Taki Masuko

Revolutionary Spaces presents the Raising Voices Festival: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest. https://revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/raising-voices/

Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, this vibrant, multi-disciplinary arts festival takes place in the heart of downtown Boston—from the Old State House to Old South Meeting House and beyond—to celebrate the power of protest throughout history.

Taki performs with virtuoso oud player and acclaimed vocalist Basel Zayed: https://www.baselzayed.com/biography

Psst: Taki's about to launch another record, the debut recording by his free improv trio with violinist Johannes Ammon and bassist/cellist Andrew Blickenderfer, SABANA BLANCA.

6th Sense Living Room, the new release by percussionist Takaaki ‘Taki’ Masuko’s free improv trio, Sabana Blanca, will delight fans of spontaneous composition, chamber music, and world folk music alike. 6th Sense’s five acoustic sound paintings capture why this trio—completed by violinist Johannes Ammon and bassist/cellist Andrew Blickenderfer—flourished on the avant-garde fringes of Boston’s contemporary classical music scene during the late 1990s. Using a palette of percussion, strings, off-the-cuff vocalizations, and unrestrained imagination, Masuko, Ammon, and Blickenderfer blend post-modern orchestral colors with the sounds of our most primal human impulses to render an instinctively motivic conversation that will surprise listeners with its intentionality and playfulness.

Stay tuned for links and details!