Hina

Name, where are you from?
Hina, Tokyo.

What do you do?
Drummer/Performer

What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
I love the Slits, especially the early period. I watch them live on YouTube and just feel the vibe of those days.

Of all the venues you’ve played, which is your favourite?
A place called 'Content' at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. It is a restaurant actually, where I played with a band called the SHAM that I used to play with, at the closing concert (February 14, 2016) directed by Yumiko Ohno of Buffalo Daughter. It was special because it was the first time we played live as a band. I still remember the buzz in my body.

If you could be on the line up with any bands in history?
I like David Bowie and his way of expression including fashion. Ziggy Stardust, the album with 'Starman' on it. I would love to sing it with him as a performer, although it is not quite the same as what I do at present.

If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
I want to sit beside and watch musicians of certain eras making music. Those in late 1970s London! Just treat me like I am not even there. The Slits, for example, but it was also a time when there was a prejudice against women playing instruments to some degrees. But the music that was born in those times is just powerful. Nowadays, on the other hand, you do not really have to be able to play a musical instrument to make music using a computer, so I feel like you do not feel the atmosphere somehow. That's why I want to experience the moment of birth of music from that era.

Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
As we are talking, The Flying Lizards popped up. I like their songs, and their style too. I think they cannot play an instrument or anything like that, so they are tapping on cardboard and other ways to make the song work. It's interesting to see how they create music. Those who have not heard them should give them a listen.