Hochzeitskapelle & Kama Aina // Midori Hirano // DJ Flow

28.2.
Einlass: 20.00Uhr - Start: 21.00Uhr

live:
Hochzeitskapelle & Kama Aina
Midori Hirano

Kama Aina is a drifter, a wanderer, a wayfarer. A composer full of wanderlust, who keeps getting itchy feet, and at the same time: a global islander. That’s because Kama Aina’s actual name is Takuji Aoyago, he’s originally from Tokyo. Currently based in Okinawa, yet another island, he never stays home for long, but keeps traveling the globe, visiting islands in search of new sounds, new sonic experiences. Earlier finds, from Hawaii, for example, or Bali, served as inspiration for albums such as “Club Kama Aina”. And “Kama Aina”: that’s Hawaiian; it means “indigenous person” or “island dweller”.
As a musician, and quite simply as a human being, Kama Aina ain’t no island, though. That’s because wherever he goes, he’s not only searching for new sounds, but also for new people – for kindred spirits. Having first discovered a few in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he now found more likeminded folks – in Bavaria. Strictly speaking, it was the other way around: Munich-based Hochzeitskapelle discovered him. That’s because Hochzeitskapelle – Markus and Micha Acher, Mathias Götz, Alex Haas, and Evi Keglmaier – they’re also experienced sonic explorers, known via various outlets and constellations, including The Notwist, Le Millipede, Unsere Lieblinge or Mrs. Zwirbl. As Hochzeitskapelle, they usually focus on cover songs, playing their loose-limbed, rumbling, foolhardy jazz tunes mostly live, in bars, in parks, out in the streets.

Midori Hirano is a Berlin-based musician, composer and producer. She started learning the piano as a child, and this triggered what was to later see her study classical piano at university. Therefore her productions are based on the use of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings or guitars, but yet experimental and an eclectic mixture of modern digital sounds with subtle electronic processing and field recordings.
She has released two albums on noble label. Her second, “klo:yuri”(2008), saw her further develop her sound, garnering critical acclaim from various media including TIME magazine , BBC radio and FACT Magazine. Over the following years Midori has performed live throughout Europe and Japan.
Besides producing her own works, she has composed music for films, video installations and dance performances. The films that have commissioned works by Midori have been screened at Berlin International Film Festival, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival and HongKong International Film Festival, among others.
Her third album “Minor Planet” has been released on sonic pieces in 2016.