Drone Records

FUJI-YUKI - One Butoh

Format: LP

Label & Cat.Number: Akuphone - AKULP1036

Release Year: 2022

Note: "BUTOH - The dance of the obscure Body" - impressive ritualistic music by this Japanese vocalist, 4 scenes dedicated to the unique BUTOH dance style... - *FUJI-YUKI is a Japanese vocalist who uses her voice like an instrument. With special vocal techniques, glossolalia and electronic pedals, she creates a wide variety of sounds. Inspired by the spirits of Buddhism and Shintoism... * - lim. ed. with 28 page A5 b/w booklet showing beautiful dance pictures

Price (incl. 19% VAT): €27.50

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https://akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/one-butoh

Akuphone is proud to present Fuji-Yuki’s latest masterpiece, "One Butoh". A musical immersion into the most exciting avant-garde dance style of the past century. Created in Japan in the 1960s by Tatsumi Hijikata, butō is the "dance of the obscure body". It broke with the traditions of classical Noh and Kabuki Theater, which, at the time, seemed outdated in the national context. Nourished by a European artistic avant-garde, butō stands out as a mirror of the socio-political turmoil of a post-World War II Japan. One Butoh resonates as a perfect acoustic introduction to this subversive art and propels the listener deep into his own soul.

Fuji-Yuki is a Japanese vocalist who uses her voice like an instrument. With special vocal techniques, glossolalia and electronic pedals, she creates a wide variety of sounds. Inspired by the spirits of Buddhism and Shintoism, she creatively transforms her vocals into an ambient drone or prayers resonating in a church-like space. Her live performances are always different, depending on the place and space they take place in. She is also known as the vocalist of the experimental band Sarry.

* FUJI-YUKI: voice oriental ritual implements
* Performed and Composed by FUJI-YUKI
* Produced by 821 and FUJI-YUKI
* Recorded and mastered at LM Studio Osaka & Studio Dew9
* Mixed & arranged by 821
* Calligraphy by FUJI-YUKI
* Photos by Sachio Hata