{"id":2393,"date":"2017-10-18T08:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T05:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauska.lv\/blog\/ainu-musician-oki-in-latvia-and-lithuania\/"},"modified":"2017-10-18T08:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T05:42:33","slug":"ainu-musician-oki-in-latvia-and-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauska.lv\/en\/blog\/ainu-musician-oki-in-latvia-and-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Ainu musician Oki in Latvia and Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ainu musician Oki concerts in Latvia and Lithuania<\/h3>\n

4 November<\/em>\u00a08 pm\u00a0Oki concert in Valmiermui\u017ea<\/a><\/p>\n

5 November<\/em>\u00a08 pm public rehearsal at\u00a0M\u0100 telpa\u00a0<\/a>with IDEAGN\u014cSIS movement group<\/p>\n

7 November <\/em>7 pm\u00a0Kaunas, Lithuania –\u00a0Lithuanian Education History Museum<\/a>, Vytauto pr.52 – Songs of the Ancient Land – Ainu and Lithuanian traditional music – OKI and Laurita Peleni\u016bt\u0117 – “Promo\u010di\u0173 giesm\u0117s”<\/p>\n

8 November\u00a0<\/em>7 pm, Vilnius, Lithuania, Miesto Laboratorija<\/a>, Songs of the Ancient Land – Ainu and Lithuanian traditional music – OKI and Laurita Peleni\u016bt\u0117 – “Promo\u010di\u0173 giesm\u0117s”<\/p>\n

10 November<\/em>\u00a07 pm<\/em>\u00a0World Music Festival PORTA<\/a>\u00a0Von Stricka villa – Oki concert and jam session with SHONO from Buryatia<\/a><\/p>\n

11 November 4 pm<\/i>\u00a0Drabe\u0161i Crafts House, Latvia – Oki concert and workshop<\/p>\n

Oki Kano<\/strong><\/p>\n

OKI was born to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father. After graduating in crafts at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts ,\u00a0he moved to New York in 1987, where he worked as special effects artist on film productions.<\/p>\n

Oki returned to Japan in 1992, he received his first Tonkori\u2014a traditional stringed instrument developed by the native Ainu people of Sakhalin. Although the instrument was regularly displayed behind glass in museums, there were virtually no traditional players. Oki devoted himself to studying Tonkori and soon began making his own.\u00a0In 1996 he released his first album\u00a0\u2018Kamuy kor nupurpe.\u2019 Shortly after he established Chikar Studio<\/a> to in order to encourage other Ainu artists and promote the music of Ainu artists to the world. Chikar studio has presently released a total of 20 albums, including titles by the traditional singer Umeko Ando and the all-female ensemble Marewrew, who sing traditional dance songs called \u201cUpopo\u201d with a modern sensibility. Oki Dub Ainu Band features Tonkori in a band setting with drums, bass,\u00a0 keyboard and heavy dub sound. They perform at Festivals in Japan and overseas.<\/p>\n

Discography<\/strong>: Kamuy Kor Nurpurpe (1996) \/ Hankapuy\u00a0 (1999) \/ No One’s Land (2002) \/ Dub Ainu (2004) \/ Tonkori (2005) \/ Dub Ainu Deluxe (2006) \/ OKI Dub Ainu Band (2007) \/ Sakhalin Rock (2010)\u00a0 \/ Utarhythm (2016)<\/p>\n

Producer works<\/strong>: Umeko Ando,Ihunke (2001) \/ Umeko Ando, Upopo Sanke (2003) \/ Marewrew, Mottoite Hissorine (2012) \/ Kita to Minami (2012) \/ Marewrew, Marewrew (2016)<\/p>\n