Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Noh wave

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan certainly draw from a diverse range of influences from the  Chinese and Japanese stage to Euro-metal, prog to no-wave. I gather from pre-show grumbings that a previous engagement at Babylon left a lot of people underwhelmed. Oh well, I thought their Zaphod's performance sounded great and was most interesting visually.

Face-painted action!

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

Photography rule No. 47: Always get the drummer - Alaska B. - before the other performers bring their wooden dragon on stage.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

Here it comes!

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

And here's Ruby Kato Attwood.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

I believe this is John Ancheta.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

I was not well-positioned for a photo of singer and percussionist Ange Loft.

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

More Alaska!

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

Fan action!

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

Singalong action!

Yamantaka//Sonic Titan at Zaphod's

They've just wrapped up work on album No. 2.

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