Long Weekend Sounds

Spent a good chunk of last week in Kyoto with my friend from Switzerland Tomas Korber and some of his fellow Swiss musicians. I caught two shows & heard a lot of great stuff. Favorite set of the weekend was probably the trio of Jason Kahn, Norbert Möslang and Otomo Yoshihide. Close second was a quintet with all five Swiss musicians. Great time all around and Tomas and I finally got to record together. Traveled with the guys to Osaka on Saturday, but had to bid them farewell mid-show so I could catch my train home in time.

Colleen & I then headed to Himeji on Sunday to check out one of my favorite American groups Mount Eerie and the best band in Japan (on the planet?) Eddie Markon. The show was lived up to expectations and we were pleasantly surprised by Japanese folkie Nikaido Kazumi as well.

Pics (top to bottom):
Jason Kahn on modular synthesizer
Tomas Kober and Günter Müller
Eddie Markon