Suraya Mohamed | April 12, 2024
In the corner of a busy office at the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo, a staffer rearranged books, vinyl records and tchotchkes on a bright red shelving unit. The production crew double-checked equipment settings and made small adjustments to the lighting. Another worker added a few more posters to the tall white file cabinets. Cameras were set and microphones were ready because Fujii Kaze and his band had just rehearsed the night before. Everyone in the room — including a few of us from NPR that were there to help — was eager and excited because the very first performance for Tiny Desk Concerts JAPAN was about to start.
Popular around the world, the talented Fujii Kaze is a Japanese singer and pianist known for his sultry R&B grooves and catchy songwriting. His adventurous spirit was strong as he settled into the Tiny Desk way — a concert that’s intimate, mostly acoustic and recorded without reverb, effects, in-ear monitors or wedges. During the rehearsal, the band quickly acclimated to the environment and adjusted instrument volumes to hear each other better. The end result was a beautiful 30 minute set, captured without pause and with no stops, restarts or retakes.
This video is part of the second international version of Tiny Desk, a joint venture between NPR and The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) — the sole public media organization in Japan that is operated with the purpose of providing the latest news, education and culture both domestically and internationally. This new series will spotlight emerging and established Japanese artists with the same engaged performances, look and feel of the original Tiny Desk Concerts series.
SET LIST
“Matsuri”
“Garden”
“damn”
“Kirari”
“Michi Teyu Ku (Overflowing)”
“Shinunoga E-Wa”
MUSICIANS
Fujii Kaze: lead vocals, keys
Yaffle: keys
DURAN: guitar
Katsuya Takumi: bass
Kudo Seiya: drums
Yo-Sea: vocals
nishina: vocals
CREDITS
NHK / NHK ENTERPRISES:
Executive Producer: Shibasaki Tetsuya, Kamano Mizuho
Producer: Ozawa Hiroshi
Director: Ito Misato, Kikuchi Minako
Camera: Ishigaki Motomu
Lighting: Ichikawa Takaho
Sound: Sato Yosuke
Designer: Yamaguchi Takashi
Editor: Morozumi Yuka
NPR Music:
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Lead Video Producer: Maia Stern
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Desk Team: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
Senior Director of Partnership Development: Gordon Synn
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
#nprmusic #tinydesk #fujiikaze
42 Comments
xqc
女の人のハモリがYOASOBIみたい
子供の頃からピアノだけでなくサックスを習得して歌うのに十分な肺活量をゲットしたんですよね。きっと。ご両親にリスペクト❤
With the right song(s) and the right management push, Kaze could be a globally known popstar. He has everything – talent, personality, charisma
BRUH ITHOUGHT IT WAS XQC for a SECOND
He's songs and his voice is deserves more attention❤❤❤❤
Never knew xqc good at guitar
彼の歌詞のニュアンスを100%英語に落とし込めない歯痒さがあるよね。日本語での歌詞にはもっと曖昧な表現の面白みがある。
Can we appreciate how good is the bassist?
❤ thank you for wonderful show , love you
やっぱり、バンドとバックコーラスがあると曲が２ランクくらい上がる❤
No life no Kaze's music♡
AMAAAZZZZIIIIINNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
man I was tripping, i was like why this Japanese song sound like Thai, he is singing Thai!!
日本人の波動が広がれ〜🎉
え、風さん、神になったのかな🥲💎💎
異次元の存在になってしまった。とんでもなく天に上がってる感じ。
世界を変えてるね…🫶🩷🩷🩷
世界中からの愛のコメントに涙しています。
風さんを見つけてくれてありがとうございます❤
I'm so thankful that NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts have encouraged other organizations like NHK to put on a similar series and on top of that – for those productions to come full-circle back here to NPR Music. Especially since now the English speaking world can not only discover some cool artists but pick up on their messages within the lyrics through the subtitles! Fujii Kaze is one of my partner's (she's Japanese) favorites and is on constant rotation here in our little house in the southwest of France.
Thanks for giving me the chance to get even more familiar with this amazing artist's music!
I can't believe all this for free on Youtube?? 100000/10 content
The music of Fujii Kaze always gives me a sense of healing when I listen. The choruses of the songs in the Tiny Desk concert are beautifully arranged, Yo-sea and Nishina's backing vocals are excellent, the sound is superb, and most notably, Fujii Kaze's vocals are exceptional. I hope there will be more live concerts like this in the future. Big fan from Viet Nam, love you.
いつ聞いても声がめっちゃ落ち着くわ
Um dos tantos legados de Geovanna pra mim
まじでさいこうな、ほんとにほんとに心地良すぎるバイブスです！！だいすきな風さんがニューメンバーと共に作るこの30分！聞けるの幸せすぎる、風さんが幸せそうすぎて嬉しすぎるーー！！
10:45
CDよりも好きです！
好きすぎてもう何回もリピートしてます！！
藤井サウンド最高！！
このコンサートを聴きながら食事すると、あら不思議！いつもの食事が100倍美味しく感じられて、おしゃれなカジュアルレストランにいるみたいだよ。
My goat getting recognized by Tiny Desk. We love to see it!
やっぱ何回見て聴いても最高だなこのライブ
Different band different arrangements
thank you youtube for showing me this.
I love how everyone's just vibin' in the concert~
小林わひとごろし🌸☄️🇯🇵
This is amazing
gotta love this guy's music
はっ！今日6回目。辛いことなんて忘れられる。
He is honestly amazing, i didn't know how quirky and dramatic he was before, love his song, personality, just everything!
Went to his concert last year. He is an amazing performer. Even with just him and the piano, he totally owned the stage. I have got a bunch of videos on my channel as proof. 😊
このチャンネルに出るとは！♪
すっげえイイ！
とにかくイイ！♪
All Bops ! No Skips
thought it was XQC
Discovered him in 2022 before my mom passed away last year and everything reminds me of her
朝起きて支度中に1回、ランチタイムに1回、帰宅して晩酌しながら1回、眠る前に1回、このルーティーンがやめられない！各国の方々のコメントに👍するのもやめられない🌏🫶
😮💨👌