Live report from Lo-Fi 's tour

Lo-Fi was away in Europe for almost two weeks and we were able to do five good shows and some recording as well.
The concert we did in London was really great. We had some awesome photographers on site and obviously have more photos to share from this show!

Lo-Fiは約２週間ヨーロッパツアーに行っていた。５カ所でライブをすることができ、また現地でレコーディングもした。
ロンドンでのライブは本当に良かった。現地では、素晴らしいカメラマンがこれまた素晴らしい写真を撮ってくれた。その一部を載せておきます。



We did the show in London with our good friend Dan Baker and also with our pal from Hong Kong, David Ma.
It's so awesome that we got these guys together on the same stage! Dan we met when we opened for his one-man band at the Star Lounge in Shibuya.
David we met when his band opened for us at the Fringe Club in Central Hong Kong.
We opened our show with a jam session version of Realize…!

ロンドンでは、親友のDan Baker、香港から来た仲間David Maと一緒に演奏した。なんと二人が同じステージで共演することに！Danとの出会いは、渋谷スターラウンジで行われた彼のワンマンバンドのライブでの共演。Davidとは香港セントラルのライブハウス、Fringe Clubで彼のバンドと一緒に出演した時に出会った。
ロンドンのライブは、Realizeのジャムセッションバージョンから始めた！昔の曲はやらず、ほとんどStereo Soul(US/UK/JP amazonとiTunesで購買可能)の中から曲を選び、ライブの為にアレンジして演奏した。

We didn't do any of our old songs and mostly played songs from Stereo Soul (UK amazon.. but also on the US/UK/JP amazon and iTunes…) and arranged them for the show.

Here's a nice shot of Nori… we don't get much close shots of her as we should have in the past!!
The welcoming atmosphere of all the shows in the UK and Holland were really great for that free-style jamming that we love.
Below is  a photo of Yosh and me… another two close up shots I rarely see when we do shows in Tokyo. Even in Tokyo I think it's great to have a pro documenting the show!

上の写真はNoriのナイスショット。実はアップの写真が今までなかなかなかったのだ！
イギリス、オランダ共に、俺達が好きなフリースタイルジャムを本当に喜んで受け入れてくれる雰囲気があった。下の写真はYoshと自分。東京でのショーではなかなか見られないクローズアップの２枚。東京のライブでもプロの写真記録は大事だと思った！


I love this photo of Dan Baker below…. here's more info on his homepage, you've gotta check out his one-man band act too. It's something that will surprise you for sure.
http://www.danbakermusic.co.uk/
It was really great to have him playing with us! We did a jam together for the first time when he came to Japan for his solo album release tour.

下のDan Bakerの写真が好きだ。彼のホームページに行くとさらに詳細の情報や、ワンマンバンドの活動もチェックできる。きっと見たら驚くよ！

http://www.danbakermusic.co.uk/

自分達と共演してくれて本当に嬉しかった。彼と最初に一緒にジャムをしたのは、彼のソロアルバムリリースツアーで日本に来た時だった。


Here's a shot of David Ma who's a bassist from Hong Kong joining us as a guitarist! He helped Lo-Fi organize our HK tour and on this tour we really talked about doing more shows in different parts of Asia too. I really hope that materializes next year.

香港からギタリストとして参加した(普段はベーシスト)Davidの写真！彼は香港ツアーや今回のツアーを企画し実現させるのを手伝ってくれた。俺達はもっとアジアの色んな場所でライブをしようと話し合った。来年本当に実現させたいな。

We really had an awesome crowd for all the shows and even though we were really worn out from the traveling and gear hauling… on stage we felt great! Thanks to everyone that came out to see the shows! It's great to see so many people dancing at a show…!

旅の道中、機材運びで疲れていたにも関わらず、全公演、素晴らしいお客さんに恵まれた‥ステージ上では最高の気分でした！ライブを見に来てくれた皆さん、本当にありがとう！たくさんの人達がライブで踊っているのを見るのは本当に嬉しい‥！

Here's some shots from our show in Utrecht (Netherlands) at ´t Oude Pothuys!
This show was put together by our good friend Jeff of the Lightwires. http://www.lightwires.net/

We hope to get some new shows planned where our bands can perform together!

