Japan at Cafard’Naüm:

On a European tour between Brussels, Paris, and Zurich, Degurutieni set down his bags for two days in the Vosges. Not just a quick stopover: he came to Remiremont to live with us for a while and play his only date in the Grand Est, in the intimacy of Cafard’Naüm.

Originally from Osaka and raised in the legendary Nishinari district, Degurutieni forged his unique style in a childhood marked by chaos, riots, and poverty. At 16, he began recording his first compositions using modified toys and an old tape recorder, quickly becoming a self-taught genius.

His musical universe is hybrid and visceral: punk cabaret, deconstructed jazz, urban blues, haunted songs… A true voodoo blues where every note seems plunged into another dimension. His lyrics tell dark and poetic stories, populated by lost characters, rainy alleyways, and dreams too heavy to carry. A sonic incantation, a hypnotic journey between reality and imagination.

It wasn’t a “cool” concert: it was a suspended, raw, and precious moment, an act of pure energy where time folded and stretched. Rare and intense. A cult artist, fragile and powerful at once, who turned the evening into an experience where the strange became one with the audience.