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What is TASOGARE

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(2009年12月 4日 00:27) | 個別ページ

TASOGARE - The Twilight Festival - is a music festival at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo held by Buddhist monks and their friends who love music.

It started as a "party at Buddhist monk's home" so to speak, with a light heart of listening to the music at the Buddhist hall. We regularly hold this festival at Komyoji Temple in the center of Tokyo.

In the Shin-Buddhism tradition, we call something transcendental beyond ourselves "Amida-Buddha". Amida-Buddha, the main Buddha statue of Komyoji Temple, is believed to have temporally and spatially unlimited expanse.

Spending time in a Buddhist temple is a good opportunity for you to reflect upon the past, to express our gratitude to our family and friends,

and to resolve to live a good life over the course of your life.

TASOGARE is a ephemeral festival at night with colorful particles of various sounds. Some people say it's the coolest event in Tokyo even compared to famous Clubs and Bars.

Let's enjoy it together!

(Illustration: Ensei Kato; Monk)

Next TASOGARE

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(2009年12月 4日 00:13) | 個別ページ | コメント(0) | トラックバック(0)

Twilight Festival "TASOGARE Vol.18" - 12K show case 2010 -

Date: 10/04/10 (Sat) PM 05:00 - PM 09:00

Venue: Komyo-ji Temple (Kamiyacho Tokyo Japan)

Fee: 1000yen with 1drink

Sorry, sold out.

[Houwa (Dharma Talk)]

- Kyochi Sugiu (Monk)

[DJ]

- busse posse DJ's

[PA]

- Katsunori Fukuoka （FLY_SOUND）

[Food]
　・Kakuho Aoe（Monk / Kurayami Gohan）

[Drink]

- Kamiyacho Open Terrace

[Live]

・solo andata (12K / from Australia)

http://www.myspace.com/soloandata

Paul Fiocco (b. 1984) and Kane Ikin (b. 1982) live and work out of separate states in Australia. Solo Andata began in 2006 with their debut album Fyris Swan on Chicago label Hefty records. Paul lives in Perth, Western Australia, and is a graduate in philosophy. Kane lives in Melbourne, Victoria, and is a graduate in sound from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Solo Andata's compositions are created through the collaboration of sound from organic materials, field recordings, and instruments. Their latest record was recorded in Perth, Melbourne, Yallingup, Mundaring, and New York between 2007 - 2009.

・sawako (12K) + hofli
　　http://www.myspace.com/sawako

official bio... "Sawako is a Tokyo/NYC-based sound sculptor who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence. After beginning in video art, Sawako shifted her focus from the video camera to sound. Once through the processor named Sawako, sounds in everyday life - field recordings, instruments, voice and electronic sounds - float in space vividly with a digital yet organic texture.
Her releases have been reviewed by The Wire (UK), BlowUp (Italy), e|i magazine, NY Art (USA), We Make Money Not Art (online), Improvised Music from Japan (Japan) and others, and her unique sonic world has been called "post romantic sound" by Boston's Weekly Dig.

Sawako did audio and/or live performances in Japan (offsite, metro, uplink, Super Deluxe, apple store, trees are so special etc.), USA (Warm Up @ P.S.1/MOMA, WFC, TONIC, monkey town, Roulette, Issue Project Room, Fiske Planetarium, Corcoran Gallery, Starbucks Salon, UCLA Hammer Musium etc), Lisbon (OFFF Festival), Paris (batofar), Canada (MUTEK Festival), Kunstraum Walcheturm (Zurich), berlin (m12) and UK (Glade Festival, resonance FM, ICA London), and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians such as Andrew Deutsch, Asuna, Yuichiro Fujimoto, HYPO, RF, heller, Jacob Kirkegaard, Taku Sugimoto, Toshimaru Nakamura, Daisuke Miyatani, Nobuko Hori, Kenneth Kirschner and Taylor Deupree." www.troncolon.com　

・moskitoo (12K)

http://www.myspace.com/moskitoo

moskitoo is sound+melody artist and graphic designer in Japan.
She began making music in 1997 playing guitar and small casio keyboards in various bands in Sapporo.
In 2005 she began writing, playing, and singing under the moniker Moskitoo.
In 2007 her 1st full album named "Drape" (12k1041) released from 12k(N.Y.).
also,12k released her remix e.p."MOSKITOO REMIXES" as a limited edition of 500, the remix cd features "Wham & Whammy" remixes by Raster/Noton founder Frank Bretschneider and SND's Mark Fell. 12k's Taylor Deupree remixes "Skie" and the album version of "Wham & Whammy" is present as well.
In 2009 her newest E.P. named "Si Sol E.P." released from SEE RECORDINGS(JAPAN).

