As with all drums, the taiko resonates deeply with our respective ancestors. During their 4 week residency at LOBE, Kage created spatialized music, drawing from archives of taiko recordings they have made over the years and added inspirational works featuring collaborators:

Noriko Kobayashi - shamisen & shigin

Elaine Stef - electric guitar

Anny Lin - oke daiko

John Nguyen - fue and oke daiko

Linda Uyehara Hoffman - vocals

The work explores the raw essence of taiko's acoustic qualities in combination with rave-inspired beats and stunning melodies. Mixed in 4DSOUND, and played through Lobe's world-class soundsystem, this experience will be a fully immersive listening journey where the audience is invited to lie back and listen or get up and dance!

Listening sessions will be at 3:00pm and 4:00pm sharp with doors open at 2:00pm.

Please arrive on time! :)

Bio

Kage embraced the art of taiko over 4 decades ago as an immigrant queer mixed race youth, co-founding several groups and collaborating with many artists. In recent years, they have entered the world of digital audio creations.