19:00

Funky-- CrazyJazz & Hip-Hak Band (TAIWAN)

Unable to stand the Chinese music market filled with "mandarin pops," CrazyJazz uses his mother tongue "Ta-Pu accent" of Hakka in his happy, liberal and self-confident Hakkan folk songs mixed well with funk, jazz and latin. In the monotonous popular music market of Taiwan, CrazyJazz's music has his unique style and shape. His second album "Ya Funk" (independently released by his own CrazyStudio) won two awards of Golden Song Award 2003: "Best Producer" and "Best Hakka Singer.”

Refer to: CrazyJazz’s Crazy Studiohttp://www.crazystudio.com

Takashi Hirayasu (OKINAWA)

Born in Okinawa, Takashi Hirayasu is one of the master musicians who bring fresh and exciting sounds to the world at large. Hirayasu started out by playing blues and rock in the bars and clubs surrounding the American military bases in Okinawa. In his early 20s, he started to learn to the sanshin, the Okinawan three-stringed snakeskin banjo.

He went on to join Shoukichi Kina’s group “Champloose,” who were the first musicians to mix traditional Okinawan sounds with rock on their first album in 1977. During the 1990s Hirayasu began to concentrate on his solo career, and the most famous work is the recording with the American guitarist, Bob Brozman in the album “Nankuru Naisa”.

Refer to: Bob Brozman’s Website http://www.bobbrozman.com/takashi.htm

18:30

David Chen & Muddy Basin Ramblers (USA/UK)

David Chen and the Muddy Basin Ramblers have been playing their "good-time" mix of country blues, jug band music and early swing jazz for over a year. The four are long-time friends and residents of Taipei.
David grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio, and started learning to play country blues on the guitar when he moved to Taiwan 6 years ago. Harmonica player Conor Prunte comes from Harrow, England and he’s an ardent and very knowledgeable blues fan. Harmonica player, kazoo player and tap dancer Will Thelin is from Omaha, Nebraska and has lived in Taiwan for over 10 years. A 13-year resident of Taipei, percussionist Tim Hogan hails from Placer County, California.

Chemirani Trio (IRAN)

Chemirani Trio is founded by Djmachid Chemirani, who is one of the two living zarb masters, with his two inspiring sons, Keyvan and Bijan in 1999. The zarb, the classical Persian drum, is one of the major perscussion instruments in the Middle East, and it’s also considered as a melodic instrument, since it’s played by the fingers rather than the palm of the hand. It’s quite like the piano, the combinations between melody and rhythem are limitless.

Recognised himself as a master of the classical school, master Djamchid Chemirani was also seen as a modernist, open to new ideas and styles. Djamchid's two sons, who are also his most promising and inspiring pupils, would broaden their scope to include other Middle-Eastern frame drums such as the Daf, Bandir and Udu. It’s really an honor for “Migration Music Festival 2003” to present the best zarb trio in the world to Taiwan.

Refer to: (French) http://www.juancarmona.com/FRAN/NK/BIOS/TRIOCHEMI.htm  

Yat-Kha (TUVA)

Yat-kha won the BBC World Music Award as the Best band from Asia and Pacific.  Yat-Kha is from Tuva, which is still part of the Russian Federation, and it is located between the southern edge of Siberia and Mongolian border. Led by ultra-bass singer and guitarist Albert Kuvezin, Yat-kha’s music is a well-balanced mixture of ancient styles, punk-rock and electronics, but its expression remains deeply rooted in the Tuvan tradition.

Yat-Kha‘s ability to merge and develop their traditions within modernity in a way that never finds itself swamped by western clichés is a marvel to behold. Add to that a wicked sense of humor, stunning musicianship and a quiet passion for life and you have a world music group in the most true sense.

Refer to: Yat-kha http://www.yat-kha.com

18:30

Kimbo & Friends (TAIWAN)

His voice is as powerful as the depth of the mountain, as the poetry, as the music notes, and as those unforgettable.

--The Music Collection of Wild Fire

Born as a Puyuman aboriginal, Kimbo (as known as Hu, Te-fu) started his music career by singing English popular songs in the 70s. Then he opened the new era of Taiwanese folksongs in the 80s, and in the 90s, he went back to his roots to practice the traditional songs with Difang-Duana (as known as Kuo, Ying-nan) and other Puyuman seniors. Most of his life so far has been devoted to creating and exploring the music of his native soil. His strong voice and gentle way of singing has earned him the title of “Father of Folksong.”

To show our respects to the pioneers of “Sing Our Songs” movement in the 70s, “Migration Music Festival 2003” invites Kimbo and his old friends to sing folksongs. “Migration Music Festival 2003” also has a series of activities of the theme, “Sing Our Songs, the 70’s.”