・Tom Hall (from Australia)

　 http://www.myspace.com/digi_destroy

Tom Hall is a media artist based in Brisbane, Australia.

Hall's eclectic works flourish by utilising a variety of mediums, each that reflect on his varied background and interests. With a strong focus on elements of the 'everyday' Hall's practice involves considered explorations into place, space and time. Drawing inspiration from countless 'peripheral' spaces, Hall focuses on using multiple approaches to engage and recontextualise them to the public.

He has contributed and implemented live sound and video performances, installations and exhibitions at various venues and art spaces across Australia and Internationally. These include an exhibition at The State Library of Queensland as part of Riverfestival, solo exhibition at Nasic Square Gallery in Japan, live A/V performance in support of International sound practitioners Jason Khan, Tim Hecker and Steinbruchel at investigative sound festival Open Frame at the Brisbane Powerhouse and a video installation at the Old Brisbane Museum as part of Otherfilm Festival. Tom most recently completed a residency at The Perth International Arts Festival presenting live performances, workshops, talks and presentations.

In recent times Hall has worked with and played along side artists such as Steinbruchel, Tim Hecker, Jason Khan, Lawrence English, Takashi Kojima, Haco, Samm Bennet and Skist.

How to enjoy TASOGARE

管理者

(2009年12月 4日 00:11) | 個別ページ

1. TASOGARE means "Twilight" in English or "Crepuscule" in French. In other words, it is the period of time when it is getting too dark to distinguish each other. You can enjoy Japanese nice songs, alternative music over the world, and chanting of sutra with real Buddhist monks.

2. Anyone can join the event usually without appointment, paying the fee at the reception. But in case you exceptionally need to make a reservation in advance, you should check details of the upcoming event on Next TASOGARE.

3. After entering the venue, you will be at the terrace of the temple first. You can relax and enjoy there as you want, as long as you follow the common sense in Japan. At the terrace I recommend you to look up to the Tokyo Tower from the terrace and listen to the music from the main hall inside.

4. Next, take off your shoes at the door of the main hall and enter it. Then you can see Amida-Buddha, the main statue of the temple, at the center of the hall. It is a good chance to pray to Amida-Buddha with your hands clasped in Japanese manner. Inside the hall, sit on carpet and feel the atmosphere of Japanese traditional temple listening to the music or dozing off.

5. In a regular program of TASOGARE, two or three groups of musicians perform lives inside the main hall. Some of them come from overseas.
In fact, it is a very rare opportunity even for Japanese to listen to the music in a temple.

6. Are you thirsty and hungry? Well, let's go to Bar at the terrace. In the bar you can order some drinks such as beer in summer, hot wine in winter, tea and so on. You can also enjoy some special dishes cooked by a real Buddhist monk.

7. No smoking in the temple except for the smoking area at the terrace. Even in the area you should ask your neighbors if they don't mind it.

8. When you want to go to the restroom, please ask us where it is. For your information, some Japanese believe a toilet in a temple is likely to be haunted by OBAKE, Japanese Ghost. Don't worry, it's just a rumor.

9. In the middle of the event, a Buddhist monk gives Dharma Talk to audience. Though It may be difficult for visitors from overseas to understand the preach in Japanese, you would feel the heart of the talk just hearing it. After the talk, please feel free to ask the monk to take a photo together. It must be a great memory for you in Japan.

10. At the end of TASOGARE, all people chant Buddhist sutra together for Amida-Buddha. Even though you can't read the sutra book (sorry, it is written in Chinese Character and Japanese), you would relax and feel the sense of meditation just listening to the chant. It is the time when monks, audience, musicians, all people become the headliners of this Twilight Festival.

11. Saying thank you to Amida-Buddha, you leave Komyoji. It may be still around 9 o'clock, too early to go to bed. Fortunately, Komyoji is located in Kamiyacho, where is very convenient to go to Roppongi or Ginza.

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