Urban stress at the Pleyel tower in Saint Denis, Paris. Train-Train by Koki Nakano

Koki Nakano is a Paris-based musician, who frequently explores the relationship between music and movement in his works. Train-Train was a new release on April, 2020.

For this music video, Koki Nakano collaborated with director Benjamin Seroussi and choreographer Damien Jalet, who—upon listening to the track—was inspired by the 1970 Akira Kurosawa film Dodes'ka-den about a Tokyo slum-dweller with special needs who dreams of becoming a train trolley driver in a post-apocalyptic town made of rust and scrap metal.

"Benjamin suggested filming in this amazing tower whose bare iron structure has the rhythm and look of an abandoned train track," says the choreographer, referring to the haunting Pleyel Tower in Saint Denis, Paris, which has been completely stripped for its remodeling.

"The dancer (Aimilios Arapoglou) combines virtuosity and musical awkwardness with an emotional commitment while maintaining a sense of abstraction," says Jalet. "We did the filming without realizing the impending lockdown, but watching the video now, this isolated dance with the city as a backdrop: it translates the maddening quality of long lockdowns."

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

CREDITS.-

Artist & composer.- Koki Nakano.
Director.- Benjamin Seroussi.
Choregrapher.- Damien Jalet with Aimilios Aropoglou.
Performance.- Aimilios Aropoglou.
DOP.- Quentin de Lamarzelle.
Artistic Direction.- Benjamin Seroussi with Daphnée Davoise / L'Oeil.
Studio Editing.- Simon Birman.
Color Grading.- Alice Syrakvash.
Post-Production.- Fix Studio.
Creative Producer.- Olivier Bassuet.
Creative Production.- Art Bridge.
Label.- Nø Førmat! Supported by Grand Marble.

Read less

View more images

Metalocus recommends

Jisan-dong 989-6 by 09A. Photograph by 50BELL

Strangeness in the midst of the environment. Jisan-dong 989-6 by 09A

Exhibition space at the ICO Museum by Studio Pachón-Paredes. Photograph by Luis Asín

Spatial Partiture. Exhibition space at the ICO Museum by Studio Pachón-Paredes

Vinterro Cabins by R21 Arkitekter. Photograph by Mariela Apollonio

Visual integration with the environment. Vinterro Cabins by R21 Arkitekter

More information

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: October 17, 2020

Cite: "Urban stress at the Pleyel tower in Saint Denis, Paris. Train-Train by Koki Nakano" METALOCUS. Accessed

<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/urban-stress-pleyel-tower-saint-denis-paris-train-train-koki-nakano> ISSN 1139-6415