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YUMI HARA

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Yumi HARA is a Japanese performer (piano, keys, vo, harp) based in London. She studied medicine at University of Tsukuba and worked as a psychiatrist before she moved to London in 1993. She studied music at City University and gained BMus and PhD (composition). She is senior lecturer and programme leader for Music Performance and Production at University of East London, and a member of board of directors of JASMIM (The Japanese Association for the Study of Musical Improvisation).

Yumi HARA's compositions have been performed by contemporary classical ensembles such as PianoCircus and the BBC Singers, but she has become increasingly well known as an improvisor and performer in the avant rock, Canterbury and RIO scene since releasing CD "Dune" with Hugh Hopper in 2008. She has formed bands and projects such as The ARTAUD BEATS (with Geoff LEIGH, Chris CUTLER, John GREAVES), YOU ME & US (with Daevid ALLEN, Chris CUTLER), JUMP FOR JOY! (with Jean-Herve PERON, ZAPPI, Chris CUTLER, Geoff LEIGH, Geraldine SWAYNE), THE WATTS (with Tim HODGKINSON and Chris CUTLER) and HALF THE SKY / LINDSAY COOPER SONGBOOK. Currently Yumi is a senior lecturer in music at University of East London.

(Biography provided by Yumi HARA and updated by dAmOxT7942)

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2011
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Groove Study
2023

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 Groove Study by HARA, YUMI album cover Studio Album, 2023
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Groove Study
Yumi Hara RIO/Avant-Prog

Review by DamoXt7942
Forum & Site Admin Group Avant/Cross/Neo/Post Teams

— First review of this album —
5 stars Great really. Yumi says she has recorded, mixed, and produced this album entitled "Groove Study" (this fascinating title reminds me of something like a grand experiment for groove because of my real specialism lol) for 8 years. For every fan, this artistic stuff was worth waiting for 8 years, let me say. "Groove Study" involves complicated, bouncy, and well-balanced rhythmic stances plus mysterious, chaotic melody lines. We can hear her sincere, serious attitude for sound and style in them. In addition, through the tracks, a natural groove is streaming around us and especially the 'kindness' of her sound construction is oozing all around ... they are the highlights by Yumi HARA.

Brilliant expedition gets started from the first masterpiece "Orlyonok". Exactly complex beats, comfortable vibes, and heavenly surrealistic melodies are synchronized rigidly and perfectly. West African Beat Methods (according to Yumi's words) cannot be imagined via this song but dynamic hyper-dimensional impression is veiling every single audience. You can easily find Yumi kept concentrating to create this magnificent art and exploded her happiness just after completing it. The following "Once Around The World" is another amazing discovery. Such a tough instrumental technique (on both melodic and rhythmic operations) can be enjoyed in a super natural manner. What's happening? The more you listen to her catchy, pastoral timbre, the more confused you get by the timbre. Amazing.

After heavy metallic piano fragments "Fragment Eines Klavierstucks" (this is one of my faves due to intriguing sound layout and arrangement), you are getting obsessed and glued by "Hibernal Suite" featuring Tatsuya YOSHIDA's drumming and Toshiaki SUDOH's bass playing (both of that should be very important for supporting such a fantastic suite). Yumi's pipe organ experiments cannot be beaten by the rhythm section. Religious, chilling soundscape sounds more powerful and vigorous actually. Guess Yumi played this suite along with her imagination that strong animals live calmly but strongly even under hibernation. For the warmth of the sun and snowmelt water. This suite is filled with hope, anticipation and encouragement. "Groove Study Giga Mix" can be thought as one of her culminations on this studio-oriented stage. Improvised destructive piano attachments and speedily stabilized rhythmic temptation will knock you down completely. But it's also true that her sincerity in such a dissonance will salvage you under such a tough situation all over the world.

30 minutes under this creation is pretty dramatic. And Prince (a cat) lying beside Yumi is quite pretty and cool. Would you let me highly recommend this opus? Yes!

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