Japanese new music festival (feat. Ruins & Acid Mothers Temple). april 29
whelans (upstairs) ticket info soon
JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL is the project with
-Yoshida Tatsuya (RUINS)
-Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple)
-Tsuyama Atsushi (Acid Mothers Temple)
3 musicians plays 7 different project in one night.
JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008
TSUYAMA ATSUSHI solo
Tsuyama is best known for his monster bass in Acid Mothers Temple,
but he also has amazing technique of guitar and vocal. his He has
travelled around the world and accumulated the traditional styles of
guitars/vocals in europe and asia. he adds his own interpretations
and lyrical sense to create a beautiful but odd "fake traditional"
musical world. recently he developed a new figure called "prog.rock >
blues-ization plan". he dismantle the masterpiece of progressive
rock, and restructure it as an impromptu blues.
KAWABATA MAKOTO solo
Kawabata Makoto is best known for his speed-demon noise-fuzz guitar
in Acid Mothers Temple, but he is also widely active as an
unparalleled drone guitarist. Drawing upon a huge reservoir of
original techniques including metal glissando and bow-work that can
summon up the sound of a string ensemble or orchestra, his work in
this area cannot be simply categorized as minimal, drone or
experimental. You'll find it hard to believe that a single guitar can
create sonic worlds of such meditative and elegant depth.
RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo)
Yoshida is one of the most innovative drummer/composer/improviser in
Japan's new music scene. pioneer of Drum & Bass duo RUINS was founded
by Yoshida in '85 . Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs
are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension,
wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never
sounds like they are only two players. now RUINS had no bassist and
currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE. playing RUINS songs
with sampling bass.
ZUBI ZUVA X (Yoshida/Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian
chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using
irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant
musicality overturn the image of a cappella. their totally
meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences
into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. it makes the concept
of "singing ability"nonsense.
AKATEN (Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and
"perfunctoriness." They easily free themselves from the spell of the
traditional seriousness of the art. Using daily commodities like
scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as
percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the
"songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and
maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store
punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily
lives.
ZOFFY (Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical
knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and
European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their
destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that
no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes
that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented
performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima
Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest,
most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have
appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the
magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of
as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation
yet. featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and
Yoshida from Ruins. their crushingly acute freakout sound will
pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
whelans (upstairs) ticket info soon
JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL is the project with
-Yoshida Tatsuya (RUINS)
-Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers Temple)
-Tsuyama Atsushi (Acid Mothers Temple)
3 musicians plays 7 different project in one night.
JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008
TSUYAMA ATSUSHI solo
Tsuyama is best known for his monster bass in Acid Mothers Temple,
but he also has amazing technique of guitar and vocal. his He has
travelled around the world and accumulated the traditional styles of
guitars/vocals in europe and asia. he adds his own interpretations
and lyrical sense to create a beautiful but odd "fake traditional"
musical world. recently he developed a new figure called "prog.rock >
blues-ization plan". he dismantle the masterpiece of progressive
rock, and restructure it as an impromptu blues.
KAWABATA MAKOTO solo
Kawabata Makoto is best known for his speed-demon noise-fuzz guitar
in Acid Mothers Temple, but he is also widely active as an
unparalleled drone guitarist. Drawing upon a huge reservoir of
original techniques including metal glissando and bow-work that can
summon up the sound of a string ensemble or orchestra, his work in
this area cannot be simply categorized as minimal, drone or
experimental. You'll find it hard to believe that a single guitar can
create sonic worlds of such meditative and elegant depth.
RUINS ALONE (Yoshida Tatsuya solo)
Yoshida is one of the most innovative drummer/composer/improviser in
Japan's new music scene. pioneer of Drum & Bass duo RUINS was founded
by Yoshida in '85 . Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs
are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension,
wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never
sounds like they are only two players. now RUINS had no bassist and
currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE. playing RUINS songs
with sampling bass.
ZUBI ZUVA X (Yoshida/Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian
chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using
irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant
musicality overturn the image of a cappella. their totally
meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences
into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. it makes the concept
of "singing ability"nonsense.
AKATEN (Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and
"perfunctoriness." They easily free themselves from the spell of the
traditional seriousness of the art. Using daily commodities like
scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as
percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the
"songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and
maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store
punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily
lives.
ZOFFY (Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical
knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and
European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their
destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that
no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes
that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented
performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima
Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest,
most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have
appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the
magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of
as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation
yet. featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and
Yoshida from Ruins. their crushingly acute freakout sound will
pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
