Ishmael Ensemble return to the Brunel Goods Shed for the 4th edition of their Round Up residency in collaboration with Jazz Stroud & d&b audiotechnik. This time inviting the psychedelic world of Yama Warashi to the stage.
***** Yama Warashi is the vision of Yoshino Shigihara, a Japanese musician and artist whose past projects include cult favourites Zun Zun Egui (Bella Union), of which she was a co-founder. Inspired by Japanese folk dance, free jazz and tribal African music, and heavily saturated in psychedelia, Yama Warashi’s songs are lyrically outlandish and charming, melodically addictive and mythical; the band name translates from Shigihara’s native tongue as “small childlike mountain spirit”.
Having made herself at home in the thriving Bristol scene, in 2019 Shigihara moved to London, in search of new inspiration, and with a desire to change up her band to incorporate more female musicians. Immersed in the capital’s creative community, she wasted no time in forming a new female-focused incarnation of Yama Warashi. Their first headline London show since her move – a sellout success at Dalston’s Café OTO in December 2019 – revealed a powerful ensemble, fizzing with musical chemistry.
***** Ishmael Ensemble return in full force for the first time since beginning the residency. Expect new tunes & further sonic exploration with the d&b audiotechnik soundscape.
