Fujii Kaze: Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN
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Published 2024-04-12
In the corner of a busy office at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo, a staffer rearranged books, vinyl records and tchotchkes on a bright red shelving unit. The production crew double-checked equipment settings and made small adjustments to the lighting. Another worker added a few more posters to the tall white file cabinets. Cameras were set and microphones were ready because Fujii Kaze and his band had just rehearsed the night before. Everyone in the room — including a few of us from NPR that were there to help — was eager and excited because the very first performance for Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN was about to start.
Popular around the world, the talented Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer and pianist known for his sultry R&B grooves and catchy songwriting. His adventurous spirit was strong as he settled into the Tiny Desk way — a concert that's intimate, mostly acoustic and recorded without reverb, effects, in-ear monitors or wedges. During the rehearsal, the band quickly acclimated to the environment and adjusted instrument volumes to hear each other better. The end result was a beautiful 30 minute set, captured without pause and with no stops, restarts or retakes.
This video is part of the second international version of Tiny Desk, a joint venture between NPR and The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) — the sole public media organization in Japan that is operated with the purpose of providing the latest news, education and culture both domestically and internationally. This new series will spotlight emerging and established Japanese artists with the same engaged performances, look and feel of the original Tiny Desk Concerts series.
SET LIST
"Matsuri"
"Garden"
"damn"
"Kirari"
"Michi Teyu Ku (Overflowing)"
"Shinunoga E-Wa"
MUSICIANS
Fujii Kaze: lead vocals, keys
Yaffle: keys
DURAN: guitar
Katsuya Takumi: bass
Kudo Seiya: drums
Yo-Sea: vocals
nishina: vocals
CREDITS
NHK / NHK ENTERPRISES:
Executive Producer: Shibasaki Tetsuya, Kamano Mizuho
Producer: Ozawa Hiroshi
Director: Ito Misato, Kikuchi Minako
Camera: Ishigaki Motomu
Lighting: Ichikawa Takaho
Sound: Sato Yosuke
Designer: Yamaguchi Takashi
Editor: Morozumi Yuka
NPR Music:
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Lead Video Producer: Maia Stern
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Desk Team: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
Senior Director of Partnership Development: Gordon Synn
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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All Comments (21)
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10代20代の多感な時期ならともかく、人生折り返してからこんなにも毎日を輝かせてくれるアーティストに出会えると思っていませんでした。もお、親じゃないけど生まれてきてくれてありがとうって思います。そのままのお人柄でいてください。
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I don't even speak Japanese but my soul understands.
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Why everything is so perfect in here ❤🫠
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There is nothing cooler than this ever anywhere
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Imagine my devastation at finding this video on June 5, searching through artist, and finding out he had a concert five minutes away from me on June 2
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名前だけ知ってました。 ただのかっこつけた兄ちゃんだと思ってました。カッコつけてないところが最高にかっこいい兄ちゃんでした。
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When he sings my soul feels joy.
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What an unbelievably cool performance, this is why I love Tiny Desk concerts, so many gems I never would've heard!
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JAZZとR&BとClassicが融合してる
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Guys it's never too late to start listening to Fujii Kaze (typing error before)
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another gem has been added to my playlist
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I am so glad that I found this I love this music, I think this is happy music that feels authentic and interesting to me, often I would get bored or suspicious by really happy music, but this really carried a beautiful meaningful attitude which reflects this dude's personality I love him and his music so much thank youuuu
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He needs to do a world tour 😭
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Fujii Kaze himself is a work of art.
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ただPCの前で聴いていただけなのに涙が出てきてしまうくらい心に触れてくるＬＩＶＥでした
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I want to attend one of his concerts so bad😩I like his every song, they are so fresh yet familliar❤️He's one of the most underrated singer I've ever seen🌸
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Why is he singing so happily? He seems to express the joy of his soul in music with his whole body.
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dude's vibe is like sakura flowers blowing in the wind on a nice sunny April skies.
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I got engaged to this performance for Shinunoga E-Wa :) Thank you Fujii Kaze
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Kaze is totally the best. True story: I' been working on learning some Japanese calligraphy/ basic Kanji and just painted 藤井 風 (Kaze's name in Japanese) really large--on my front door glass today. And it looks so awesome. 😄
