#marewrew

[jgthirlwell]

playlist 01.31.24

Oranssi Pazuzu Muunta Utuja (Nuclear Blast) Zuli Lamda (Subtext) Fennesz Mosaic (Touch) Luke Sanger Dew Point Harmonics (Balmat) Marewrew Ukouk - Round singing Voices of the Ainu 2012-2024 (Pingipung) Gordan Gordan (Glitterbeat) Caxtrinho Queda Livre (QTV) C.Lavender Rupture In The Eternal Dream (Ideal) Crooks On Tape Fingerprint (Misra) Lord Spikeheart The Adept (Hekalu) John Elmquist Hard Art Groop 900 Nurses (Bandcamp) Penderecki Untrenja (Naxos) Nudbug Ensemble Third (Catsynth) Human Impact Gone Dark (Ipecac) Ezra Sims The Microtonal; Music of Ezra Sims (CRI) NewBand Dance of The Seven Veils (Music & Arts) The Muffins Double Negative (Cuneiform) Olivia Block The Mountains Pass (Black Truffle) Marco Beltrami Underwater OST (Hollywood Records) Christopher Cerrone Beaufort Scales (Cold Blue)

[garadinervi]

Marewrew, Ukouk. Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012​-​2024, (Vinyl/LP, Digital album), Pingipung 085, Pingipung, 2024

Marewrew are: Rekpo, Hisae, and Mayunkiki Rim Rim was a member of the group 2012-2022

Curated and compiled by Andi Otto Mastering and vinyl cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin 2024 Cover Design by TEOTH

[konvoluted]

[amer-ainu]

Ainu Music Today

You don’t have to wait for the Japan Olympics to (maybe) see some Ainu performances. Here are some incredible Ainu artists performing right now.

Oki Dub Ainu Band 

Fronted by Oki Kano (son of contemporary Ainu artist, Bikky Sunazawa). One of the only masters of tonkori, a stringed instrument from the Sakhalin tribes.

Where you can find them: Chikar Studio Facebook Instagram Youtube

Marewrew

Rekpo, Hisae, Mayunkiki, and RimRim form the female singing group Marewrew, which means Butterfly in Ainu itak. They sing in the traditional style of upopo, and perform with Oki Dub Ainu Band.

Where you can find them:  Chikar Studio Facebook Instagram

Mina Sakai/IMERUAT

Formerly part of Ainu Rebels, and the Ainu Art Project, Mina Sakai might be best known for her contributions to the music of Final Fantasy XIII. She’s performing now as Imeruat, which means lightning in Ainu itak.

Where you can find them: Imeruat Facebook Instagram Youtube Soundcloud

[burlveneer-music]

Marewrew - Ukouk Remixes Pt. 02 - dub remixes of songs from Ainu vocal quartet's album Ukouk. Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012​-​2024

This is the second package of remixes for the hypnotic folk music of the Ainu a cappella group Marewrew. Pt. 02 is dedicated to Dub remixes, featuring Elijah Minnelli and Peter Presto on a 7" single. The digital package is complete with remixes by Cloud Management, Contact Field Orchestra, and Andi Otto. Marewrew (pronounced: Ma-leoo-leoo) is a female vocal group that sings traditional Ainu songs. The music of the long-suppressed people from northern Japan has been a particular focus of the Pingipung output in recent years. Following various re-releases by Umeko Ando, the late grande dame of traditional Ainu music, the spotlight is now on the a cappella music of Marewrew, which by the way means ‘butterfly’ in Ainu. Attentive listeners will recognise the voices, as some of the band have already performed as backing singers on recordings by Umeko Ando. Their a cappella versions of traditional Ainu music shed a whole new light on the fascinating songs that have been passed down through generations exclusively through song. 'Ukouk' means 'round singing', which refers to the form in which Marewrew perform and record. Many of the songs are set as tightly interwoven canons: one starts, the others join in, but slightly out of phase: Almost like dub echoes, except that they are sung and not created in post-production. 

Part 01 of the remix series "is dedicated to experimental electronic dance music" -

[nyamp]

先日Amazon musicで見つけてから気に入っているこの曲をYoutubeでも見つけました。

薪が燃える映像かな？ やっぱりオレンジの光ってなんかずっと見ていたいよね。

#marewrew #馬追いの歌

[cr0ss0veronlymusic]

here are a few songs by the Ainu band Marewrew (マレウレウ)

[amer-ainu]

Hachiya Mai - Vice Japan Interview

アイヌの女としてきれいになりたい」 現代に生きるアイヌの文身（いれずみ）

2017.02.23 Interview & Text by 浅原裕久, Photo by 池田宏 Translation by notautumnperson

Cutting into the skin with a razorblade, then rubbing the area with the ashes from burning white birch, the blood is stopped with a solution of boiled Aodamo (type of ash tree).  Hachiya Mai, who currently lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido, applies tattoos to her own skin in the traditional Ainu method.  While she is known for her work in the vocal group Marewrew, we are documenting another side to her.  The photo (above) was taken by Ikeda Hiroshi who has been following Ainu people since 2008.

