Programme maker Robert Kroos will take you to Hokkaido, the most northern ‘wild west’ of Japan.
Kroos spend 5 weeks the last summer in Hokkaido.
Armed with recording equipment, Robert Kroos took advantage of this special opportunity to make field recordings. The sounds he caught go from the cacophony of noise in pachinko amusement arcades to the traditional singing of the Ainu to the silent sounds of nature. One hour, you can travel through the sound world of Hokkaido.
The Sounds of Hokkaido
01: 00.00 DJ Rebel Musical @ Rising Sun Festival
02: 00.16 MC Mango @ Weird Meddle Record Store
03: 01.55 Collage of Shopping Malls & JR Tower, Sapporo
04: 05.22 Nakajima park
05: 06.12 Hokkaido Shrine
06: 06.48 Collage of pachinko and game halls
07: 16.40 Toyohira River Fireworks Festival
08: 17.45 Asahigaoka Forest, Kutchan
09: 19.17 Improvisation @ Niseko Goshiki Onsen Bashi steel bridge
10: 21.25 Ooyunuma big Onsen @ Niseko
11: 23.03 Improvisation for prepared Koto and onsen
12: 25.02 Fukushima Project Bon Odori Sapporo International Art Festival with Yoshihide Otomo band
13: 29.43 Yukata Dancing Circle @ Hokkai Bon Odori
14: 37.14 Ainu warriors dance @ Chip Sanke festival Nibutani
15: 38.59 Ainu songs by Ma Rew Rew and OKI (Dub Ainu Band) @ Chip Sanke festival Nibutani
16: 48.42 Waterwheel at Hoheikyo Onsen
17: 53.22 Washing inside Hoheikyo Onsen
18: 55.08 Lake Toya shore
19: 57.43 Improvisation for djembe, steel tunnen and 3 persons
All recorded by Robert Kroos, July and August 2014 Hokkaido, Japan
Track 9,10 and 19 together with Ran Akutsu and Yasuyuki Shimanuki.
Special thanks to Sada & Cosima Oka, Yasuyuki Shimanuki & Ran Akutsu and Junichi Oguro.
And in general thanks to all the wonderful and kind people of Hokkaido.
contact: robert@duckfood.nl
