A Night of Ambient Music & Puppetry with Chihei Hatakeyama
Tuesday, March 18
Doors: 7 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
Tickets: $25
We see you, and you’ve been at it non-stop.
It’s time to take a breath,
tend to our hearts & mend these spirits,
with a night of ambient music and puppetry
at Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
To honor this rare visit from Chihei Hatakeyama, we’re leaving our existential dread and doom-scrolling at the door to transform Highland Park’s historic theater into a sanctuary of soft drones, sub tones, and shimmering harmonics. Our dear brother Dustin Wong will also join us in providing the evening’s mix that guides us into and out of the night.
Dress to impress or come through in your sweats, whatever you need. We just ask that you pour some tea, take a seat, and steep in the sounds of one of the most prolific sound artists on this planet who's visiting us all the way from Tokyo. Throughout the night Bob Baker Marionette Theater will improvise alongside Chihei, pulling from our collection of 3,000+ handmade puppets, and animating the evening’s music in an art form for all to inhabit.
Living Earth and BBMT are extremely grateful for our communities here in Los Angeles and want to share this night to slow down, listen, reconnect, and take care of one another.
About Chihei Hatakeyama
Chihei Hatakeyama is a sound artist, organizer and mastering engineer living in Tokyo. He has recorded and performed for years under his given name and also as one half of the electroacoustic duo Opitope, along with Tomoyoshi Date. Hatakeyama polychromes memory-evoking soundscapes with various recorded materials of acoustic instruments such as guitars, vibraphone, and piano; mostly played by hand and processed time and time again via laptop.
His first album Minima Moralia was commissioned for release by the Chicago-based label Kranky in early 2006. Since then his 80+ albums have been released by many labels including Room 40, Constellation Tatsu, Patient Sounds Ltd, First Terrace, and his own label White Paddy Mountain.
In 2013 Hatakeyama founded the record label White Paddy Mountain, which has since released over 40 recordings by some of the most accomplished modern ambient, shoegaze and folk musicians in Japan