Osaka artist Oorutaichi has long tried to test listeners' ears by blending together many disparate styles, so much so as to render the concept of "genre" irrelevant when discussing his music. For an upcoming concert in Tokyo he hopes to further challenge the sensory experience through the addition of celluloid.
"The concept of the May 14 event at (nightclub) Womb is film and music, and I plan to collaborate with Sojiro Kamatani, who is the director of many of my video clips, and Daisuke Shimada of Qotori Film," Oorutaichi tells The Japan Times via e-mail.
This audio-video alliance highlights a very busy month for Oorutaichi around Tokyo. He'll also team up with OLAibi of noisemakers OOIOO and tabla player u-zhaan (both of whom appear on his new album) for a gig on May 11, and finish up the month with a solo set on May 27 at a show with electronic musicians Luke Vibert and μ-ziq. A bit of a breather follows, then Oorutaichi heads to an Italian music festival in July.