Japanese - Ukulele Porn

October 11th, 2012

Ukulele Kuricorder

The Kuricorder Quartet are the modern day Beatles of the eccentric happy novelty instrument quartet world. I came across them on a compilation a few months ago and have found out they’ve done a ukulele album called, you guessed it, Ukulele Kuricorder. It reached number 6 in the Japanese charts when it was released in 2006. It looks excellent, however, the album’s forty odd quid in the UK which is a bit of a blow.

Oh well, here’s an excellent video about their recent trip to London, I particularly love busking in Regent’s park. Enjoy.

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March 4th, 2012

Katsuhiko Haida – The diameter of the suspended tin

Not sure the translation’s correct but it’s a great title for a song. Katsuhiko Haida is one of the originators of the Japanese Hawaii scene and he plays ukulele while sporting fine threads. I get the feeling, there’s a whole world of japanese ukulele awesomeness out there, if only I could read Japanese.

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March 1st, 2012

Ultraman ukulele

Whenever I start to lose faith in the world, normally after reading the comment pages on any newspaper on any article ever published, I no longer comfort myself by drinking pints of wine. No, instead I look for the weirdest and greatest japanese people playing ukulele on youtube. It was on one of these voyages that I discovered ultraman ukulele. Looking like Ferngully with ukes, it’s the artistic statement that James Cameron wish he had made.