Blog - Weekly revue: 2019 week #5 (January 26 to February 1)
Weekly revue: 2019 week #5 (January 26 to February 1)
Food: - South Indian curry at Curry Leaves, Jūjō
- Flat white at mobile coffee truck Ginzan Coffee, in Ikejiri-Ōhashi/Mishuku on weekends
Music event: - On January 31 was event "Dita" at Roppongi Varit, featuring Hoshino Michiru, HALLCA (aka Tominaga Haruka) and Mebi Moe.
It was my first time seeing HALLCA since she started her solo career. The last time I had seen her was with Especia (as a trio) at the same place in November 2016 (report). This time HALLCA was backed by "DJ chante", and she played live keys on her Juno keyboard while singing. She played her whole "Aperitif e.p" plus new song "Wanna Dance!" which was announced at the show and released digitally shortly after at midnight! All of HALLCA's songs so far are great, and I'm really looking forward to what's to come next!
HALLCA set list: Milky Way / Diamond / Dreamer / guilty pleasure / Wanna Dance!
Hoshino Michiru performed a full set at the piano. I love her solo piano version of "Discotheque ni tsuretette", normally an upbeat dance track but that takes a cool jazzy twist when played in this fashion. I was also happy to hear "Misty Night, Misty Morning", another of my piano favorites, and "ikitai hō e" (both from album "You Love Me"). For the encore, she played brand new song "gyakkō" which is to be released as an EP of the same title on March 6! It's produced by Sally Kubota with photography & artwork by Shindō Mitsuo! Can't wait! Meanwhile if you want to hear her live sound you should check out latest digital EP "After 6 Sessions".
Hoshino Michiru set list: Wish on a Starry Night / Discotheque ni tsuretette / mō ichido déjà-vu / story / Misty Night, Misty Morning / ikitai hō e
Encore: gyakkō
Music release news: ammakasie noka, HALLCA, Ema Grace
This week's video: Ema Grace "Stand By"
Posted on February 3, 2019 at 01:46 | Tweet
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