Kanno Live in Teplice, Czech Republic Reports
UPDATE (May 17, 2011): More photos have been posted by Ilaria.
UPDATE (May 2, 2011): View a part of the concert and interview here.
UPDATE (May 1, 2011): Comment by LaughingMan, photos by Vlado links added. Set list updated.
Concert reports:
sister-m
Vlado
Vlado (Photos)
LaughingMan
LaughingMan (another comment)
Ceska televize (video)
Ilaria’s photos on her Facebook Wall
Set list:
Power of the Light
Velveteen
Monochrome
Nomad Soul
To Tell the Truth
I Do
Memory of Fanelia
Joy
Kimi de Ite Buji de Ite
Czech National Anthem
Piano Bar
It seems that they didn’t perform the new songs for Cyber Bicci. This should be also be one of the rare performances where we hear Kanno sing.
April 30th, 2011 at 4:25 am
Gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Why do I have to live in cold arctic north and miss all the good stuff
Good for those who were there! Sounds great!
April 30th, 2011 at 5:24 am
It was simply a magical experience, that’s the best sum of the events possible. Thanks a million to sister-m, who posted a more detailed, almost poetic report about the experience. We were also among the lucky ones who got to the venue really early and got a chance to witness the rehearsals. Yoko was indeed so nice, forthcoming, funny and simply beautiful. They ran through just a couple of songs but I thought Illaria sang even better on the rehearsal than on the actual event (if that’s possible). The concert itself was breathtaking, the overall atmosphere over the venue was so intimate, spontaneous, friendly and truly in the essense of Yoko and her music stands for. The songs played were:
Power of the Light
Velveteen
Monochrome
a piano piece unknown to me
To Tell the Truth
I Do
Aoi Hitomi
another new (?) piano piece, (a bit reminiscent of Rakuen)
Kimi de Ite Buji de Ite
Czech National Anthem
Piano Bar
She did a little chatting with the audience between the songs. After the performance was over (oh. so soon), we had a chance to talk to her a little bit, she autographed my beloved Ghost in the Shell Boxset and took pictures with us and lots of other wans. It’s so wonderful to see there’s a lot of people not too far away who love her music just like I/we do. There were even fans from Japan who traveled specially for the event!
I took some pictures, I will post them somewhere and share a link. I made an audio recording of the whole concert, it’s quite listenable. I’ll post the 48KHz/24bit FLAC files as soon as I can for everyone to enjoy, share and spread and if anyone wants to do some additional audio processing work, feel free.
So stay tuned – I will post what I have during this weekend. I’m really quite busy these days, that’s why everything takes such a lot of time. Sorry about that, everyone. Be patient, it’ll be worth it.
April 30th, 2011 at 5:33 am
Sorry everyone, in the excitement I almost forgot about the fabulous YK repertoire. The first “unknown” piano piece is Nomad Soul and the other is Joy.
April 30th, 2011 at 7:25 am
I’m so excited! I can’t wait to somebody upload a recording…
please! XD
April 30th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Ok everyone, here is a recording of the entire event. I recorded it in 48KHz and 24bit. I think the audience noise may be a little high between songs, simply because we were really insance and people around me (including me) shouted like crazy. I repeat, if anyone wants to clean the recording (I left it untouched), share it further, re-post it or do anything with it – feel free to do so (a little credit won’t hurt, though..:)). I put it up in FLAC, in full lossless quality for those interested and also in standard mp3 for your iPods and music collections. Enjoy, share your comments and spread the word. Some photos later.
FLAC: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YHX7S6N5
MP3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H530U7IU
April 30th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Thank you!!!
I’m workin at it…
April 30th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Here is my recording of the entire concert.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z80US7YP
And there was also press conference with Yoko and Shinichiro Watanabe (for about 1 hour) they talked about how they met and their cooperation on Macross Plus and Cowboy Bebop I also take a courage to ask two question myself I asked if there will be more concerts with Ilaria Graziano… she doesn’t answer very clear so maybe yes maybe no
and what are her favorite bands and if she take inspration from them (yes I know about that plagiarism issue) She doesn’t name any concrete artist only some french which she listen when she was small, and that she doesn’t watch TV so her inspiration come from sounds around her like birds or phones ringtones 
she said that she can remember it quite fast (and prove it in the concert 
so maybe thats the reason why some of her songs sounds quite familiar 
.
