SEPTEMBER 2011 LIVE PERFORMANCES by SAMM BENNETT & his various GROUPS
This month, Samm has shows in Tokyo on:
Fri 9/9 - Wed 9/14 - Sat 9/17 - Sun 9/25 and Wed 9/28
Fri 9/9 - Wed 9/14 - Sat 9/17 - Sun 9/25 and Wed 9/28
Friday 9/9: ALL WEATHER
(Boye Winchester, Ryan Mizuno & Samm Bennett)
at Moonstomp, Koenji, Tokyo
start: 20:00
admission: 2000 yen
ALL WEATHER is the name given to the ever-changing cast of players that Ghanaian percussionist Boye Winchester likes working with from time to time. For this evening, the band will consist of Boye on his set of traditional Kpanlogo drums, djembe, talking drum, etc., Ryan Mizuno on trumpet, and Samm Bennett on various neo-primitive instruments, percussion and vocal. Big fun, plenty of rhythm!
(Boye Winchester, Ryan Mizuno & Samm Bennett)
at Moonstomp, Koenji, Tokyo
start: 20:00
admission: 2000 yen
ALL WEATHER is the name given to the ever-changing cast of players that Ghanaian percussionist Boye Winchester likes working with from time to time. For this evening, the band will consist of Boye on his set of traditional Kpanlogo drums, djembe, talking drum, etc., Ryan Mizuno on trumpet, and Samm Bennett on various neo-primitive instruments, percussion and vocal. Big fun, plenty of rhythm!
Wednesday 9/14: Samm Bennett with Naoya Numa
(Smoke Benders duo version!)
Mixed Bagg Evening-ning-ning
at Super Deluxe, Roppongi / Azabu Juban, Tokyo
open: 19:00 - start: 19:30
admission: 1500 yen
Samm will be performing songs old and new, using diddley bow, percussion, mouth bow, jaw harp... and will be joined by percussionist extraordinaire Numa Naoya, who just happens to be the drummer for the Smoke Benders. Yee-haw! This is gonna be fun, y'all.
The night is a double bill with analog synth wizard Dave Skipper, who'll be opening the show around 19:30. Samm will go on around 21:00, for a full hour's worth of sound and song. So come on down to the friendly and spacious Super Deluxe, one of Tokyo's best venues for enjoying music, delicious micro-brew beer (Tokyo Ale!) and good eats.
Super Deluxe website --- Dave Skipper website
(Smoke Benders duo version!)
Mixed Bagg Evening-ning-ning
at Super Deluxe, Roppongi / Azabu Juban, Tokyo
open: 19:00 - start: 19:30
admission: 1500 yen
Samm will be performing songs old and new, using diddley bow, percussion, mouth bow, jaw harp... and will be joined by percussionist extraordinaire Numa Naoya, who just happens to be the drummer for the Smoke Benders. Yee-haw! This is gonna be fun, y'all.
The night is a double bill with analog synth wizard Dave Skipper, who'll be opening the show around 19:30. Samm will go on around 21:00, for a full hour's worth of sound and song. So come on down to the friendly and spacious Super Deluxe, one of Tokyo's best venues for enjoying music, delicious micro-brew beer (Tokyo Ale!) and good eats.
Super Deluxe website --- Dave Skipper website
Saturday 9/17: The Metaphors
at Bar Ishee, Shibuya, Tokyo
The Metaphors is the duo of Samm Bennett (percussion, diddley bow, electronics, voice) and Marcos Fernandes (percussion, electronics). The cozy and friendly Bar Ishee is the place to be for Metaphorical goodness on a Saturday night.
20:00 - 23:00 - admission is pass the hat stylee, pay as you're able!
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee ----- Marcos Fernandes web site
at Bar Ishee, Shibuya, Tokyo
The Metaphors is the duo of Samm Bennett (percussion, diddley bow, electronics, voice) and Marcos Fernandes (percussion, electronics). The cozy and friendly Bar Ishee is the place to be for Metaphorical goodness on a Saturday night.
20:00 - 23:00 - admission is pass the hat stylee, pay as you're able!
Bar Ishee web site ---- Google map to Bar Isshee ----- Marcos Fernandes web site
Sunday 9/25: Celeryman (Henna Dress, Haruna Ito and Samm Bennett)
at Uma Merdre, Fuchu, Tokyo
Celeryman is a trio comprised of Henna Dress (8-bit Gameboy player) Haruna Ito (sound artist, vocalist and member of SKIST) and Samm Bennett. Henna Dress's ever-shifting Gameboy sequences and Samm's live rhythm patterns together form a solid foundation, punctuated and accented by Haruna's vocal, percussion and electronic sound devices.
Though Henna's Gameboy patterns are sequences, they are manipulated in real time, live, in a constantly unfolding panorama of development, and Samm's live drumming goes even further to bring the group's rhythmic character into a very human dimension. Haruna brings the human voice into the mix, plus other organic and electronic sounds, and the result is a sound that is a truly refreshing blend of sonic worlds and sensibilities.
Perhaps no other group is currently bridging the gap between the 8-bit Game-Music world and hands-on human music performance in the way that Celeryman is doing.
Uma merdre website --- Celeryman MySpace page --- Henna Dress Myspace page
at Uma Merdre, Fuchu, Tokyo
Celeryman is a trio comprised of Henna Dress (8-bit Gameboy player) Haruna Ito (sound artist, vocalist and member of SKIST) and Samm Bennett. Henna Dress's ever-shifting Gameboy sequences and Samm's live rhythm patterns together form a solid foundation, punctuated and accented by Haruna's vocal, percussion and electronic sound devices.
Though Henna's Gameboy patterns are sequences, they are manipulated in real time, live, in a constantly unfolding panorama of development, and Samm's live drumming goes even further to bring the group's rhythmic character into a very human dimension. Haruna brings the human voice into the mix, plus other organic and electronic sounds, and the result is a sound that is a truly refreshing blend of sonic worlds and sensibilities.
Perhaps no other group is currently bridging the gap between the 8-bit Game-Music world and hands-on human music performance in the way that Celeryman is doing.
Uma merdre website --- Celeryman MySpace page --- Henna Dress Myspace page
Wednesday 9/28: The Smoke Benders
at Sabaco, Waseda
TEL/FAX (03)-5272-7385
The Smoke Benders play at Sabaco once a month, because they've got such a damn fine sound system and the owner is such a swell guy! A good deal all around! The Smoke Benders love the place, and so will you!
open 19:00 - start 20:00
Directions: take exit 3B from the Waseda metro station (Tozai line), and turn right out of the station exit. Go to the next big intersection, turn left (there's a huge red temple gate there, and a koban - you should be on the same side of the street as the koban) It's just up the hill from there, on your right, across from Waseda University campus. It's about a three-minute walk from the station.
Sabaco web site --- Google map to Sabaco
at Sabaco, Waseda
TEL/FAX (03)-5272-7385
The Smoke Benders play at Sabaco once a month, because they've got such a damn fine sound system and the owner is such a swell guy! A good deal all around! The Smoke Benders love the place, and so will you!
open 19:00 - start 20:00
Directions: take exit 3B from the Waseda metro station (Tozai line), and turn right out of the station exit. Go to the next big intersection, turn left (there's a huge red temple gate there, and a koban - you should be on the same side of the street as the koban) It's just up the hill from there, on your right, across from Waseda University campus. It's about a three-minute walk from the station.
Sabaco web site --- Google map to Sabaco