Thursday

Listening today while ordering my studio: Jim O'Rourke's Eureka; Yamamoto's Crown of Fuzzy Groove, Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and to Stravinsky's Piano Music.

Guitar lessons in the morning, time with little U in the afternoon.

Here's a photo taken by Alicia Patricia at one of the shows with Flopa at Thelonious, taken from www.emocionhomicida.blogspot.com ...



... and a drawing by Pablo Rodriguez Jauregui...

Busy Wednesday

La National Film Chamber Orchestra recorded at canal 7 this morning.

Guitar lessons in the afternoon.

A photo by Damian Benetucci from the show at ND Ateneo, April 12th; soon a live album will be mixed, mastered and released... the band: Kabu, Ezequiel Araujo, Matias Mango, Luis Suarez, Mariano Suarez, Maria Eva Albistur and Fernando Samalea.

busy weekend

Saturday:

La National Film Chamber Orchestra recorded at Canal 7 TV, here some views of the Canal bar, kiosk, studio door, studio lottery stage, and Kabu's corner



















in the evening Francisco Bochaton & band at la Trasitenda, here views of Kabu's corner and Bocha's corner after the show,






Sunday:

asado at home, cooked by master asador Dani, with Japanese sweets and budin de mandarina made by Sabrina for dessert. little U was impressed by Fernanda's panza .... and U keeps asking for Diego...

Today Flopa at Thelonious

Here's a photo by Magali Polverino, who also took the photos for Flopa's flyer...



Miércoles 27 de junio - 21hs
en Thelonious

FLOPA

interpretando algunos temas del próximo disco y otros rescatados del olvido.

LUCAS HERBIN: batería
FERNANDO KABUSACKI: guitarra eléctrica
FLOPA LESTANI: voz y guitarra
JUAN RAVIOLI: guitarra acústica y piano
MARCOS ROCCA: bajo


Salguero 1884. [$10]

+ info: 
http://www.flopa.com.ar
http://emocionhomicida.blogspot.com

Living in a quiet neighborhood, away from downtown in Buenos Aires City, has some great surprises: last Friday at rush hour I made it to Retiro station, by train, in 30 minutes.

Bus ride to Mendoza with Francisco Bochaton & band; 14 hs ride, good bus, entertaining movie: Apocalypto.

Asado at the venue's owner's house, short siesta and then soundcheck. My guitar amp is too small. I will handle.

wednesday

Robert Fripp Soundscapes & The League of Crafty Guitarists tour of Argentina completed 10 days ago, Robert's diaries are posted at www.dgmlive.com

Rehearsals and gigs with Francisco Bochaton, Flopa and La National Film Chamber Orchestra continue. Charly's band is on hold.

Guitar lessons began today.

a new release!

ROVO + Alejandro Franov + Fernando Kabusacki + Santiago Vazquez

Live at Kinema Club Tokyo, 7/7 2006

KATSUI YUJI：Electric Violin
YAMAMOTO SEIICHI：12 String Guitar, Nylon String Guitar, Electric Guitar, Sanshin, Irish Whistle
YOSHIGAKI YASUHIRO：Drums, Percussion
OKABE YOICHI：Drums, Percussion
HARADA JIN：Bass, Didgeridoo, Harmonica
MASUKO TATSUKI：DX7, SH101
ALEJANDRO FRANOV：Keyboards, Sitar, Sanshin, Irish Whistle, Voice
FERNANDO KABUSACKI：Electric Guitar
SANTIAGO VAZQUEZ：Percussion, Voice

released in Japan by EWE, May 24, 2007

buenos aires, rosario, mendoza

may 31, mendoza

robert fripp soundscapes & the league of crafty guitarists tour

the first entry in my blog after several months.

between my return from japan and this tour I have been very busy moving to a new house, playing with charly garcia, with francisco bochaton (also recording for his new cd), with samalea,



...also with roxana amed, flopa, vertigo colectivo and with la national film chamber orchestra at malba and canal 7 tv



my last concert with charly took place at plaza de mayo april 30th, at the anniversary of madres de plaza de mayo. our last piece was the argentinean national anthem




reharsals with the league in buenos aires began june 17 at my studio,




it was for my a great challenge playing the repertoire on my ovation guitar since I have been playing almost exclusively the electric for years; I welcomed the challenge

once robert arrived in buenos aires on may 24 the league began rehearsals with him at tnt on 25th. this is a legendary recording studio downtown buenos aires,




last tuesday we played a 20 minutes showcase for the press at nd ateneo followed by a press comference;

yesterday our first concert, to a very enthusiastic and supportive audience, at teatro la comedia in rosario. my mother was there and she loved the show.

after the show we had dinner backstage, delicious food, prepared by members of the rosario guitar circle. then we loaded the bus and drove 13 hours to mendoza. gas oil is not easily available at gas stations, so there was a risk we wouldn't make it... at my arrival at the hotel I was told that reservations were made for tomorrow...but here I am, at a restaurant in mendoza waiting for a filet de merluza con pure while charly sounds on the radio

in the evening rehearsal at teatro independencia

dinner at tomasso, with important news and announcements

walked back to the hotel...freezing cold in mendoza

tokyo > buenos aires

16/1/07

tokyo > san francisco > washington > buenos aires.





