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Urizun Okinawa Music Restaurant

Champlers

Art Designer:Shout Visual Studio
Photographer:Koike Tomohide‧Ohba Shigeru
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類型∣沖繩民謠
語言∣沖繩母語‧日語
製作人∣玉木哲太郎
歌手∣千博樂樂團

 

Urizun Restaurant  Web

http://www.wakanatsu.net/

 

Listening / Program    

 

01

Work song

02

Plantain cloth

03

Courtyard playing

 

04

Public notice

 

05

Bud

 

06

The brother's song

 

07

The young girl "Zintoyo"

 

08

Evil spirit on the old banyan of Okinawa

 

09

Yonaguni Song

 

10

Warm heart

 

11

Chinese ship enter a port

12

Balsamine

 

 

Introduction

Champlers' Urizun Okinawa Music Restaurant is the latest in a long line of enjoyably offbeat folk albums to be released by TCM. It might be a far cry from the predominantly guitar driven, throaty Taiwanese folk that has made TCM one of Taiwan's leading independent labels, but the material is, as we've come to expect from the label both unique enough to be considered non-mainstream, yet still accessible to all regardless of one's musical preferences.

A folk band from Okinawa, the Champlers comprises three members of the Miyagi family (Yasumitsu, Masami and their 12-year-old son, Taiki) and an assortment of equally musically minded friends. Heavily involved in the Japanese peace movement, the Champlers have performed at peace rallies throughout Japan and released its first album, Ichyaribacyode, to much acclaim in 2001. When they're not playing music, the Miyagi's are proprietors of a traditional Okinawa music restaurant called Urizun.

A mix of upbeat, serene and generally agreeable tunes Urizun Okinawa Music Restaurant is a real gem of an album. The material on the combo's Taiwan debut is a blend of traditional Okinawan folk tunes that have been given a makeover with a collection of contemporary styles and sounds.

The traditional sounds of the sanshin (a three stringed Japanese guitar) taiko drumming, a wooden percussion instrument called a samba and the fue, or Okinawa flute, blend and glide faultlessly with those of the guitar, saxophone and synthesizer and the vocals are moving, yet earthy and sound genuine rather than pompous.

By Gavin Phipps

 

Artists

Champlers

Folk Music Family From Okinawa Japan

A folk band from Okinawa, The Champlers is the members of the Miyagi family, part activists and part entertainers, creating music from traditional Okinawa folk tunes to modern sounds with a classic twist.Their distinguished sounds of sanshin, samba, taiko and flute glide with the sweet, but full-spirited, vocals. Most beats are lively, some are extremely tranquil and the rest are uplifting. Though forward and direct in its stylic approaches, The Champlers does so without being too pretentious. It is a celebration of family, tradition, music, and Okinawa food ( the family owns a restaurant ''URIZUN'' in Tokyo!)  

 

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[P] 2001 MONSOON RECORD, Japan. 
[C] 2004 TCM -Taiwan Colors Music Co., Ltd. Taiwan