´t Oude Pothuysというオランダのユトレヒトでのライブ写真はこちら！
このライブは親友である、LightwiresというバンドのJeffがアレンジしてくれた。

http://www.lightwires.net/

今度Jeffのバンドとも一緒に共演できるよう新しいライブを計画している！




I hope to update the blog again with more photos from the tour!
ツアーの写真はまた更新してお届けします！


5 & Nori of Lo-Fi
www.lofi-net.com

On our way back

Lo-Fi's shows in the UK and Holland were really fun. Right now we're on the ferry making our way back to our flight from London.

We did our first show with Dan Baker as a special guest in Hoxton Square. The venue Zigfried Von Underbelly was really awesome.



We had some really nice photos taken by Kii Studios Photography and will post more soon!




Next day we did a show at another charity event in Brixton called the Oxjam.





After that we did a recording session in north London with David and headed out to Amsterdam.


Above is a shot of the Gallery we performed at before the show started in Eindhoven. We played a rock venue "Waterhole" in Amsterdam and also an underground venue in Utrecht!





We had so much support from so many people... Extremely grateful! We promise to be back again soon!

5 (Bass Vocal of Lo-Fi)
http://www.lofi-net.com/

HAA - TO BII - TO [ハート ビート] (UK charity concert)

Lo-Fi will be performing at "Zigfrid von Underbelly" in Hoxton Square on Saturday October 22nd 2011 with some awesome artists for a charity event called HAA - TO BII - TO [ハート ビート] 

 HAA - TO BII - TO [ハート ビート] 

in support of

AID FOR JAPAN

click to see facebook event page

New music from Tokyo and London including:

Lo-Fi

The UK Debut of the Japanese Band Lo-Fi as part of their first UK Tour 2011. Lo-Fi are an underground music trio that fuses Jazz Breakbeats, Hip-hop & Soul.  www.lofi-net.com

Unshin

A J Pop/Rock influenced band fronted by Megumi Miyoshi, a singer/songwriter from Sendai, Japan.

They have just released their debut “Waltz for Broken Dolls” which is a concept album telling the story of a young girl growing up under the strict pressures of Japanese society, but manages to stay on her own path.

www.unshin.co.uk

K-Shaped Rooms

A London-based band fusing blues, funk and American rock, influenced by Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Police, Curtis Mayfield and Level 42.

www.myspace.com/thekshapedrooms

GaYa

A Latvian Regina Spektor, now based in London - GaYa is an award-winning singer and musician influenced by Nina Simone, Bobby McFerrin, Bjork and Adele.

She has performed at various venues in Riga, the capital of Latvia, and her hometown Ogre as well as in some neighbour countries, and has been named The Best Voice Timbre at the vocal contest in Lithuania. In 2009 Gaya had an opportunity to sing with one of her great influences Bobby McFerrin at his solo concert in Sweden.

www.thepeoplesmusicawards.com/gaya/

www.myspace.com/somespaceforgaya

HAA - TO BII - TO [ハート ビート] is also a fundraising event for Aid For Japan. 

Aid For Japan is a charity set up by Akemi Solloway that is raising money to support orphans of the Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake in the long term.

Founder, Akemi Solloway will be giving a short presentation on the charity as part of this live music event.

To find out more about Aid For Japan, please visit their website: www.aidforjapan.co.uk

Terracotta Distribution Prize Raffle for Ticket Holders

All ticket-holders will have a chance to win one of a selection of Asian films courtesy

of Terracotta Distribution www.terracottadistribution.com.

Winners will be announced at the end of the event.

Terracotta Distribution will also be present at the event. Visit them in the

merchandise area to buy one of their contemporary film releases from Japan,

Korea, China, Indonesia and wider Asia.

Date and Time: Saturday October 22nd 2011 7.30pm – 11pm

Venue: Zigfrid von Underbelly (Downstairs at Zigfrid) 11 Hoxton Square N1 6NU

Contact: +44 207 613 1988 http://www.underbellyhoxton.com

Tickets: £6 on the door