Yumi Hara's Groove Study (Yumi Hara / Chris Cutler / Toshiaki Sudoh) + TAKU & DJ Marina Organ

Baba Yaga's Hut present:

Yumi Hara's Groove Study (Yumi Hara / Chris Cutler / Toshiaki Sudoh) + TAKU & DJ Marina Organ at Cafe Oto, September 9th

Yumi Hara’s Groove Study are avant-rock trio consisting of ex-Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler; London-based Japanese composer/pianist/vocalist Yumi Hara, the driving force of Lindsay Cooper Songbook, who has been collaborating extensively with Canterbury/Rock in Opposition/Krautrock/contemporary classical music such as Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine, Daevid Allen of Gong, Jean-Hervé Péron of faUSt, Tim Hodgkinson, John Greaves, Geoff Leigh, Dagmar Krause of Henry Cow, and PianoCircus; and ex-MELT-BANANA and collaborator of Jim O'Rourke and Eiko Ishibashi (also appeared her score for the film Drive My Car) bassist Toshiaki Sudoh, performing music with complex rhythm and harmony, yet accessible with memorable melodies, fusing ever-changing odd metres and world rhythms (expect Gamelan in 6, reggae in 7, West-African polyrhythms in 10, Baroque fugue in 15), medieval modes and Japanese scales which would appeal fans of Canterbury Scene, Rock in Opposition, Avant-Prog and Recommended Records: ‘incisive’, ‘fizzes with invention and inspiration’, ‘distils so many of the musical ideas’, ‘nothing short of majestic’ (Sid Smith, PROG magazine).

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TAKU – Entropic Improvisation

Through the slow aggregation over ten years in the nebula of the East London music scene, four spheres occupying different spots in space and time (Thomas Broda, Nathan Fustec, Agate Max, and Julia Nutter) coalesced through the point of extreme creative gravitation pull of the Conglomeration of Peeps project into: TAKU

Born of the chaos of multiple environments, TAKU is a place of most unpredictable cosmic weather where, as the non-linear nature of the elements present inside blends and separates, creating everything from long gazes into the expanse to fractals of the infinitely small to lightning storms battling solar flares. To experience Taku is to witness the birth of new astral phenomena, every moment.

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DJ Marina Organ

Marina Organ is a London-based music curator, DJ, and broadcaster. She is best known for hosting "The Other Rock Show" on London's Resonance FM (104.4 FM), focusing on unconventional music structures, math rock, avant-prog, and weird electronica.

Presented by Baba Yaga's Hut.

All ages