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Ocean Funk

This is a solo shakuhachi piece originally from the Kanto
area. It is a basic piece in the Kinko repertoire, but my
version is one that has been interpreted through the
teachings of Katsuya Yokoyama (via his student Michael
Chikusen Gould). It is said to have been played by monks
while begging alms. Here I play it on a 1.8 Kinshyu shakuhachi.
Recorded March 10th 2016 in Naperville IL USA

Hifumi Hachigaeshi

I am, on the maternal side, Haplogroup T
(Subclade T2) and, on the paternal side,
Haplogroup Q (M242)!
I have been walking the earth since the
early '50s. I am an ex-mill-rat,
ex-(Calumet)region-rat, ex-chemist,
dead-mathematician, ex-programmer,
musician, composer, earth-walker.
I have two musical directions, I play,
perform, and teach traditional Japanese
classical music for the shakuhachi
(an end blown bamboo flute), and I play,
compose, and perform experimental
electronic music. All the electronic music I
compose and perform is and can be done
in real-time (i.e. I don't use multi-tracking
or computer manipulation for my compositions).
Whenever I record anything, either electronic
or on the shakuhachi, it is done in real-time
just as it would have been done on the stage
or in an intimate setting.

Hifumi Hachigaeshi

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