Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Kabusacki & Luck. Teatro La Comedia, Rosario

I played through a beautiful Fender amp both at the rehearsal studio and the show...



Interviews at Diario La Capital, Rosario 12, El Ciudadano and Rosario Rock.

Travelled to Rosario on Friday, with this sticker on the car's back window...



Interview for Radio Clash at Rock and Pop FM in the afternoon and a few phone interviews for local newspapers...





Saturday: more phone interviews...and an interview with Mr Pablo Feldman at the island. So we crossed the Parana river on a fast boat. Horses, cows, roosters, chicken, pigs...great atmosphere! Wonderful day. After my interview, Mr. Rocambole came for an interview so we sailed back together to Rosario.
















Lunch at Rincon Hispano with Pablo, Matias and Barbara. Waited too long...




Short nap, soundcheck, showtime.






La Comedia is a wonderful theater!!!!!! here I saw Seru Giran and Billy Preston play many years ago...among many others...and here I played with Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists in 2007.

The lineup:
Kabusacki: electric and synth guitars
Barbara Togander: vocals and electronics
Cesar Franov: bass and electronic
Mariano Suarez: trumpet and flugelhorn
Matias Mango: keyboards and piano
Pablo Dawidowicz: drums and percussion


(pic: M. Turin)

I don't have the set list since I gave it away, but these are the pieces we played:

Clara como el agua
La NiƱa del dia
Toledo
Shipbuilding (Costello/Langer)
Wonderful Land (The Shadows)
Jazz Bb
Suerte!
The Whip
Voices of Ancient Chidren
Cinco Sirenitas
20 Trajes Verdes (Charly Garcia)
Stratus (Billy Cobham)
and several improvs




Great to see several old time friends in the audience.

The theater's back door...


Dinner with the team at El Cairo, walked by wonderful old buildings. Architecture!









Lunch at the Rodriguez Jauregui's (nice to see Maria and Caloi too)

Back to Buenos Aires on a comfortable bus, listening to Dylan.

Here a review from Diario La Capital

Monday, February 27, 2012

May 2, 2011 Shibuya O-Nest

Kabusacki with Shugo Tokumaru, Mito, Itoken, OLAibi and OORUTAICHI

Shibuya O-Nest

Last concert of a wonderful tour. I feel sad, although I'm happy to fly back home tomorrow, I'm also happy about the tour. So much exciting music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very intense experience...


Taxi with Kaz to Shibuya


These colourful things announce a national holiday.




Interview with dear Shinja, whom I haven't seen in many years, and whom I haven'trecognised inmediately due to his new haircut!!! very good job by the translator.

The new Cafe Renoir...


The streets of Shibuya


Arriving at O-Nest, nice venue!!!!!!!!!


Soundcheck






The concert, view taken by Koki from the side of the stage


My pedals...


The merchandise table: Luck CDs and T-shirts


With the wonderful musicians I played with tonight...


Ai...stunning drummer of OOIOO...


Ai and Ourotaichi...


The stage...


Wrote something for the upcoming Kirie memorial exhibition. I love Kirie.


Dinner at the venue's bar and back to the hotel for final packing.

Monday, February 20, 2012

May 1 2011: Kabusacki & Otomo Yoshihide at Vacant, Tokyo

Kabusacki & Otomo Yoshihide (guitars) at Vacant, Harajuku, Tokyo

I changed my guitar's strings last night and practiced more than usual. I feel better when I practice more!

I'm very excited I will play with Otomo today, a guitarist I greatly admire but whom I never played with before!

Taxi with Koki to Vacant...


Setup takes place...wonderful venue...wood!!!!!!!! I love the sound of wood..so warm...


lights are being setup...with great care...getting to look very beautiful...



my corner...


is it an illusion or this amp sounds much better that all the JCs I used previously? maybe that I practiced more last night? or the room? or the air? or the amp....


Otomo's corner



my Tokai, with new strings...


dressing room...



a nice old Fender sitting in the dressing room...


The performance was so much fun! with delicious moments of joy... I'm very happy! I found myself playing in a way I never did...stunning...surprising...fresh...Otomo was superb!!!!!!!

the concert was recorded in a high quality format with this gear...


Stuff ready to go...


while people take all the lights setup apart...




goodbye Vacant! I hope I'll play here again, and hope I'll play with Otomo again. Luxury...


here's a trailer of the release...



The recording of the performance (audio and DVD) is available here, with some additional valuable info and a review on the performance.