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Der vanker gakket psykedelisk minyo rave i neonklæder, når den japanske duo WaqWaq Kingdom aka Kiki Hitomi og Shigeru Ishihara (DJ Scotch Egg) rammer Valby Kulturhus til foråret. Foodman åbner aftenen.

To ikoniske skikkelser på den japanske elektroniske scene blander det bedste fra mange verdener i det svært danseindgydende projekt WaqWaq Kingdom. Kiki Hitomi og Shigeru Ishihara får traditionel japansk folkesang, elektronisk musik, jamaicansk dancehall, 8-bit techno og afrikanske polyrytmer til at mødes på én stor gakket og pangfarvet palet, som de selv meget rammende beskriver som psykedelisk minyo rave.

Shigeru Ishihara har under navnet DJ Scotch Egg kredset om den internationale dansemusikgalakse i over et årti og sendt flere soloplader ud gennem det legendariske eksperimentelle label Load Records. DJ Scotch Egg var desuden med det ugandiske musikkollektiv Nyege Nyege, da de lavede ekstatisk dansefest under Gong Tomorrow i 2021. Sanger Kiki Hitomi har baggrund i King Midas Sound (med The Bug og Roger Robinson) og er medskaber af den ikoniske japanske dubstep-noise duo Dokkebi Q. Ikke mindst er hun en anerkendt illustrator og designer, og det reflekteres i artworket til WaqWaq Kingdoms egne udgivelser men også i deres vilde neon-outfits og sceneshow. Duoen er aktuel med banger-EP’en “Dokkoisho” og vi kan godt garantere at der bliver fart på dansegulvet når de rammer Valby Kulturhus til foråret.

Foodman

⻝品まつり a.k.a foodman a.k.a. Takahide Higuci er en elektronisk musikproducer og billedkunstner baseret i Tokyo. Foodmans renæssance-agtige take på og viden om musik er det mest opsigtsvækkende ved hans produktioner – en form for sjove og sammenfiltrede lydlige kollager hvor små lyde, blips og klik bliver til elektroniske musikforløb og komplekse grooves med nik i retning af både techno, house, pop, rå elektronisk percussion, footwork og ambient. Foodman varmer aftenen op med et set inden WaqWaq Kingdom.

In English

Originally from Japan, but for more than a decade active in Europe, Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara are WaqWaq Kingdom and produce what they describe as psychedelic minyo rave. Although their sound is hard to describe, what you surely can expect is a colorful and psychedelic performance. Foodman will play as support.

Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara aka WaqWaq Kingdom’s endless range of stylistic adventures see them drawing lines between traditional Japanese and contemporary electronic, between Jamaican dancehall and 8-bit techno, between African polyrhythms and experimental music, with plenty more helping to color a powerful, vibrant palette.

Shigeru Ishihara aka DJ Scotch Egg - has been a distinctive alien orbiting the dance music galaxy for over a decade, releasing radiantly unpredictable solo records through the legendary and now-defunct experimental label Load Records, and performing as a member of British post-rock band Seefeel. DJ Scotch Egg also performed with the collective Nyege Nyege at the Gong Tomorrow Festival last year. Vocalist and lyricist Kiki Hitomi is formerly a member of King Midas Sound (along with The Bug and Roger Robinson), and co-founded iconic Japanese dubstep-noise duo Dokkebi Q. She is also a celebrated illustrator and designer, having created artwork for countless record sleeves and brands. Kiki created the vividly eye-popping artwork duo's latest EP “Dokkoisho”. Prepare for a colorful and psychedelic night when WaqWaq Kingdom hits Valby Kulturhus this Spring.

Foodman

⻝品まつり a.k.a foodman a.k.a Takahide Higuci is an electronic music producer and visual artist based in Tokyo. His renaissance-like take on and knowledge of music is probably the most positively disconcerting trait of his work. He actively deals with several types of song forms, techno, house, pop, raw electronic percussion, concretism, footwork, ambient, with an incredibly creative, musical and wild take on melody, harmony, timbre and syncopation. Having said that, his work is not about variety as fetish or gratuitous imposition, but a profoundly cultured, intuitive and open take on the possibilities of all vocabularies that he observes and masters and deals with with precision. Foodman will play an opening set before WaqWaq Kingdom.