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Shikkoku premiere performance
Al Green Theatre
Nov 27, 2009
Shikkoku (new arrangement)
Fleck Dance Theatre
Nov 5, 2010
 
Song Title: Shikkoku
   
Date Composed: 2009
Composer: Aki Takahashi
Arrangement: Aki Takahashi
Premiere Performance: November 27, 2009 - Al Green Theatre, Toronto
   

SHIKKOKU (Black Lacquer), bottomless darkness, is the most beautiful and dignified black.

Like layering paint, the sounds of deep and heavy Taiko overlap one another. Sticky and glossy like lacquer, every sound adds depth.

Lacquer black is not an achromatic colour. Instead it is the layering of every colour. We will continue to bang our Taiko until every colour and pattern is seen, heard and felt.