Letter from ron kadish

Hi Claudio,

The Japanese term néo refers to a tangible part of music, and at the same time an abstract sense of its source.

Kaoru Watanabe felt the pull of heritage, and left his skater kid life in St Louis to work and play with Kodo in Japan for 10 years. Now in New York, he's put it all together into a beautiful project that unites Japanese instrumentation and traditional forms with modern improvisational methods and avant sounds on his upcoming release Néo (drops May 6 2016).

Check out Néo here and let me know what you think!
Kaoru Watanabe - The String and the Source: Master Taiko Player and Composer Kaoru Watanabe Knots Japanese Traditional Sounds and Experimental Sensibilities on Néo
05/06/2016
The Japanese term néo encompasses both the beginning of sound and an abstract sense of its source. That word ties the many worlds of Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and percussionist Kaoru Watanabe, on his first album of original compositions, Néo
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Best, Ron Kadish
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