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Thank you so much!

@irenigggさんをはじめ、10件のリブログというマイルストーンを達成させてくれた皆さん、ありがとうございます!

A cover song of EAGLES’ famous song “Hotel California”!

Collaboration with Japanese traditional music Shigin “Kojo no Tsuki”! I added sound to the shakuhachi and shot it in a traditional townscape from the Edo period.

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2022 FIFA World Cup Senegal National Team Theme Song

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A whale's call has a repeating pattern and is also considered a 'song'. A work that uses the precious singing voice of whales for bass and effects.

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Japanese Traditional Music Shigin xiè [siːe]

What is xiè?

xiè is a unit comprising the poetry reciter and dancer, Keisei, and the sound designer, Hagi. Keisei’s superb recitation techniques and expressive ability are made one with sound through Hagi’s meticulous programming, creating a vast and highly detailed soundscape. Poetry recitation is a traditional Japanese art, known as shigin. Shigin is usually performed accompanied only by the koto (zither) and shakuhachi (bamboo flute). 

xiè’s fusing the voice with computer programming-generated ethnic and ambient sounds is therefore a first, giving rise to a new style of the art.

Also, while shigin is based mainly on Chinese poems (kanshi), and Japanese poems (waka and haiku), which are intoned according to Japan’s native musical scale, with Keisei’s ideas xiè expresses a poetic world unbound by conventions.

The name “xiè” is derived from the legendary creature of Chinese fable, the xièzhì, which is said to be able to discern the good and the bad in all. Likewise, xiè seeks to convey the very heartbeat of music, and make it felt profoundly in all who listen.

CONCEPT

Reviving shigin poetry recitation - the rarely heard echoes of Japan.

Not even many Japanese are aware anymore of shigin and its tonal colors.Hagi, Xiè's sound creator, himself began knowing little of it. But on first encountering the sigin recithed by Keisei, his notion of shigin as drab and monotonous was completely turned on its head.  

In fact, he was moved to tears by the power, beauty and evocativeness of their very Japanese tones and echoes.Keisei's desire is to bring the beauty of shigin to as many people as she can, Hagi's desire is to bring this evocative art to people in new, exciting forms. And from there, Xiè came into being.

The new sounds of Xiè will surprise home audiences, and stir those new to things Japanese.In 2013, the shakuhachi player, Soh Tanomura, joined Xiè, further enriching the unit's sound. And Xiè's sound is set to evolve further as more artists join, growing in beauty and power.

Shigin Unit xie

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Japanese anime songs with African drums. Attack on Titan "Guren Yumiya".

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Katanaya Ichi is a performance team that spreads samurai performances to the world using traditional Japanese sword fighting (tate).

Based on the concept of ``a story that creates excitement even without words,'' samurai and ninja sword fighting performances will be held. Spreading Japanese traditional culture through international exchange activities. I created the stage music full of battle feeling.

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Various plants (life) are born on this planet, and I created the sound with the image of this planet being prosperous and full of hope, and the sea being filled.

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I want to be like beautiful cherry blossoms, even when they fall. I made music with that feeling. Sound art overflowing from pictures of beautiful cherry blossoms

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Water springs from the great nature of the forest, plants are born, and many lives such as fish, insects, and animals are born. The forest (nature) watches over the birth of various lives. I made music with such an image.

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A cover song of EAGLES' famous song "Hotel California"!

Collaboration with Japanese traditional music Shigin "Kojo no Tsuki"! I added sound to the shakuhachi and shot it in a traditional townscape from the Edo period.

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"Sans Couleur" literally translates to "no color" in French. However, I made music with the meaning that "there is no color more beautiful than that".

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Arrange the theme song of Mission Impossible

Music arranged from the theme song of the movie "Mission Impossible". Samurai version in collaboration with Japanese traditional music Shigin "Kawanakajima"

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Show music for the spring/summer collection of neo-Asian fashion brand "ROUROU"

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