STORY: BIRTH OF A BAND / ASIAN TOUR JAPAN-KOREA

AUGUST 2010

1) REHEARSALS:

After a year of emails, phone calls, meetings in Paris and Japan, all the members have gathered in Nanto-City (Toyama Pref) for 3 weeks of creation and hard practice, sharing the same house, spending a same moment in the japanese summer. 
Repertory is a combination of songs originally composed by each member, but re-arranged and re-interpreted to express the strength of this encounter. Asian and African sounds fusion in the originality of each artist, naturally. Nothing artificial here. Sukiafrica isn't an "international group". It's simply a group of creators, of artists composing an original performance.

  (rehearsal studio, Fukuno Creative Cultural Center Helios)

2) SUKIYAKI MEETS THE WORLD FESTIVAL, JAPAN:

Created to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the world music festival “SUKIYAKI MEETS THE WORLD” , the first performance is shown on Sukiyaki’s Opening stage (Aug 20) :

 (sound-check)

(on stage for a 10 min short performance)

(LIVE on TV)

Next day, sound-check on Sukiyaki's HELIOS stage:

 (Helios stage)

 

(Electrical Sakaki Mango)

 (Electrical Peter Solo)

(accoustic last practice time)

Then come the first full performance:

CHIWONISO (from Zimbabwe): lead vocal & nyunga-nyunga (mbira)

PETER SOLO (from Togo): lead vocal & guitar

ERIK ALIANA (from Cameroon): lead vocal & guitar

JANG JAEHYO (from Korea): Korean percussions, pansori & chorus

SAKAKI MANGO (from Kagoshima, Japan): Lead vocal & thumb pianos (limbas, likembe, mbira...)

CHOUCHOU BASS (from Cameroon):bass

 MASATO KIMURA (from Hokkaido, Japan): drums

 NORIHIKO YAMAKITA (from Tokyo, Japan): percussions, balafon

 Peter Solo with his KIBEOU (traditional guitar form Togo)

Erik Aliana with his MVET (aka Korongo, traditional harp from Cameroon)

3) TOKYO SHIBUYA CLUB QUATTRO, JAPAN:

4) GWANGJU WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, KOREA

 

 (Thanks to Lunarhill, Shigeru FUJII, Tsunehiro TAKAKUWA for the pictures)