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Mitsune

Berlin-based Mitsune live on KEXP December 8, 2024.

Robert Rackley
Robert Rackley

Featuring a heavy dose of Nippon by way of Berlin, Germany, Mitsune brings their blend of traditional folk sounds with a proggy psychedelic flair to KEXP. The songs center around the shamisen playing of Shiomi Kawaguchi and Youka Snell but have the rhythm backing of bass and drums. Colorful traditional costumes enhance the power of the music in what is almost as much of a visual as audio delight.

I’ve been coming back to this video quite a bit. I’m not sure anything could be farther from the Byzantine chants that will accompany the Pascha celebration at my Orthodox Church tonight, but I’m enjoying the thought of the contrast.

Mitsune - Live on KEXP (YouTube)

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Robert Rackley

Robert Rackley

Mere Christian, aspiring minimalist, budget audiophile, inveterate notetaker, and paper airplane mechanic.

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