カミソリで皮膚に傷を入れ、シラカバを燃やした煤を塗り込み、アオダモの煮汁で止血する。北海道札幌市在住の八谷麻衣さんは、アイヌの伝統的な手法で自らの肌に文身を施す。ヴォーカルグループ、マレウレウのメンバー（マユンキキ）としての活動で知られる彼女の、もうひとつの貌をドキュメント。写真は、２００８年からアイヌの人々を追いつづけている池田宏が撮影。

八谷さんは、子供のころから自分がアイヌだとわかっていましたか？ Ms. Hachiya, did you know that you were Ainu from when you were a child?

わかっていました。うちは両親ともアイヌなんです。「お前はアイヌだからね。それを恥ずかしいと思うんじゃないよ」と、物心つくまえから父に言われていました。

I knew.  Both of my parents are Ainu.  Even before I could remember, my father always told me, "You are Ainu. And that is nothing to be ashamed about."

ご両親はアイヌの活動をなさっていた？ Did your parents follow the Ainu way of doing things?

父はやってなかったけど、母はやっていました。母は川村カ子ト（かわむらかねと）の娘なんです。川村カ子トアイヌ記念館での行事もあるし、保存会でアイヌの古式舞踊を踊っていました。小さいころは私も一緒に踊ってたんです。

My father didn't, but my mother did.  My mother is the daughter of Kawamura Kaneto (an Ainu Chief).  She did events at the Kawamura Kaneto Memorial Museum and as part of the preservation society, she did ancient Ainu dances. I also danced with her from when I was little.

近所には一緒に遊ぶようなアイヌの友達はいましたか？ Did you have other Ainu friends to play with in your neighborhood?

旭川の近文（ちかぶみ）地区に住んでいたけど、まわりにアイヌの友達はいませんでした。小学校でも、自分がアイヌだとオープンにしているのは私ぐらい。まぁ、川村カ子トの孫だと知られていたから隠しようもなかったんですけど。地元のニュースでアイヌの踊りのことをやるときは、担任の先生が「八谷さんが出ているのでみんなで観ましょう」と言って教室のテレビをつけたりして。恥ずかしいからやめてぇ！ と思ったけど。

I lived in the Chikabumi district of Asahikawa at the time, but I didn't have other Ainu friends around me.  Even at elementary school, I was open about being Ainu. Well, since I was the grandchild of Kawamura Kaneto, I didn't try to hide it though.  One time I did Ainu dancing on the local news, and my homeroom teacher said "Since Hachiya-san is going to be on, let's watch" and turned on the t.v. in the classroom.  I was embarrassed and wanted to it to stop.

クラスの子たちの反応は？ What was the reaction of your classmates?

「凄いなぁ、テレビに出るなんて」みたいな。小学校の友達は私がアイヌって知ったうえで仲良くしてくれていたから、差別みたいなことはなかったんですよ。中学に入ってからは多少あったけど。

It was kind of "Wow, that's awesome you are on t.v.!"  On top of my elementary school friends knowing that I was Ainu, we were really close so I didn't experience discriminatory things.  However, I did experience some when I entered Junior high school.

多少あったというのは？ What do you mean by "some"?

男の子に「アイヌは学校来んな！」と言われたり。でも、私は父からアイヌは人間という意味だと教わっていたので、来るなと言った子に「人間が学校来たらいけないんだったら自分だって来なきゃいいのに」と言い返してました。私、性格悪かったんですね。だから、いじめたくなる要素のひとつにアイヌがあっただけで、アイヌだから差別されたわけではなかったかもしれない。両親が離婚して、私は小４からずっとひとり暮らししてたんです。家にうるさく言う親がいなくて、中学が面白くないと、行かなくなりますよね。ちょうど、悪いことや楽しいことをいろいろ知りはじめたころだし。旭川の一条通と宮下通のあいだの道にナンパスポットがあって、そういう目的の車が何台もいたんです。友達と一緒に歩いてるとき、車を横づけして声をかけられたこともありました。

For example, a boy said to me "Ainu, don't come to school!"  But my father taught me that "Ainu" meant "human", so I retorted with "If humans can't come to school, then even you can't come to school!"  I had a bad attitude then.  Therefore, while being Ainu may be one reason for why they wanted to bully me, I don't think the reason was to discriminate against me for being Ainu.  My parents divorced and I lived by myself since 4th grade.  I had no parents nagging me, and when JHS got to be too much, I stopped going.  Right then is when I started getting to know various bad and fun things.  There was a "pick up spot" on the street between Ichijou-doori and Miyashita-doori, and there were always lots of cars there for that.  When my friends and I walked there, we'd get called out to.

そのころ八谷さんはアイヌの活動をやっていましたか？ So around that time, were you doing any Ainu activities?

いいえ。とっくに踊りとかもやめちゃって、ヤンチャな生活をしていました。

Nope. I quit those thing, especially dance, and instead was getting myself into trouble.

その後、高校へは進学しましたか After that, did you go on to high school?

