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Kono Michi a.k.a. Michi Wiancko is a world famous violinist regularly duets with Yo Yo Ma.

The new Kono Michi album ’9 Death Haiku’ is now available online at iTunes, Amazon, Napster, CDBaby and more…
See latest blog entry for an album review of ’9 Death Haiku’ in The Strad magazine or click this Link To Review.

Supersweet.org: ”Upon first glance, Kono Michi, aka Michi Wiancko, has a very impressive musical CV. She’s played as a solo violinist for both the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, worked with ex-Japan frontman David Sylvian, and been part of various other orchestral ensembles. 9 Death Haiku is her first album proper, and a rather lovely collection of her own compositions, recorded at her apartment in Brooklyn.

Michi’s inventive approach to musical expression is a mixture of violin, toy instruments, and unique percussive stylings, courtesy of Japanese percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, all underpinned by her almost painfully beautiful voice, which sounds so clear and so pure that you feel like it may have some sort of mystical healing properties that could be utilised to ease headaches and the like.

As melodic as 9 Death Haiku is, it exists with a certain darkness running through its veins. The songs, based on Japanese deathbed haiku (if the title didn’t give it away), are dripping with the kind of beautiful sorrow that somehow becomes uplifting. Through the melancholic violins, and semi-classical arrangements shines a stripped back simplicity that is unutterably beautiful. Equal parts Bjork at her most minimalist and Portishead when Beth Gibbons is feeling less depressed, her classical training is evident beyond the more leftfield pretentions of either of the aforementioned ladies.

• Cherry Blossoms

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• You Are The First

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• I Borrow Moonlight

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• Vanish

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• Summer Clothes

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• World Of Dew

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