8/11 Ishibashi Eiko x Achico

As mentioned in the previous post, I went to see Ishibashi Eiko and Achico perform live on Saturday. I've been wanting to go to lives since coming to Japan, but always kind of decided not to in the end, because I didn't want to go alone. But this time, I had company! It was a short free live at the Shibuya Apple store, so I made A come with me (thanks!).

We came a bit early, so we stood around and looked at the products. There's a small stage in the Apple store and the staff had reserved some floor space around it for the performance. It looked like this (not my picture and not Eiko x Achico, just one I found on flickr). As soon as the whistle went, A grabbed me and we went to the stage. Good thing she paid attention because we got just one line behind the front one. :D There was especially this girl in the front who seemed to be a really big fan of Eiko x Achico. She was so enthusiastic and looked like she had the greatest time of her life all throughout the performance.

Soon, Ishibashi Eiko came out and took a seat by the keyboard. She started playing a tune and not long after a girl came sliding down the bar by the stairs, it was Achico! Eiko's piano playing coupled with Achico's voice was really soothing, and I really like the sense of melody they have. It's sounds so innocent but on the same time, gives a feeling of hiding something darker under the surface. It has this slight fairy tale-feeling to it as well. Someday, I'd like to draw something that matches their music, that's how I want my work to feel like.

I didn't take any pictures, somehow I felt too self conscious about it. One of the reasons is that because we stood up front, if I had grabbed my camera to shoot pictures I'd be blocking someone's view (but then again, I shouldn't have cared about that! This feels so Japanese...) and another one was that I was afraid to be told off by the staff not to, since we were inside a store and all. Oh well, at least I enjoyed my time! Sometimes I feel that I'm not appreciating things as much when I look at them through a camera's view finder. Anyhow, I think there should be a report coming up on Apple's site soon though, they already have a couple of them from previous events on their site, so I'm keeping my eyes open!

Do I even need to mention that we went for crepes afterwards?