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Ky

About Me

*"Ky" has many meanings in japanese:
heart, spirit, originality, intention, mood, tree, conscience...
Different ways to write it, but one sound.
Ky on NHK's documentary about Satie


*The trio "Ky" project exists since 2005
- Maki NAKANO & Yann PITTARD
featuring inventive artists :
Thomas BALLARINI (percussions)
Gaston ZIRKO (drums)
HAYASHI Eichii (alto sax)
FUJII Satoko (piano)
TSUNEMI Yuji (oud)
TANIGAWA Kensaku (piano, voice)
Stéphane PAYEN (alto sax)
Hugues VINCENT (cello)
Rafael KOERNER (drums)
Yoram ROSILIO (double-bass)
Stéphane TSAPIS (keyboards)
Johan GUIDOU (drums)
YUKIHIRO Yuki (yo-yo) ...
improvising, composing, arranging, playing together amazing music.


In concert, Ky presents a very original show, with a theatral dimension, a lot of humour, and a good sense of adaptation to the acoustic of the place.
*Pieces by french composer Erik SATIE
(Embryons desséchés, Heures séculaires et instantanées, Gymnopedies, Sports et divertissements, Gnossiennes 1-3-6, Avant-dernières pensées, Danses de travers, Désespoir agreable, Facheux exemple, Prélude en tapisserie, L'enfance de Ko-quo, Menus propos enfantins, Nocturne 3...)
*by japanese composer Toru TAKEMITSU
(Yuki, Koi no kakurembo...)
*various standards
(Take 5, Naima, Pithecantropus Erectus, La Javanaise, Shima uta, Seven steps to heaven, Champs-Elysées, Summertime, Caravan, Tea for two, Song for my father...)
*new original compositions
(Typhoone, Bleue, Koln, La voie lactée, Étrangère à Paris, Plus jamais, Plat du jour...)
*improvisations and spontaneous compositions.
Go to kyweb.fr (Ky's official website)
for more informations about the members, biography, ordering Ky's new cd, tour blog, new projects...
*Imagine Erik Satie in today's world...
Do you think he would prefer the music of Toru Takemitsu, John Coltrane, Steve Reich, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, John Zorn or Britney Spears ?

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/04/2006
Band Website: kyweb.fr
Band Members:
- Maki NAKANO -
alto sax, alto & metal-clarinet, haiku

- Yann PITTARD -
"Sumi" baritone guitar, oud, fx

*on CD "naissanciel" and Japan tour 2007, featuring
- Thomas BALLARINI -
drums, percussions, mouth's noise

*on Satie's NHK documentary and new project 2008, featuring
- Gaston ZIRKO -
drums, mix

(photos by Hadrien Ricol)
Influences: ..

*On Ky's album "Naissanciel" (Ohrai records, japanese label), you can hear 21 tracks :
5 Satie's re-arranged masterworks,
3 original compositions (for baritone guitar, metal-clarinet, alto sax, percussions, water, and oud),
7 spontaneous compositions-short improvisations,
the sound of Bretagne's sea.

Ky's actually on tour in Japan
for their new album "Danses de travers"
(18 amazing tracks)

Go to kyweb.fr
Sounds Like:
Ky's recording are available at Souffle Continu
20/22 rue Gerbier 75011 PARIS / soufflecontinu.free.fr
Record Label: 2006: 2 EP
2007: LP
2008: new CD
OHRAI
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ky on NHK feat. Gaston ZIRKO (drums)

Monday the 17th of March 2008, 8pm on japanese channel NHK BShi Maki NAKANO, Yann PITTARD & Gaston ZIRKO performs an original arrangement of Gymnopedie No 1 in a documentary film about Erik SATIE.NHK...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:56:00 GMT

rehearsal with Plantec in Bretagne

On March 3rd and 4th, Ky met the PLANTEC Brothers (bombarde & celtic guitar), Yann LEMEUNIER (drums)and Kevin TOUBLANT (bass, fx). Plantec, Maki Nakano and Yann Pittard’s compositions arranged w...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:55:00 GMT

merci beaucoup

Thanks so much for every japanese audience !Have a nice life and see you next time !
Posted by on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:59:00 GMT