Sent this to a musician mate of mine…

…and slightly to my surprise he came back saying it ‘leaves me cold’. To quote him further:

“It’s like watching someone doing incredibly complicated mathematical calculations. Astonishing in terms of ability and technique and as spiritually moving as a phone book.”

I can kind of see where he’s coming from. He admitted when challenged Ali G stylie that the fact that she’s Japanese ‘doesn’t help’…I suspect he finds it just a little too reminiscent of these sinister young North Koreans:

But I don’t find it creepy in the same way. To me it’s just an astonishing performance from a staggeringly precocious 12 year old. I wouldn’t want to listen to it all the time, but I take my hat off to her sheer virtuosity.