oto nova Japan 音の波: Mari* with Maïa Barouh – Chindon Special ‐ Worldwide FM

oto nova Japan 音の波: Mari* with Maïa Barouh – Chindon Special

05.08.19

Mari* is Worldwide FM’s Senior Producer and Gilles Peterson’s longtime radio collaborator, and every month presents a two hour show called ‘Oto Nova Japan’ introducing a new wave of artists and music coming out of Japan.

On this summer edition, Mari* brings Japanese carnival “Matsuri” inspired sounds to Worldwide FM. Furthermore, the show explores sounds of “Chindon”, the traditional Japanese street music performance. Maïa Barouh, SSW and Flautist, joins for the Chiindon feature and shares her experience performing as Chindon musician and her knowledge and passion about this special kind of music.

Maïa Barouh

Maïa is a unique singer and flautist. Striking stage presence, crazy folk trance, volcanic energy, traditional and pop Japanese singing and occasional touches of flute make up the exciting mix that is Maïa Barouh.”From a French-Japanese background, she has clearly found her way towards a boundless musical self-expression, rooted in solid classical training and a unique rendition of her heritage. The audience can expect to be transported along the Paris-Tokyo axis to space and beyond. She describes her style as ELECTRO-ROOTS-POP-PUNK.

Maïa sings using an unknown special throat technique from a small island in the South of Japan, mixing it with modern and electric sounds, but the flute is her first instrument. After studying classical and jazz, she quickly transformed the way she played as she started making her own music, improvising, singing with her flute and using it as percussion. The earthquake and the nuclear accident that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 marked a turning point in Maïa’s development as a musician. The man-made catastrophe and the destruction that followed pushed her to re-root herself deeply in the musical traditions of Japan, gathering the songs of fishermen, sailors, party songs from Fukushima which she calls as « Japanese bleus » and take them out to the wider world, in her own interpretation, while integrating also her compositions.The album « KODAMA » got released in France UK and Japan in 2015.

Listen now Tracklist

Banderas – Tema de Banderas [Flower Records]
Wa Dai Ko Matsuri Za – Kabuki Gomen-Jyo! [ARC]
Chuarshima Navigator – Torisashimai (Utsumi Remix) [budryukyu]
BRISA – Brick Bounce [Bandcamp]
WaqWaq Kingdom & Roger Robinson – Ceremony Of Vision [Jahtari]
Kufuki – Akusekijima [Tapes She said]

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Chindon Special with Maïa Barouh
Kabocha Shokai – Chidori [King Records]
Junmaki Doh – Edo Edo March [Tarai Record]
Junmaki Doh – Utsukushiki Tennen [Tarai Record]
Junmaki Doh – Kawari Rokuhou [Tarai Record]
Kabocha Shokai – Chansommenier [King Records]

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Maïa Barouh – Isotopes (Cuebur Remix) [General Pattern- Saravah]
Foodman – Dege [Mad Decent]
BIGYUKI – NuNu [Likely Records]
Marihiko Hara – Circle of Life [Beat Records]
Marihiko Hara – Sanson Yojo [Beat Records]
akiko x Masaki Hayashi – Humming [Universal Music Japan]
akiko x Masaki Hayashi – Music Elevation [Universal Music Japan]
Akira – Essence Of Beauty PM [Jazzy Couscous]
Kikagaku Moyo – Fluffy Kosmisch [Guruguru Brain]
Cruisic – Inspector Norse Slowly Remix [Flower Records]
Akira – Essence Of Beauty PM [Jazzy Couscous]
Kikagaku Moyo – Fluffy Kosmisch [Guruguru Brain]
Cruisic – Inspector Norse Slowly Remix [Flower Records]
Hideo Shiraki – In Fiesta [Teichiku Records]

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