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Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2009
"Jazz Album of the Year 2009 "
mama!milk
" Fragrance of Notes "¡¡
wind bell, 2008 August, Japan
[ CD ] wb 21 [ 180g vinyl ] wb21LP
Listen from mama!milk myspace
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[ CD ]
1. kujaku
2. antique gold
3. hourglass
4. the moon
5. intermezzo,op.32
6. avant fermentation
7. anise
8. rosa mundi
9. smoky dawn
10. rosa moschata
11. two ripples
12. mano seca
13. sometime sweet
14. waltz, waltz
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[ vinyl 180g ]
with special track "pale anise"
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1. rosa moschata
2. avant fermentation
3. antique gold
4. pale anise ( only vinyl )
5. anise
6. intermezzo,op.32
7. kujaku
8. hourglass
9. mano seca
B
1. rosa mundi
2. smoky dawn
3. the moon
4. two ripples
5. sometime sweet
6. waltz, waltz
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mama!milk "Fragrance of Notes"
produced by mama!milk
mama!milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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Yuko Ikoma
accordion
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Kosuke Shimizu
double bass
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mama!milk is by accordion player Yuko Ikoma and contrabass player Kosuke Shimizu.
Based in the old city Kyoto, mama!milk has been performing at various venues like art museums, theater, cafe and even at a temple.
Their music has been described as "Japanese New Exotica", "Cinema for Ears".
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additional musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yuichi Inobori
flute, trombone
Gak Sato
theremin
Takeo Toyama¡Ê Toyama Takeo Ensemble )
piano
Tsutom Kurihara ( double famous, little creatures )
drums
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ohji Hayashi ( Sience Audio Recording ), Hiroshi Nakata, Kota Tanaka
Art direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ryosuke Uehara ( DRAFT / D-Bros ), Aya Ida ( DRAFT / D-Bros )
A&R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kazumi Tomita
Fragrance for 'mama!milk/Fragrance of Notes'
'Fragrance of Notes' premium kit
graf showroom, Japan tel. +81-66459-2100
3 type of fragrances
Kujaku . . .
Ylang-ylang, Sandalwood, Juniper . . .
The moon . . .
Eucalyptus, Frankincense . . .
Waltz,waltz . . .
Rosewood, Patchouli, Vetiver, Vanilla . . .
mama!milk ' Fragrance of Notes ' ensemble tour schedule
2008
9 August [ Osaka ] graf salon
**premium showcase
31 August [ Tokyo ] Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
23 September [ Tokyo ] MOODSTOCK at My Humble House Tokyo
11 October [ Himeji ] maja
12 October [ Hiroshima ] Yokogawa Cinema!!
13 October [ Okayama ] Shiroshita Kokaido
3 November [ Kyoto ] Artcomplex1928
14 November [ Tokyo ] THE GLOBE
23 November [ Kumamoto ] BAHIA
24 November [ Fukuoka ] HANABI at ROOMS
7 December [ Kyoto ] Miyako Festival
13 December [ Osaka ] Mengyo Kaikan
20,21 December [ Kanazawa ] puddle/social
2009
13 February [ Naha ] Bekkan Celluloid
14 February [ Okinawa ] PLAZA HOUSE / GLOBAL GALLERY
14 March [ Kumamoto ] CAMK Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto
10 April [ Kyoto ] Risssei Shougakko
10 May [ Kobe ] Guggenheim House
For more detail :
mama!milk schedule
RADIO, MAGAZINE etc
¢¢ "Jazz Album of the Year 2009" on
Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2009 @ Cargo, London
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Winners 2008 on WORLDWIDE 15, J-Wave
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Music for Life by TOSHIO MATSUURA on Web Magazine OPENERS.
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Autumn Sound Collection on WORLDWIDE 15 Music Store, J-Wave
¢¢ exclusive live on "
MODAISTA" 22 Nov.2008, J-Wave
¢¢ mama!milk ' Fragrance of Notes ' ensemble concert at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo on "
Midnight Train" 27,28 Oct. 2008, J-Wave
¢¢ Album of the Week: 'Fragrance of Notes' on
GILLES PETERSON WORLDWIDE, J-Wave
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see the music!! mama!milk spedcial " at Theatre CIEMA, Saga 21-24 july 2008
¢¢ mama!milk/kujaku on
BBC Radio 1 Gilles Peterson, 24 July 2008
¢¢ mama!milk/kujaku on "
711-SEVEN ELEVEN, Matsuura Toshio, SHIBUYA FM, 30 June 2008
RECOMMENDATION
Sound that stops the moment and makes you wonder
mama!milk is by accordion player Yuko Ikoma and ContrabassKosuke Shimizu, they're based in the old city Kyoto and has beendoing a live at art museums, theater, cafe and even at a temple.
Their music are like a flame at the fireplace, burning quietly but not silently and burn the heart of people who listen to it. It's been a while since I have been facinated by their music.
Their new album ¡ØFragrance of Notes was released this summer after five years, the album is made with artists Tsutomu Kurihara (drums), Takeo Toyama (piano) and also Gak Sato (Theremin) who worked at Right Tempo for more than 10years, and also Yuichi Inobori (flute/trombone) as guest players.
The 14tracks or should I say 14piece of poems are like a picture scroll which will bring back some old and sweet memories. It reminded me a film the romantic three piece made by movie director Seijun Suzuki, this album is a masterpiece.
The sexy and beautiful sound of accordion will cross by to the cool contrabass as if it is trying to seduce and other instruments were smiling to hear that eroticism in that sound and fit in as well.Inner ecstasy comes out from that crossing and continues to stay regardless of time.
This album will become a sound track for me as we toward to autumn.
Toshio Matsuura...
for web magazine OPENERS
When I met yuko the first time, it was in a hotel in tokyo
and having these little pieces of conversation in mind
and the even stronger impression of her elegant appearance makes this record very special for me.
It seems to bring back these pictures of a very short but intense moment
and i think the music of mama milk! has exactly this
it is changing between elegance,coolness but at the same time
the heart and the emotions of an intensive short moment
that will keep its footprint in your mind.
It leaves a lot of space for mindtrips
and also for connections in the own musical biographie.
during the listening while i was hearing the new mama milk! record
I was somehow found quotes in some europien countries
but at the same time it has this little difference that makes the music on
"fragrance of notes" outstanding for me.
At the end you will breath in and breath out
and you know that this record was not the last time in your cd-player.
Hauschka
