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Kaminari aka Yoshi & Chie is the combined astonishing talents of Yoshi and Chie Yamano, a professional music duo hailing from Osaka Japan. In Japanese, Kaminari means lightning but it also means gods noise, referring to its mythical and cosmic connection to the earth and it’s peoples. They’re musical journey together started in 1989 when they met and began collaborating musically through Funk, Blues and World music.

Since then they have performed in various venues across the globe. They form an exciting union of musical traditions that are hundreds of years old, crossing cultures and countries, joining forces to create a combination of sounds unlike no other. Their unique music seamlessly blends together acoustic and electronic, bridging the traditional with contemporary, east with the west.

Kaminari’s acoustic repertoire fuses together spiritual musical rhythms from India, Australia and Japan with the smooth sounds of Jazz, Funk, Rock, and Fusion. Integrating over a dozen different digital sounds and effects, Kaminari’s more electronic sets enhance their acoustic instruments with beats that come from contemporary styles of music like Down Tempo, Trip Hop and Ambient.

Yoshito Yamano Sitar, Guitar, Sanshin, Ukelele, Programming

Chie YamanoDigeridoo, Vocals, Programming, Effects

“Their material ranges from laid back acoustic sitar and didgeridoo duets to fully arranged tunes with samples and beats, like Pizzicato 5 meets Sonic Youth. They are truly interesting and unique to the Toronto music scene.”
– Brian Kalbfleisch, Good Nature Productions