Elegant City Pop Hits Reimagined With A Full Symphony Orchestra
Led since 1996 by songwriter Takaki Horigome, KIRINJI have spent three decades restlessly moving between funk, city pop and soft rock without ever settling into a single lane, building a catalog widely respected by other musicians even as the band itself has stayed something of a critics’ favorite rather than a mainstream juggernaut. Fans will know the songbook by heart, from early staples like “Aliens” to smooth groovy tracks like “Sweet Soul” and “Ai no Coda.”
This August, they play their first-ever full orchestral concert, a program spanning career highlights to newest material performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Yukari Saito inside Suntory Hall’s celebrated main hall. Tickets have already sold out, but official resales may still surface closer to the date.