15/1/07

kabusacki/ katsui/ nakamura at superdeluxe, tokyo







an earthquake shook the hotel before I got to bed. ouch!


14/1/07

kabusacki yamamoto katsui at uplink factory. superb little auditorium. remarkable performance. walked around shibuya and back to hotel for packing.




13/1/07

buffalo daughter + cornelius + kabusacki + friends at daikanyama unit.






hot show! buffalo daughter sounded amazing. they blew me away! we got louder and louder...audience very excited. I also found myself playing in ways I don't usually play. I also played with zak and yumiko, an improvised set. here's zak...



my loop station wasn't working....after the performance I saw it was connected like this....



the dressing room wall



great to meet cornelius (sensous things), his show was stunning.



back to the hotel at 4:00


12/1/07




I played with yuji katsui and yuji oniki at lete, in shimokitazawa. also exhibited moni's paintings. small and warm venue. the first show felt like a dress rehearsal. the second show sold out, packed. very good moments. we did a cover of neil young's down by the river. good to see emiko and the embassy friends. one of moni's paintings was sold after the show (one of my favorites, actually). dinner at a very nice okinawan restaurant near the venue.

kyoto > osaka > nagoya > tokyo

7/1/07


kabusacki, yoshimi, yamamoto & senju at bridge, osaka







the first gig of the tour, went marvelous for me. having played with seiichi, yoshimi and senju is such a privilege. so luxurious! I'm happy, the audience was enthusiastic. my guitar sounded good.

my equipment on this tour: g&l telecaster > fuzz factory > rat > boss compressor > digitech whammy II > volume pedal > boss rc2 loop station > boss dd20 giga delay > kaoss pad II > roland jazz chorus 120

the train ride back to kyoto was very long (seiichi and I almost missed the last train). I was very tired.

8/1/07




no gigs tonight, I walked around kyoto, one of the most beautiful cities in the world for me. bought a roland ev50 volume pedal. snow in kyoto.

9/1/07




kyoto urbanguild, with kei, yoshitake and marron and 2 drummers. very powerful performance. I found myself playing in ways I never do




10/1/07



drive to nagoya in marron's van. passed through shiga, which I remembered from a few years ago. over 3 hs drive.
in nagoya we played at parlwr, formerly called canolfan. a nice venue. very rich first set. forced second set which for me felt like a long encore. delicious traditional nagoyan chicken wings for dinner.




11/1/07




rehearsal with buffalo daughter at deuce studios. asked directions to a policeman...after 10 minutes trying to explain how to get to deuce he gave up and said "just go down". as I was wolking down the road I see sugar and yumiko in a car, they were going to get me at the train station. the band is so kind, so nice. great sounding studio. fun. buffalo daughter rocks.

buenos aires > tokyo > kyoto

1/1/07

happy new year!

flying over the hudson bay. I flew from buenos aires to washington last night, spending new year's eve on the plane (no celebration took place...nothing was served on the plane at 0:00hs....no champagne...I sent good wishes to beloved ones), 5 hours at red carpet club ... then took a flight from washington to tokyo, hoping to get some sleep on this flight. I found a very good sandwich bar at dulles airport: the potbelly's across gate c1.

2/1/07

I arrived in tokyo around 16:00hs after a very long flight! my suitcase didn't make it so united will deliver it tomorrow to the hotel. limousine bus to shibuya city hotel. my telecaster was waiting for me at the hotel room. yes!
walked around, necessary shopping and off to bed

3/1/07 tokio

no sleep...

visited music stores, found an internet cafe, walked around. dinner with ariake and emiko got cancelled, changed strings on telecaster, noodle dinner and off to bed.

4/1/07 tokio> kyoto

yes!!! slept 7 hours!!! packed, practiced, walked around, sent cds at the post. cds shopping at tower records: joanna newsom, mingus and woodstock festival dvd (on sale)

walked to shibuya station. shinkansen train to kyoto. subway and taxi to seiichi's. I'm staying at his apartment. luxurious. noodle soup and beer with yamamoto san. I'm tired. time to bed.







seiichi liked moni's painitngs. one of them will stay in kyoto

I remembered an important experience during a performance last year



5/1/07 kyoto

9:38 it was difficult to get warm last night. the sweatshirt with hood I bought at don quijote helped.

coffee at donq cafe, visited seiichi. back to the apt to setup and practice. walk to ginkakuji, the silver palace. walk back. okonomiyaki. more practice. noodles. called shinku and moni. uma told me papu. more practice. I worked on the kaoss pad presets and at this point I have some confidence with my new boss br2 loop station.




23:14 time to call it a day. I'm exhausted. a glass of sake to warm up and off to bed. it's raining in kyoto. listening to caetano veloso's ce.

6/1/07 kyoto

slept well. woke up at 6:00 but kept going until 8:30. it's raining. coffee and beans sweet and then practice.

ideas on moni's works

11:34 2 hours of practice. interesting loops. the pad motion switch on the kaoss pad is broken. ouch.

I like caetano's new album.

memories of my days at the cottage, where I used to be by myself ...regularly practicing and looping... for months.....here in kyoto is also cold and it's raining hard

reading aldous huxley

in the afternoon seiichi and I took a train to osaka. seiichi played at bears, a very good performance of yamamoto the singer songwriter.