Bonobo's Ark

Yumi Hara has been curating, organising and promoting Bonobo's Ark events since 1996 in the UK and Japan. Yumi founded Bonobo's Ark Records in 1996, and has produced CDs and DVDs by Yumi Hara, Yumi Hara & Tony Lowe, you me & us (Daevid Allen, Chris Cutler, Yumi Hara) and The Artaud Beats (Geoff Leigh, Yumi Hara, Chris Cutler, John Greaves).

 

Bonobo's Ark has been supported by:  Japan 2001, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (London), JAPAN-UK150, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Tokyo) Hikone City Council (Shiga prefecture, Japan)

 

events:

 

Lindsay Cooper Tribute Concerts

3-5 Dec 2015, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, with Chris Cutler, Miwazou Kogure, Keiko Komori, Yuriko Mukoujima, Mitsuru Nasuno, Wataru Okuma

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (London)

 

WHEELS within WHEELS concert at The Redchurch Brewery read review by Sean Worrall

15 July 2015, with Tim Hodgkinson, Geoff Leigh, Guy Harries, Steve Davis, Marina Organ

    

 

 

 

Music Culture in Okinawa, talk and performance at Stratfoed Circus, part of FUEL

8 May 2015, with Chris Cutler, Kengo Sakamoto, Kazuya Uechi

 

The Artaud Beats / Chris Cutler & Yumi Hara Japan Tour 2014

Nov 2014

 

you me & us Japan Tour 2014

May-June 2014

 

you me & us Japan Tour 2013

Oct-Nov 2013

 

The Artaud Beats Japan Tour 2013

May-June 2013, workshop and performance in Tokyo and Omi Hachiman, performance in Kobe, Fukuoka, Oita, Yokohama and Tokorozawa, Japan

 

The Artaud Beats Japan Tour 2012

June 2012, workshop and performance in Tokyo, Toyohashi and Omi Hachiman, performance in Kobe, Fukuoka, Oita and Tokorozawa, Japan

in collaboration with Sakedelic Space Shuyukan

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Tokyo)

 

Kaikoku Live 2010, Akira Sakata, Yumi Hara and Tatsuya Yoshida

December 2010 for the occasion of the 150th anniversary of opening of Japan

in collaboration with Kaikoku Live Committee

supported by the Hikone City Council, Shiga prefecture, Japan

 

Geoff Leigh & Yumi Hara Cawkwell Japan Tour 2009

June-July 2009, workshop and performance in Tokyo and Omi Hachiman, Japan

in collaboration with Sakedelic Space Shuyukan

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (Tokyo)

 

Akira Sakata UK Tour 2009

8 March 2009 London, Cafe OTO, Akira Sakata, Yumi Hara and Asaf Sirkis

12 March 2009 London, Cafe OTO, Akira Sakata, Yumi Hara and Charles Hayward

in collaboration with Cafe OTO, supported by JAPAN-UK150

 

Yumi Hara Cawkwell Japan Tour 2008

19 Nov 2008 Tokyo, Flying Teapot with Akira Sakata, Tatsuya Yoshida

21 Nov 2008 Tokyo, Flying Teapot solo

23 Nov 2008 Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan with Akira Sakata, taiqui

24 Nov 2008 Shiga, Sakedelic Space Shuyukan WORKSHOP with taiqui

27 Nov 2008 Osaka, Bar Soft Machine

28 Nov 2008 Nagoya, Cafe Parlwr with Ryoko Ono

 

HUMI (Hugh Hopper & Yumi Hara Cawkwell) improvisation workshop

(Hugh couldn't participate due to his illness)

29 June 2008 Tokyo, Studio UEN

supported by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (London)

 

Trio Japan UK Tour, part of Japan 2001

05 June 2001 London, City University

06 June 2001 London, The Daiwa Foundation Japan House

07 June 2001 London, British Music Information Centre

supported by Japan 2001

 

Bonobo's Ark concert series

18 September 1999 London, Chats Palace, with Alquimia and Dennis Austin

14 September 1998 London, The Vortex, with Pete Radcliffe

10 August 1998 London, The Vortex, with Wayne Urquhart

05 June 1998 London, The Swanfleet Centre, with Anna Edwards and Gerry Hunt

07 March 1998 London, The Swanfleet Centre, with Jarmila Gorna and Pete Radcliffe

17 November 1997 London, The Vortex, with Jarmila Gorna

15  September 1997 London, The Vortex, with Rob Storey and Nancy Ruffer

21 July 1997 London, The Vortex, with John White and Gerry Hunt

19 May 1997 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Tom Simenauer

08 April 1997 London, The Vortex, with David Appleton, Kirsteen Davidson Kelly, Alquimia, John Edwards and Pete Radcliffe

02 March 1997 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John White

22 December 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John Edwards, Pete Radcliffe, Clive Bell and Kazuko Hohki

17 November 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with John Bisset and Charles Hayward

02 October 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Clive Bell, John Edwards and Pete Radcliffe

23 August 1996 London, Dolly Fossetts, with Alquimia

01 July 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with Clive Bell and Alquimia

28 May 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett

25 April 1996 London, Helter Skelter, with David Appleton, Kirsteen Davidson Kelly (Piano Circus)

 

For general enquiries: yumicity 'at' hotmail.com

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