meat puppet
15-02-2006, 19:00
Sounds right up my Strasse or whatever street is in Japanese. I think there is some interesting music coming out of Japan, just a pity most of it is pretty difficult to source. I'm a big fan of Shonen Knife by the way. Anyone else had a bit of a listen ?
:eek: :eek: Wow, what have I been missing, this is way different to how I imagined they would be. This could be termed stoner/sludge rock but it really would not reflect whats going on with this band. I think this is truly home grown Japanese inspired music using western influences, but ultimately its own music.
Imagine MBV walls of distorted fuzz guitar, great high rise slabs of it like Tokyo office blocks, but instead of it remaining as pure soundscapes theres a rock element moving around inside like something trying to escape the shapeless shroud of sound and suddenly its incredibly heavy, slow and sludgy like early Melvins albums but with a different feel, theres a straight vocal (obviously in Japanese, but it really doesnt matter, if you heard it you would swear it was a straight western voice singing English lyrics). The drumming is superb and the lead guitar is ace, cutting through the dense mix like a light sabre and rising like the sound of a jet engine at take off, magic.
I suspect this is what it might have felt like inside Jimi Hendix's head during one of his trippy gigs. All those wild guitar leads which just reek of emotion and those sudden inspired riffs. This album is truly a magical place to be. Be warned, it is not an easy listen and will demand a lot of time but the effort is worth it, it will also test your hifi system to its limits !!
Normal jewel case packaging for those who like to know about such things and a big wad of acid blotter paper (without the LSD of course).
This album is a tad difficult to get hold of as it is a Japan only release, it is available in CD or heavyweight vinyl. I bought mine through Ebay.
:eek: :eek: Wow, what have I been missing, this is way different to how I imagined they would be. This could be termed stoner/sludge rock but it really would not reflect whats going on with this band. I think this is truly home grown Japanese inspired music using western influences, but ultimately its own music.
Imagine MBV walls of distorted fuzz guitar, great high rise slabs of it like Tokyo office blocks, but instead of it remaining as pure soundscapes theres a rock element moving around inside like something trying to escape the shapeless shroud of sound and suddenly its incredibly heavy, slow and sludgy like early Melvins albums but with a different feel, theres a straight vocal (obviously in Japanese, but it really doesnt matter, if you heard it you would swear it was a straight western voice singing English lyrics). The drumming is superb and the lead guitar is ace, cutting through the dense mix like a light sabre and rising like the sound of a jet engine at take off, magic.
I suspect this is what it might have felt like inside Jimi Hendix's head during one of his trippy gigs. All those wild guitar leads which just reek of emotion and those sudden inspired riffs. This album is truly a magical place to be. Be warned, it is not an easy listen and will demand a lot of time but the effort is worth it, it will also test your hifi system to its limits !!
Normal jewel case packaging for those who like to know about such things and a big wad of acid blotter paper (without the LSD of course).
This album is a tad difficult to get hold of as it is a Japan only release, it is available in CD or heavyweight vinyl. I bought mine through Ebay.