Racha Fora by Hiro Honshuku's Racha Fora
“Let’s go!” is one of the many possible translations of Racha Fora (pronounced “hasha fora”), but the one most apropos to this ensemble might be “branch line”—in this case running from Brazil to Japan, a link older and deeper than you might imagine. Racha Fora’s sound is, appropriately, at once delicate and propulsive, acoustic and electronic, and fleet of finger and mind.
Tracklist
| 1. | True Pot | 7:50 |
| 2. | Post Noodle | 5:53 |
| 3. | Sakura Sakura（さくらさくら） | 7:17 |
| 4. | Di menor | 7:16 |
| 5. | Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema) | 7:57 |
| 6. | Ice Butt | 5:45 |
| 7. | Sus Div | 5:21 |
| 8. | PONTO | 8:01 |
| 9. | Chorozinha | 2:25 |
| 10. | O.o.M. | 6:32 |
| 11. | Rind Well | 5:43 |
Credits
Hiro Honshuku - flute & EWI
Rika Ikeda - violin
Mauricio Andrade - guitar
Rafael Russi - bass
Fernando Saci - percussion
License
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Hiro Honshuku (flute/EWI/composition), Studied with late George Russell, Dave Holland and George Garzone. Has taught at the New England Conservatory, the Longy School of Music and the New England Institute of Art. He was an assistant to Russell for 20 years, as well as a member of Russell’s Living Time Orchestra. 3 albums with his Racha Fora, 6 albums under his name, and 30+ albums as supporting.