Fung Chern Hwei: Violin, Electronics, Jonathan Goldberger: Electric Guitar, Stomu Takeishi: E.Bass, Shoko Nagai: Composer, Piano, Moog
New York based composer/pianist Shoko Nagai’s new project, tAKE’N sHADOW explores the essence of contemporary music. With the elements of the contemporary western music, experimental electronic music and improvisations; her compositions with their use of multiple textures and the open sense of time evoke another realm of time and place and an old tale….”The worst curse for a demon who lives between the living and the dead is inability to die. By stepping on a mortal’s shadow, a demon can become a human. And a demon can die. On the other hand, a human who’s shadow has been stepped by a demon, becomes a demon. And he or she, now has to find and step on another mortal’s shadow….”