Two fishermen battle the sea for a legendary catch. The beat doesn't stop. Hifana turns a breakbeat track into pure visual momentum, where every drum hit syncs with the spray and struggle, folklore meets rhythm section, and you realize halfway through that the ocean itself is just another instrument they're fighting against.
Set to Wamono, a track from the album Channel H by the Japanese break-beat duo Hifana, this music video casts the two musicians as resolute fishermen. They head out to sea hoping to land a huge Tairyo haul, battling violent waves and storms in the land of Wamono. The piece plays out as a strange, larger-than-life folk tale pitting man and his beats against the ocean.
Streaming WAMONO legally, as of the last catalog refresh. Availability changes by region.
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