The traditional bagpipes of ancient Japan
2018-Jul-23, Monday 14:24![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dorchadas
I usually use that phrase about Yasunori Mitsuda's ouevre, but it turns out it applies elsewhere.
Back when we lived in Japan, we were wandering through Hiroshima City one day when we heard music, the unmistakable sound of fiddles and hand-drums. I thought it sounded like Celtic music and started walking toward it, and we found a plaza with a band playing and stayed to listen as twilight fell. They were here, in the plaza just south of Parco Department Store. I originally thought it was the plaza where we joined in a Bon dance on an hot August night, but that was here, quite different.
Ever since then, I think about it sometimes but I could never remember the name of the band. A photo of the band from 2011 popped up today in my Facebook memories, and this time I checked the comments and they had the band's name--Drakskip. Here's their website.
For years I've thought they were a Celtic band, but I was wrong! Their about section says:
I want to see if I can buy one of their albums. Amazon.jp only has CDs, so maybe I'll check Japanese iTunes. I know it's possible to buy gift cards and use that to get music...
Back when we lived in Japan, we were wandering through Hiroshima City one day when we heard music, the unmistakable sound of fiddles and hand-drums. I thought it sounded like Celtic music and started walking toward it, and we found a plaza with a band playing and stayed to listen as twilight fell. They were here, in the plaza just south of Parco Department Store. I originally thought it was the plaza where we joined in a Bon dance on an hot August night, but that was here, quite different.
Ever since then, I think about it sometimes but I could never remember the name of the band. A photo of the band from 2011 popped up today in my Facebook memories, and this time I checked the comments and they had the band's name--Drakskip. Here's their website.
For years I've thought they were a Celtic band, but I was wrong! Their about section says:
Drakskipの音楽は北欧を中心に世界中の音楽を取り込んで、そのサウンドは躍動的、前衛的でありながらもどこか懐かしい。In English:
Drakskip's music takes in music from around the world, but its heart is from Northern Europe, and the sound is lively and avant-garde while being somehow nostalgic.Their recent news has them spending a year studying in Sweden. I guess the fiddles threw me off.
I want to see if I can buy one of their albums. Amazon.jp only has CDs, so maybe I'll check Japanese iTunes. I know it's possible to buy gift cards and use that to get music...
