Bloomer by Koki Nakano. First to arrive from his new album ‘Pre-Choreographed’

Today, international piano day, we featured Japanese pianist Koki Nakano releasing a new single & accompanying choreographed video, "Blóomer" the first to arrive from his new album ‘Pre-Choreographed’, due out through Nø Førmat! on April 24, 2020.

Discover the first single Bloomer, from the upcoming album "Pre-Choreographed" of composer and amazing pianist Koki Nakano.

A video directed by Benjamin Seroussi.-

"It all started with Koki Nakano wanting to make several videos illustrating his music in collaboration with contemporary dancers. I was introduced to Koki by my producer and friend Olivier Bassuet who runs ArtBridge in Paris. I immediately loved this project and got fully involved and made it a personal project. Koki wanted to work with dancer Mariko for the Track Bloomer, a Japanese dancer with a classical background. She is currently part of LEV dance company based in Tel Aviv.

For Bloomer, Koki had a very specific image when composing it. He told me about plants and flowers blooming. That special moment when an element is in between two states. Inside / Out. Shape shifting, transforming. Going from one shape to another. We talked about this image with Mariko so that she could infuse it in her choreography for the video.

I was looking for a way to express that in the video as well. I remembered this cave in Israel shown to me by my good friend and collaborator David Tachjman.

I really like the idea to shoot Mariko inside a cave but at the same time make use of natural sunlight redirected into the cave. I really wanted to play with this idea of inner sun, fusing elements about to burst and come out.

The video was shot with my dear friend Christophe Guyon who is a very talented director of photography. We both exchanged a lot about different techniques we could use to capture this. Finding a way to let Mariko move freely but at the same time finding interesting ways to use this special place and use it to empower Mariko’s dance."

‘Pre-Choreographed’ evokes the strong “saudade” for the era when the music and the dance were very close to each other, when they used to function congenially in the society. It also means the state of the music such as "awaiting" or even “missing” the choreography. That is to say, the character of the music is yet very “raw”, no direction is given. I always have the various images of body movements when I compose. And It helps greatly when I’m to give its own unique structure to each piece. My musics often develop as if they are to respond to body movements that I have as the image in my head.

Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT.

CREDITS.-

Director.- Benjamin Seroussi
Choerographer & Dancer.- Mariko Kakizaki
Production.- Art Bridge - Quad
Group Label.- Nø Førmat!
Supported by Grand Marble

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Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano was born in 1988 in Fukuoka,Japan and has been playing piano since he was three years old. After graduating Music High School at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, he enrolled at the composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts.He has written works for various ensembles including a vast amount of solo piano compositions and numerous pieces for cello and piano, and as a band leader for his band ‘Gas Law’ he has been composing and performing throughout Japan.

Next to this he has also been involved in production work for Tokyo FM.Furthermore he has performed recitals at the ‘Maison de la culture du Japon’ and the 'Louvre' and the 'Théâtre du Châtelet' in Paris, at the 'Stefánia Palace' in Budapest. In 2016, he released his first album Lift from french label Nø Førmat. At the present moment he is based in Paris.

Published on: March 28, 2020

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