April 30th, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Ah! Another recording, I haven’t listened to Vlado’s completely yet! Thanks!!!
April 30th, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Her English is really good, consider me surprised! And her tone is lower than when she usually speaks in Japanese. I speak two languages and I also use a lower tone for English, I dunno why!
April 30th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
This is great!!!! Thank you Laughing Man!
April 30th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Hi guys – thank you so much for posting your recordings! I wonder if anyone can upload the same to something like hotfile or filesonic? megaupload is unfortunately blocking my area
April 30th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
THANK YOU AGAIN!!!
I’ve been waiting eight years to watch this!!
April 30th, 2011 at 11:34 pm
@Vlado: Thanks so much for making the recordings, the renditions of I Do and kimi de ite were really special and I think this is the first time I’ve heard Yoko speak in English!
@Mai: Thanks as always for these awesome updates
April 30th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Thanks a lot for the video!
May 1st, 2011 at 1:29 am
Here is “best of” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hfPNzMza0
And I forgot to mention one more maybe interesting thing, on a press conference Watanabe said the he talked with Keanu Reeves about movie version of Cowboy Bebop and it’s up to studio Fox if Yoko Kanno would do the OST. And before projection of Cowboy Bebop when Watanabe introduce the movie Kanno beg him for a new TV series
and he wasn’t completly against it.
May 1st, 2011 at 4:02 am
The FB photo link doesn’t want to work when I click on the pic. Wanted to see Ilaria’s FB and say ‘hi’ to her.
May 1st, 2011 at 4:05 am
Kudos for the recordings!
May 1st, 2011 at 5:34 am
Here are some photos I took:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.1847315236857.100546.1659979473&l=dbaa2ab3a1
It’s a public album, so everyone can access and share it..:)
The pics are nothing special, but it was the best I could do.
May 1st, 2011 at 5:50 am
hey everyone! I was also one of those who were lucky enough to get to the show (thx to good people spreading the word). the perfomance was moving and many times I found myself (almost
) crying from joy….
for me the best part of the whole “thing” was yoko herself, her personality and the good energy she’s spreading….she was so cute (before the reherseal) when dancing on the stage imitating sounds of a bird !
ありがとうございました 菅野 よう子！
May 1st, 2011 at 6:41 am
Here’s Ilaria’s personal page in Facebook for those who want to greet her. Just add her as a friend first though…
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1920847031705&set=a.1318762379965.45353.1557952425&type=1&theater&pid=2018748&id=1557952425#!/ilaria.graziano
May 1st, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Kanno: Is there anyone here from another country? Oh so many! Where?
Someone: Slovakia!
May 1st, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I think it was Tomas, who posted above, who said that… So what?
It IS technically a different country. I’m from there too…:):)
May 1st, 2011 at 6:48 pm
It’s wonderful memor I will hold onto. :3 Hope the german fellows will add st too – they had great photo camera^^
May 1st, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Actually, there was a guy on stage with a camera isn’t it? I wonder if they officially recorded something.
May 1st, 2011 at 11:45 pm
I wonder if who have done the mixing could record the show…
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Thank u, LaughingMan & Vlado. Do you mind if I repost the links elsewhere?
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Yep, it was public television. They used it for “Scales of Anifest” If anyone finds a way to download it, let me know please! I could edit it afterwards and add subtitles for non-chzech people.
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10318509074-supiny-z-anifestu/211543115310003-supiny-z-anifestu/
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Oh, thanks for that! But it keeps freezing on my laptop! :c
May 2nd, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Amazing stuff, thank you for sharing everyone!!! T_T
May 3rd, 2011 at 1:04 am
caruso: Well I posted link only here because I love this site, but do whatever you want with it
May 4th, 2011 at 10:12 am
Sounds like an amazing experience! Thank you for the pics and report!
May 19th, 2011 at 2:03 am
This is amazing. Thanks, all of you, for sharing your reports and photos. I really hope to attend her next concert. I’m tempted to go just about anywhere next just to see her in concert!