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フタレ　チュイ (Hutare Chui) - Umeko Ando

💿 Ihunke Japan, 2018

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Ack! Tumblr has been glitching out and not showing me notifications so I didn't see these asks until now.

End of the Year Asks

2: Album of the year? Choosing to interpret this as the album I listened to most, found out about, and/or that especially stood out to me this year, rather than one that came out this year.

Umeko Ando - イフンケ This is an album of traditional music from an often overlooked ethnic group in Japan, the Ainu. The first song on this album was featured in Samurai Champloo.

4: Movie of the year?

Animal Crossing: The Movie / 劇場版どうぶつの森 It's a Japan-exclusive 2006 film based on the game Animal Crossing, that I happened to watch this year. I really enjoyed the laid-back feel of this film, it felt very nostalgic, like visiting old friends.

5: TV show of the year?

Bocchi the Rock! This one actually did come out this year! A show about A girl who joins a band. This show is fun, and deeply relatable for recluses and introverts like me. I highly recommend it.

8: Game of the year?

20 Minutes Till Dawn Overhead shooter where you fight a growing onslaught of eldritch monsters using guns and magic. The unique characters, weapons, and unlockable powers, combined with the addictive 20 minute survival core gameplay kept me HOOKED on this game. It's still in early access, so the game has been getting updates, bugfixes, and new features frequently, which I see as a big plus, honestly. Buy it on Steam for 5 bucks (It's on sale for $4.24 at time of posting this!) It's really good.

(Send me more asks before the year is over! Or after I'm not a cop)

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from the album

Umeko Ando - Ihunke (2001)

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Ihunke Remixes

Battaki (Nicolá Cruz Remix) · Umeko Ando · Oki Kano · Nicholas Holguin · Nicolá Cruz

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Umeko Ando - Ihunke - here’s the original album whose remix album was featured in my previous post

Umeko Ando (1932-2004) was a folk singer from Japan. She was a representative of the Ainu culture on the Hokkaido Island in the north of Japan. “Ihunke” was her first album which was recorded with the Ainu musician and dub producer Oki Kano in 2000. It was released on CD in Japan only and is finally available on vinyl (2LP + linernotes, DLC included). “Ihunke” is following last year’s single “Iuta Upopo” [Pingipung 58, incl. M.Rux Remix] which had been received with overwhelming enthusiasm and was quickly sold out. The 16 Ainu songs on “Ihunke” are delicate, natural gems. They are built on Oki Kano’s Tonkori patterns (a 5-string harp), over which Umeko Ando develops her repetitive, mantric vocals, often in a call-response manner. Oki Kano is one of very few professional Tonkori players who performs worldwide with his Oki Dub Ainu Band. The songs possess a mystical energy – when crows call accurately with Ando’s brittle voice in the first song, it seems like natural powers join in with her music. Her voice sounds like animals of the sky and the forest. Oki Kano: “It was a lot of fun to record with Umeko Ando. Many Ainu hesitate to break with tradition – if Umeko hadn’t been so flexible to work with the younger generation and recording technology, this album would never have happened. Our sessions were intense, and we were proud and happy about making such beautiful music.” Historical background: Only recently (in 2008) have the Ainu officially been acknowledged as indigenous people who are culturally independent from Japan. This record is an example of how their music has been passed on through generations in the underground Ainu communities while it was oppressed by the Japanese hegemony. It deserves a huge audience. Umeko Ando: Vocals, Mukkuri Oki: Tonkori Rekpo: Vocals Recorded at Chikar Studio in 2000 (Ainu, Japan)

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(Pingipung)

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Umeko Ando - Ihunke Remixes (Pingipung)

Umeko Ando (1932-2004) was a Japanese folk singer. She was a representative of the Ainu culture on the Hokkaido Island in the north of Japan. Her studio sessions with the dub artist Oki Kano (Chikar Studio) are rare examples of Ainu folklore recorded in an electronic music context. Umeko Ando’s music is licensed from Chikar Studio/ Oki Kano. In 2017, Pingipung released Umeko Ando’s single "Iuta Upopo" and paired it with a M.RUX remix – the 7’’ (Pingipung 58) has just been repressed for the second time. The re-issue of "Ihunke" as a 2LP was the second step of the collaboration, followed now by this remix album. It comes as a vinyl EP with six remixes and as an 11-track digital package.

Umeko Ando’s “Ihunke” hits right in the heart. This summer, we received enthusiastic responses to the “Ihunke” vinyl re-issue from all over the planet. We invited a group of great international producers to remix the repetitive, mantric vibes of Umeko Ando’s Ainu folklore songs.

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lyrics in ainu, written in katakana + romaji:

ヘッサ イウタ ヘッサ ヘッサ ピリケ ヘッサ (hessa iuta hessa, hessa pirike hessa) エンコタ ホッケワ ニサッタ クンナノ パシクル チシ コラチー (enkota hokkewa nisatta kunnano pashikuru chishi korachi)

according to the artist, umeko ando, the lyrics of the first section are about pounding corn (wheat?) with a mortar and pestle. the latter part warns that you should wake up before the morning crows caw, and if you make noise, they'll peck at you. the throat singing was borrowed from mongolian or tuvan style - umeko called it uplifting and refreshing.