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#gagaku — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. WaqWaq Kingdom - Hot Pot Totto

    "Acclaimed Japan “minyo footwork” duo WaqWaq Kingdom - aka Shigeru Ishihara (DJ Scotch Egg / Seefeel) and Kiki Hitomi (ex-King Midas Sound) - return with feverishly joyous new album Hot Pot Totto, a bubbling hot pot of dance music that responds to ecological anxiety."

    waqwaqkingdom.bandcamp.com/alb

    Fav track: The Tower

    #listeningNow #music #bass #electronic #japan #chiptune #dance #dub #footwork #gagaku #minyo #psychedelic

  2. Deeper and deeper into #Japanese #culture and people, I went into the #Kyoto Imperial Palace for a special performance of #Gagaku (雅楽), imperial court #music and #dances of #Asian mainland origin that have been performed there since the Heian Period over a thousand years ago. An acquaintance who is a Shintō priestess (see photo) from Nara played two types of traditional flutes that sustain an eerie or higher-worldly atmosphere. The relatively slow and deliberate movements of the mostly male dancers in many-layered gorgeous contumes stand in contrast with the frenetic tempo of modern #entertainment. We experience #time as the pace of transformation, and that brief time transfixed with the Gagaku performance was but an interlude from an ancient era in a workday preparing for university classes and a keynote address. Photos will have to suffice to evoke the special atmosphere.

    Publications on Japan: japanned.hcommons.org/japanolo

    @religion @histodons

    #Japan #Asia #Asianists #religion #history