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	Brian Ritchie Shakuhachi Club NYC Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock Track Listings (11) - Disc #1 Watazumi's Tea Bowl Motherless Children Living Space Lament Tvottavisur Waltz Of The Minotaur Lace Dress Have No Idea Change Has Come Oyster Stomp Bender
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CD Details

All Artists: Brian Ritchie
Title: Shakuhachi Club NYC
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Weed
Release Date: 5/18/2004
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 714288791627, 669910735459

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Deana Dearry | Milwaukee, WI USA | 06/28/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Best-known as the pioneering bassist and multi-instrumentalist in the punk-rock band Violent Femmes, Brian Ritchie has been exposing another instrument - Shakuhachi - to rock audiences around the world for several years. With the release of his new album "Shakuhachi Club NYC" he turns a spotlight on this ancient Japanese bamboo flute and serves notice that punk ethos is indeed still alive and thriving.Channeling the free-spiritual energy of 60's jazz "Shakuhachi Club NYC" takes the listener on a sonic trip. The Shakuhachi sound alone can send you to the spheres but the other unique instrumentation on this album makes you want to stay there. One of my favorite stops along the listening way is a cover of John Coltrane's "Living Space." Albert Ayler's "Change Has Come" also fits in nicely here with the rest of the 11 track voyage coming from Ritchie's adaptations of traditional songs and newly crafted tunes such as "Watazumi's Tea Bowl" and "Bender." From the liner notes:
"The name `Shakuhachi Club' is a double entendre. First I wanted it to be a club, not a band, so that people join for fun, not professionalism. Second the Shakuhachi expanded in length and girth when the monks using Shakuhachi were forbidden by the Japanese government to carry swords. They started making the flutes out of heavy root end bamboo so that it could be used to club opponents on the head.""Shakuhachi Club NYC" includes a stellar supporting cast of musicians (and friends) who are, incidentally, also each best-known in other contexts: Television drummer Billy Ficca lends his innovative sounds on wood, skin, metal and stone; Tony Trischka contributes his dynamic ideas for banjo; Dan Nosheny blows his heart through Tuba; and John Kruth rounds out the club with his folk-loric mandolin.I find myself playing the album over and over. In one moment I can travel with the sounds and the next just be present in the moment with them. Where will it take you?"