Guest pick: Avant-garde musician Koichi Makigami brings the high weirdness

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      Our guest this week is Straight arts writer and musician Alexander Varty. Here’s the show he’s most looking forward to this week:

      “If you’re looking for high weirdness this weekend, the place to be is Studio D at SFU Woodward’s. The main attraction is Japanese avant-garde musician Koichi Makigami, a master of the jew’s-harp, the theremin, and various Central Asian throat-singing techniques whose music ranges from sunny, pastoral freak folk to scarifying noise rock. Even more intriguing is that he’ll be performing with violist and electronic composer Stefan Smulovitz and Kokoro Dance’s Jay Hirabayashi. The collision of cultures, genres, and creative minds promises to be both strange and wonderful—and it’s likely a one-time-only event.”

      Koichi Makigami is at Studio D in the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at SFU Woodward’s on Sunday (May 15).

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