Refer to: Kimbo Hu  http://www.kimbo-hu.com

Ttukunak BASQUE)

The Txalaparta is a traditional Basque percussion instrument from unknown origin. Basque is located between Spain and France. According to tradition, in ancient times, the Txalaparta is a primitive instrument that was used as a way of communication among valleys. Nevertheless nowadays it has just become a musical instrument, which rhythms are heard during communitarian work or weddings. Some decades ago, the Txalaparta was about to disappear, but since just a few couples of “Txalapartarists” (people who play the Txalaparta) who really knew how to play it, were left. Fortunately, about 30 years ago, the interest for this ancestral instrument has increased again, and more and more young people start to learn this traditional musical instrument.

Ttukunak is founded by Maika and Sara, who play the Txalaparta for 12 years since they were 12-year-old. The two twin sisters who collect the tradition and enrich it with rhythm, innovating forms and variations. Ttukunak is mainly improvisation, that’s why, what it is relevant is the coordination between the two “txalapartarist”; in this couple that improvisation is guaranteed. 

Refer to: Ttukunak’s Spanish Page http://www.yeiyeba.com/index12.htm

Sambasunda (INDONESIA)

Sambasunda are a 20-piece ensemble bringing together a pan-Indonesian array of instruments and influences to create a new style Gamelan orchestra. Sambasunda come from Bandung, the capital and cultural centre of Western Java, more commonly known as Sunda. The Sundanese are the second largest ethnic group in Indonesia with a unique language and culture.

The group updates the lilting sounds of Sundanese gamelan degung and bamboo gamelan by adding elements of Jakarta's gambang kromong, Sunda's jaipong, Balinese kebyar and the Brazilian rhythm of samba. The classic sounds of the traditional instruments evoke not only the past but also the bustling, urban energy of Bandung today, featuring a full sound palette from the deep resonance of the mighty gongs to the silvery eloquence of the bamboo flute. The result is a mesmerizing mix that manages, strangely, to be both relentlessly exciting and passively tranquil.

 Refer to: Sambasunda http://surf.to/sambasunda

Documentary Hall.


The Transformation of Indigenous Cultures

1.As Life, as Pangcah (Taiwan)
2.Dear Rice Wine, You are Defeated (Taiwan)

Director: Mayaw Biho
Language: Amis / English Subtitles

Panel.


Producing New Sound

       Mediator: 

        Kuo, Li-hsin (郭力昕)
       Speaker:
       Liao, Hsien-hao (廖咸浩)
       Chung, Yung-feng (鍾永豐)
       Albert Kuvezin
       Paul Fisher

Workshop.

Sambasunda (Indonesia)
How to Play Angklung and Sundanese Percussion

 

Travellers' Tales.


Promoting Asian Music in Europe

Paul Fisher (UK)

Documentary Hall.

Legends of Gypsy Musicians--Brass on Fire

Director: Ralf Marschalleck
Language: Roma / English Subtitles

Workshop.

Takashi Hirayasu (Okinawa)

Workshop.

CrazyJazz's Crazy Studio (Taiwan)

Travellers' Tales.


Sing Our Songs, the 70's
--The Movement of Sing-out Our Songs

Yang, Tsu-chun (Taiwan)

Documentary Hall.

The Transformation of Indigenous Cultures

1.Dressing up in Sami Identity (Norway)

    Director: Anita Lervoll&
   Mahamadou Naman Tradore
   Language: Sami / English,
   Chinese Subtitles

2.Reindeer Dreaming (Norway)

  Director：Antti Haase
   Language: Sami, English/Chinese     Subtitles

Workshop.

Ttukunak (Basque Country)
Game of Playing the Rythms

Documentary Hall.

The Transformation of Indigenous Cultures]

1.Dressing up in Sami Identity (Norway)

    Director: Anita Lervoll &
    Mahamadou Naman Tradore
    Language: Sami / English,
    Chinese Subtitles

2.Reindeer Dreaming (Norway)

  Director：Antti Haase
   Language: Sami, English/ Chinese     Subtitles

Panel.


Sing Our Songs, the 70's
--Who is Singing over There?

Mediator: Vidie Ho (何東洪)

Speaker:
Chang, Chao-wei (張釗維)
Chung, Yung-feng (鍾永豐)

Chemirani Trio (Iran)

Workshop.

Sing Our Songs, the 70's

Kimbo (Taiwan)

Documentary Hall.


The Transformation of Indigenous Cultures

1.Roads to Cilangasan (Taiwan)

2.As Life, as Pangcah (Taiwan)

3.Dear Rice Wine, You are Defeated (Taiwan)

Director: Mayaw Biho
Language: Amis, Chinese/ Chinese Subtitles

(Q & A after the film with the director, Mayaw Biho.)

Workshop.

Yat-Kha(Tuva)
Traditional Tuvan Musical Instruments and Khoomei (throat singing)

Travellers' Tales.


A Tale of Two Tibets

Zhang, Lifen(UK)
Senior Producer, BBC World Service

 

Workshop.

David Chen & Muddy Basin Ramblers (USA/UK)

 

Documentary Hall.

Legends of Gypsy Musicians--Nul N'est Prophete en Son Pays

Director: Elsa Gatlif
Language: Roma, French / French Subtitles