AfuriKo (アフリ子) is:
A few words and excerpts:
Infectious improvisational world grooves crafted together into full-fledged arrangements and compositions, mostly derived from the vast and spellbinding traditional repertoire of West Africa...
Akiko Horii - djembe, cajón, cymbals (and other small percussion), voice
Jim Funnell - piano, keyboard, key bass, voice
special regular guest in Japan: Hiroshi Fukutomi - electric guitar Arthur Wollenweber - recording engineer on the アフリ子 EP |
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A few words and excerpts:
Infectious improvisational world grooves crafted together into full-fledged arrangements and compositions, mostly derived from the vast and spellbinding traditional repertoire of West Africa...
A brief chronological outline:
2011 | Oct.: 1st Japan tour (performances in the Kansai region: Osaka, Itami, Kyoto and Kobe)
2012 | Jun.: recording of the duo's debut EP "アフリ子" (self produced) in Meschers, France; Jul.: mixing and mastering of the EP by Fabien Girard close to Angoulème, France
2012 | Aug.: 2nd Japan tour (performances in the Kansai region - including a concert organised by national newspaper Asahi Shimbun - plus shows in Tokyo, Kiryu, Chiba, Saitama, Nagoya and Fukuoka); Sept.: AfuriKo's UK debut (gigs in Bournemouth, Oxford, Cardiff and Pontypool)
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