Listen to music from Mkwaju Ensemble like Mkwaju, Lemore & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Mkwaju Ensemble. They released two albums in 1981, Ki-Motion and Mkwaju on the Better Days label. The core line-up was Midori Takada (Japanese: 高田みどり) and Yoji Sadanari (percussion, marimba, vibraphone).
Steadfast and focused as she was on her solo album, traces of that concentration abound here, but with added textures and layers. The opener, "Wood Dance," careens with a dizzying array of percussion, woven together with zigzagging synth lines and disembodied voices above the polyrhythmic patterns. The haunting "Maximum α" shows a deep knowledge of Indonesian gamelan and the humid atmospheres of Jon Hassell's Fourth World explorations.
Ki-Motion (LP, Album). Better Days (2). YF-7035-ND(BD). KI-Motion (CD, Album, RE). We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records. Ki-Motion (LP, Album, RE).
In stock now for same day shipping. Ki-Motion originally appeared on legendary Japanese imprint Better Days way back in 1981, and saw the trio lay down a range of wonderfully breezy, melodious and life-affirming tracks that joined the dots between Glass and Reich style American minimalism, Berlin school ambient, Japanese new age bliss and gentle, proto-type electronica
Mkwaju ensemble’s highly sought-after album reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1981.
The official reissue of legendary album KI-Motion by Japanese percussionist Midori Takada’s Mkwaju ensemble, sourced from the original masters.
