evening workshop performance)
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
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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.
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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.
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)
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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!
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.
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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.
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)!
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.
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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
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
San Diego, California
Yumi
(vo) performs with Reiko Manabe, award winning flautist.
Sat
7 April 2007 at 21 Grand
416 25th St., Oakland, California CA 94612
Improvised
performance with Jon Raskin, Liz Albee, Gino Robair.
Sun
8 April 2007 at Sacramento Audio Waffle at Del Paso
Works
1001 Del Paso Blvd, Space #3, Sacramento, California
95815
$5
Solo
Thu
12 April 2007 at Luggage Store Gallery
San Fransisco, California
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
Under London Bridge Station, London, SE1
£5
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
Covent Garden, Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD
Cost : £10 adult, £5 child, £8 students & ROH2
access list
Yumi
will be performing two songs as a dancer with Frank
Chickens.
Thu
8 March 2007 at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of
London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H OXG
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.
Wed
25 April 2007 at St Olave's Church
Hart Street, London, EC3
Yumi's piece Yume no Yo ni (In This World of Dreams)
for piano trio is performed by Pandora Ensemble.
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
London
Yumi
Hara (vo, piano, battery driven Casio keyboard) and Matt
Scott (accordion, piano, voice) plus special guests.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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!
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November 2006
THE
BRITISH COMPOSER AWARDS 2006 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
on the 2nd of November.
Presented by the British Academy of Composers &
Songwriters, In association with BBC Radio 3, Sponsored
by the Performing Right Society
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
2. The Shape du Jour
3. Statement Heels
4. De Rigueur, Chérie
5. Best LBD Moments
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.
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!!
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.