私は高専に行きたくて体験入学もしたんだけど、お金がなくて入れなかったの。しかたなく旭川の行きたくない高校に入ったんだけど、ひとりで住んでるから学校行くのが面倒くさくなって、友達とお酒をがんがん飲んで歌いまくって朝まで遊んで。

I wanted to go to a technical school and took the test to get in and all, but I didn't have money so I couldn't go.  Since there was nothing to be done, I went to a high school I didn't want to go to in Asahikawa, but since I was living by myself and going to school became a chore, I ended up hanging out with my friends until morning, singing and drinking ourselves silly.

いまから２０年ぐらいまえですね。アムラー、細眉、ルーズソックスの時代。 That was about 20 years ago.  So it was the era of "Amuro-ites", thin eyebrows, and loose socks.

そう。「新緑の時期だから緑にしましたぁ」なんて言って、季節ごとに髪の色を変えていたんです。緑にしたりピンクにしたり。「そんな髪で学校来るな」と先生に怒られました。やりたいことなんてわかってなかったけど、ここにいたらやりたいことできないと思って、名古屋の友達に電話したら「来る？」って言ってくれて。その子は中学を卒業して名古屋に行って美容師の勉強をしてた。学校で使うお金だと噓をついて父に２万円振り込んでもらって、飛行機で名古屋に行ったの。当時はスカイメイトがあったから安かったんです。退学届けをもらって自分で書けるところだけ書いて、「残りは書いてください」と書き置きしたら、週末に家に来た父が見てパニックになったみたい。退学届あるし、どこにいるかわかんない。携帯電話なんてなかったころだから連絡つかないし。

Yup. It's like "Since its the new green season, let's do green!*", so I changed my hair color with the seasons. I dyed it green, I dyed it pink...  The teacher got mad at me, yelling, "You can't come to school with hair like that!"  I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I thought "I can't do the things I want if I stay here" so I called up a friend in Nagoya and asked if I could go there.  That friend went to Nagoya to study becoming a hair stylist after graduating JHS.  I lied to my dad telling him I needed money for school so he sent me ¥20,000 and I hopped a flight to Nagoya.  Back then there was Skymate (JAL's discount program for teens/young adults), so it was cheap.  I received my school's withdrawal form and I only filled in what I must and wrote "please fill in the rest", and the following week, my father went to my house and saw it and I think he panicked.  He saw the withdrawal form and had no idea where I was.  It's not like I had a cellphone back then so he couldn't get a hold of me.

(*)Translation note: This is an awkward phrase to translate but basically its meaning "spur of the moment" and "living in the moment" kind of thing...

それから？ And then?

居酒屋でバイトして楽しく暮らしました。ところが数カ月して、父が来ちゃった。友達全員に連絡して、名古屋にいるのがわかったらしいんです。ひとこと「帰るぞ」と言っただけで、あきれ果てて怒りもしなかったですね。帰りの飛行機でタバコを吸ったのを覚えてます。「ちょっと火借りていい？ もういいよね、父さんのまえで吸っても」と言って。当時は飛行機のなかでタバコを吸えたんですよ。

I enjoyed living and working part time at an izakaya.  Some months after, my father came.  He contacted all my friends and found out I was in Nagoya.  He only said one word, "Kaeru zo" (You're coming home), but he wasn't egregious or in a rage.  I remember on the flight home, we smoked. "Can I get a light?  Its okay.  You can smoke in front of your dad."  In those days you could smoke in planes.

帰ってどうなりましたか？ How was it going back?

「もういい、好きにしろ」と言われました。「俺が悪かったよ。お前をひとりにして全部やらせて、行きたくない高校に行かせて。高校に戻らなくていいから、生活できるように自分で働け。家賃の心配はしなくてもいい」と。「やったぁ！」と大喜びして、旭川のライブハウスで働きだしたんです。

He said "Its ok, do what you want." "I was awful.  I left you all alone to do everything and made you go to a school you didn't want to go to.  Its okay if you don't go back to school and just make a living for yourself working.  And I don't want you worrying about rent."  I was so happy, so I began working at a live house in Asahikawa.

ライブハウスの名前を覚えてますか？ Do you remember the name of the live house?

ソウルトレイン。いまはもうそのお店ないですよ。７０年代のソウル、ディスコ中心の選曲で、お客さんもそういう世代の人たち。みんなホールで踊って。

Soul Train. There aren't any places like that any more.  The songs we played were mostly 70s soul and disco and the customers were also from that era. Everyone danced.

音楽的には嫌いじゃなかった？ Musically, did you not like it?

大好き！ フィリピン人のバンドが箱バンで、１日に７ステージぐらい出てました。私はヴォーカルのフレディという男と付き合ってたんです。歌がうまくて、ジェイムズ・ブラウンのセックスマシーンが凄くよかった。そのころ５０歳ぐらいだったから、いまは生きてるかどうかもわからないけど。

I love it!  There was a Filippino band that had a box van, and performed on 7 different stages in one day.  I was dating their vocalist, Freddie.  He was a great singer, and was awesome at singing James Brown's Sexmachine.  He was about 50 years old at the time, but I don't know if he's still alive or not.