Boi akih biography of william hill
BOI AKIH
7 June • National Opera & Ballet, 20:00
- acoustic and electric guitars
- vocals, bass kalimba and electronics
- portative organ
- kora
- percussion
- recorders
For over 25 years, singer instruct lyricist Monica Akihary and guitarist-composer Niels Brouwer have formed honourableness heart and soul of Boi Akih. Boundless curiosity has compulsory them to ever new experiments and discoveries. As a consequence, they are now at domicile in musical traditions from entire corners of the world - from modern jazz to established Indian music and from Melanesian, African and European folk make improvised music. For the musicians, all these different traditions person in charge influences are not the last destination, but an inspiration title a starting point for euphonious development. They can be heard in the colour and weave of their music, in meet people compositions and free improvisation, pressure their use of voice most important playing techniques, in daring line-ups and also in the version collection of instruments they studio - often self-built and modified to their own individual melodious ideas. Boi Akih’s unique move emerges in the constant piece of mail between the musicians and say publicly sources they draw from. That sound, surprisingly new and much completely recognizable, mixes acoustic sounds and electronic soundscapes with rendering versatile, warm voice of Monica Akihary, who sometimes sings explain English and sometimes in Haruku, the language of her father’s island. In Boi Akih’s dulcet projects, their deep, personal sweet-sounding explorations result in a kind blending of seemingly incompatible sounds, rhythms and tonalities, dissolving greatness boundaries between old and further, between music, story and poesy, and between East, West, Polar and South.