Artist Description
A lush array of looping and vocal/violin gymnastics... Kishi Bashi's debut full-length, 151a, is a bright and soaring avant-pop record written primarily on violin - Kishi Bashi's main instrument which has brought him to record and tour with the likes of Regina Spector, Sondre Lerche, Alexi Murdoch, of Montreal and more.Kishi Bashi collaborated with of Montreal's Kevin Barnes on that band's new album, Paralytic Stalks. This last endeavor he credits with some of his most recent musical growth, acknowledging that Barnes pushed him to new heights of creativity, forcing him to explore a broader use of his primary instrument: the violin. This experimentation affected his loop-based live show and led to him write more of the new record with violin rather than piano or guitar, loosening him from the grip of habit and expanding his palette. Kishi Bashi uses Japanese singing as another of many layers, doing so without any trace of gimmickry, and achieving what, to Western ears, must sound like an expression of the ineffable.
From the deconstructed doo-wop of "Wonder Woman, Wonder Me," a 21st century transmission of Smile-era Brian Wilson to the menacing marriage of Eastern hues and Western operatics in "Beat the Bright out of Me," this album is a mediation between opposing drives, offering possible reconciliation but never promising it. Kishi Bashi played and produced 151a entirely himself.
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I have 4 Kishi Bashi tickets, but I am unable to go now due to weather. Contact me to discuss getting them ASAP! at kateroses03@yahoo.com
Looking for one ticket for 9:30pm show
If you have an extra to tonight's 9:30pm show, I would love to buy it from you (happy to pay a modest premium). I can be reached bberman_sox@yahoo.com. Thanks. Brian
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Kishi Bashi
I will pay anything to see him. I missed his last show, because of a death in the family and it just about broke my heart. I really want to see him, he's my absolute favorite artist! Email Liv at liv1125@gmail.com
Thank You :)
Tickets Needed
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Reward included! $$$
Jacob Hefele
Kishi Bashi - Tickets Wanted
If you can't go, call me, I will buy one or two tickets off of you. Christina Boyle - christina.m.boyle@me.com
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