Reverberation premiered as part of Echo—a concert celebrating 45 years of taiko in Canada and supported by the Japanese Canadian Legacy Project. We are excited to present an expanding reiteration of Reverberation with our special guest, where we move through several movements from the trauma of displacement to the mixing of contemporary beats and sounds to meet our current challenges.

Onibana Taiko is kick-ass taiko meets traditional Japanese folk art forms meets feminist queer punk aesthetics. We play taiko combined with our uber-tactile and full-body resonating beats with the driving sounds of tsugaru shamisen and soul-piercing traditional Japanese vocals. Onibana Taiko invites audience members to commune with our ancestors through music and movement. Onibana Taiko (E. Kage & NoriNori) identifies as queer and gender non-binary settlers of Japanese ancestry.