ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: towa

towa ainutronica’s biography:

Towa is a Japanese Ainu music performer and tonkori player.
She became committed to Ainu music after meeting her teacher, Hayasaka Kamichi.
Tonkori and mukkuri performance. A creative fusion world of electronic music and Ainu music.
Tonkori and synthesiser original compositions by Twa are also performed.
Tonkori and mukkuri are bamboo and mouth harp instruments from the Ainu people.

Towaは日本のアイヌミュージックパフォーマー、トンコリプレイヤーです。
彼女は師匠である早坂賀道との出会いにより、アイヌ音楽に傾倒していく。
トンコリとムックリの演奏。電子音楽とアイヌ音楽の融合創作的な世界。
トワによるトンコリ、シンセサイザーのオリジナル作品も披露しています。
トンコリとムックリは、アイヌ民族に伝わる竹製の楽器で口琴楽器です。

ムックリは、口に咥えて固定し、その端を指で弾いたり(端に結んである)紐を引っ張ったりして、音を鳴らすそうです。

びゅ~ん、びゅんびゅん。ベンベン、ベンベン。ビョンビョン、ビヨ~ン。

うーん、上手く説明できませんね。アイヌ古典ヤイカテカラ”恋のうた”を新しいアレンジでトンコリにのせた作品をYoutubeリンクとして掲載しますので、ぜひ自分の耳で感じてみてください!ロマンチックなメロディですよ。

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LuNaLUNA is a DJ from Osaka, Japan.
She started DJ-ing in dining bars back in 2011. Since then, she has decided to limit herself to online activities, such as podcasts and radio shows, which actually brought her to a wider stage.

As a child, LUNA grew up in an environment with different types of music and this contributed to the fact that her play style incorporates a diversity of music genres like House, Techno, something Deep and Progressive, and also Chill. She is free-spirited and plays in her own style.

In order to make more people interested in club music and enjoy clubbing, LUNA is still working hard on performing her mission.

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