OL’JANSA – Göran Månsson & friends – CD
Swedish Folk / World Music
by Göran Månsson – 2017 SWEDEN
Label: Caprice Records
| Göran Månsson | Flute-Härjedalspipa |
| Emma Ahlberg | Fiddle |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto |
| Martin von Schmalensee | Bass, Guitar |
| Patrik Källström | Fiddle, Pump Organ, Harmonica, Arrangör |
The album is nominated for the best Folk album of the Year 2018 in Sweden by MANIFEST GALAN
Göran Månsson and friends – being Emma Ek Ahlberg, Patrik Källström, Karin Nakagawa, Martin von Schmalensee and Olof Jönsson, in a lively set of songs, tunes, dances and compositions that set Månsson’s many flutes against ensemble arrangements with fiddle, pump organ, guitar, melodica, koto, bass, percussion and some documentary recordings used as a starting point for new interpretations for the music of flute player Olof Jönsson (1867 – 1953), aka Ol’Jansa from Överberg in the Swedish province Härjedalen.
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UNIO MYSTICA II – CD
Mystical
by Dietrich Oberdörfer – 2015 ITALY
Label: Steinach Edition
| Dietrich Oberdörfer | Organ, Vocals |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
| Andreas Unterholzner | Electric Guitar |
“Unio Mystica” is a long-term, multicultural project created by South Tyrolean musician and composer Dietrich Oberdörfer. The aim is merging different archaic sound languages that evoke the fundamental human need for internalisation and transcendence through their mystic character. In “unio mystica II”, occidental sacral music meets psychedelic guitar sounds and Far Eastern Shinto and Zen mysticism. In a shared journey through both time and diverse musical styles, the three musicians have created a distinct sound.
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Trees Of Light – CD
Jazz / Cross Over
by LYÖSTRAINI – 2015 SWEDEN / GERMANY
Label: ECM-Records
| Lena Willemark | Vocals, Fiddle, Viola |
| Anders Jormin | Double Bass |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
The Album was awarded with the Swedish Grammis Award 2016
Trio Lyöstraini, well-known Swedish singer Lena Willemark, outstanding Swedish bassist Anders Jormin and Japanese koto player Karin Nakagawa as a new face in the field. They went through intriguing musical contrasts gaining amazing flow, brightness and joy. They dug into each others roots and constantly came up with surprising original responses. When Willemark intoned a Northern folk theme, Nakagawa threw in raw koto strums which generated very special palpable qualities. When Nakagawa played a straight harp-like groove Jormin added bending pentatonic singing on his bass. Nakagawa expanded the musical range of the koto in extraordinary ways sounding as a kora or Celtic harp sometimes. It was just wonderful how they in the long run began to dance over their commonly created structure ending up in the rare and touching beauty of „Snöfall“ („Falling Snow“). Amazing how open and connected their playing, great listening yielding real new music!
By HENNING BOLTE „AllaboutJazz“ on Umeå jazz festival 2013
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Sho Yoku Chi Soku – CD & DVD
Mystical / World
by Liquid Soul & Osaka Shomyo – 2012 GERMANY / JAPAN
Project Website: LIQUID SOUL – ORATORIUM
| Gert Anklam | Saxophone, Sheng |
| Beate Gatscha | Dance, Hang, Taiko |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
| Saichu Yohansyah | Gong, singing Bowl |
| Uwe Walter | Shakuhachi, Dance, Vocals |
OSAKA SHOMYO
| Wajun Momoo | Choral direction,Vocals |
| Kenryo Shibata | Calligraphy, Vocals |
| Kyujun Suzuki | Vocals |
| Juntetsu Nakanishi | Vocals |
| Yujun Onoe | Vocals |
Project conception & artistic and administrative direction: Beate Gatscha & Gert Anklam
Music: Karin Nakagawa & Gert Anklam
Arrangement japanese Folk songs: Karin Nakagawa
Oratorio (orare = pray) is a Western Christian music term for a vocal composition with a religious story. The oratorio „Sho Yoku Chi Soku“ is a musical metaphor for the question of the true quality of life. This question unifies both of the cultures which seem so different at the first glance, it also traces back to the origin of mankind from which the pure sound is created…
Dedicated to the victims of the catastrophe in Japan on March 11.2011.
DVD – Total duration 85:00
official Trailer – live in Berlin, Germay 2012
CD – Total duration 69:19
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TAUSEND KRANICHE – CD
World Music
by „Liquid Soul“ – 2011 GERMANY
Label: LabelHARP
| Gert Anklam | Saxophone, Sheng, Water-Stabbing Organ |
| Beate Gatscha | Water-Stabbing Organ, Hang, Vocals |
| Uli Moritz | Percussion, Hang |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
guests:
| Cathrin Pfeifer | Accordion |
| Sonny Thet | Cello |
online buying gert-anklam – cdshop
2nd album form „Liquid Soul“ featuring Karin Nakagawa.
All compositions are own, and consist of multiple layers of sound, intricate rhythm sequences, lively musical dialogues and improvisation. A from from India, Japan, China, Africa and America Inspired musical project….
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PSALM – CD
Jazz / Pop
by „Psalm“ – 2007 JAPAN
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
| Yumi Tamai | Vocals |
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かりん Karin – CD
Jazz / Pop
by Karin Nakagawa – 2006 JAPAN
Label: ZIPANGU PRODUCTS
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
| Masaki Hayashi | Piano |
| Hiroki Kashiwagi | Cello |
| Tappi Iwase | Drums |
| Yuji Yajima | 6-string electric Bass |
| Mikita Hase | Taiko |
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あいのうた Ainouta – CD
Japanese Folk / Pop
by „Yura“ – 2005 JAPAN
Label: Bamboo
| Emme | Vocals |
| Toki Tatara | Shinobue (Japanese Flute) |
| Karin Nakagawa | 25-string Koto, Vocals |
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