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Spring 2009

Page history last edited by cdaniels@... 14 years ago

 

Spring 2009 Underground Japan CD

 

Track 1: Sky, horse and death: Concrete Music - Toru Takemitsu

 

 

 

Page at World Visionaries


Track 2: Sniffin' & Snortin' Pt. 1 (Vitamine C) - Speed, Glue, and Shinki

 

 

 

Info page @ Japrocksampler

 

Another song on Youtube

 


Track 3: Flower Travelin' Band - Satori Part III

 

 

FTB in their heyday

 

FTB reunites!

 


 

 

Track 4: River of Soul - Far East Family Band

 

 

Page at Gnosis


 

 

Track 5: Phantasmagoria - Melt-Banana

 

 

Melt Banana Website

 

 


Track 6: Yes I Do - The Go-Devils

 

 

The Go-Devils are still going strong, playing the same material and I kind of can’t believe they aren’t one of the most popular bands on the planet.  Here’s their homepage:

 

Homepage

 

 

Video

 


 

 

Track 7: Won Won Killer - The Won Wons

 

The Won Wons were a band that lasted only a few minutes.  Won Won is the sound a dog makes in Japanese (like woof-woof), and the band itself consisted of drums, base, and guitars.  Most people thought they were a joke as the guitarist and bassist didn’t really know how to play their instruments, but when they traveled to Tokyo they were treated like rock royalty.

 


 

Track 8: Katsumiya Tabacco City - Guitar Wolf

                 

 

 

Homepage

 

Video on Youtube


 

Track 9: Ari-Bri - The Bakans

 

Ari-Bri is a girl group in the same vein as the Raincoats – off-key and basically strange pop music.

 

Lyrics:

 

I want to go on a vacation

In a scarlet swimsuit

Taking a nap in the shade

Whoo-hoo

 

I want to go on a vacation

Going for a drive in a convertible

Macadamia Nuts

Whoo-hoo

 

I want to go on a vacation

 


 

Track 10: Jaiduioqofjomb - Haino Keiji and Tatsuya Yoshida

 

 

Youtube video with Makoto Kawabata of Acid Mothers Temple

 

Magaibutsu - Ruins label

 


 

 

Track 11: Secrets - Nagisa Ni Te

 

 

 

“Secrets”

 

Like a secret, the song just is

Dreams' dark corners, burning red dawn

So it must surely seem

Because of the devices of the night

 

Like a woman, the song just is

Sweetly damp, a tender place

A night like this, just once more

Let me stay, softly

 

Now we must leave

Trusting in that star

 

Like a wild beast, the just is

An earthen den marked by wild roses

Waiting

To be uncovered by a dwarf

 

Come let us go

Trusting in that star

 

Liek a memory, the song just is

A phantom form, once glimpsed at sea

Floating closer, can't you hear?

Our secrets

 

 

Nagisa Ni Te means “On the Beach” in Japanese, and probably comes from the Neil Young album title.  Their sound is described as psychedelic folk – most of their songs are quite a bit longer than this one.  Anywho, here is their press page from their label.

 

http://www.jagjaguwar.com/press/nagisanite/nagisanitepress.php

 

And a video

 

And their cool friend Maher Shalal Hash Baz


 

 

Track 12: Akuma no Uta (The Devil's Song) by Boris

 

 

Homepage

 

 

 


Track 13: Honey and Snorkle by Indian no Echo Sine Bine No

 

 

Indian No Echo… started in 1999 and is a three (sometimes four) piece band with drums, violin, and bass.  They’ve only released their demo (which this track is from) and one live album.

 

Homepage (Japanese Only)

 

 


 

Track 14: 2nd Big Bang!!! - YDestroyde

 

 

 

 

Video on Youtube

 

Myspace Page

 


 

 

 

Track 15: Ant 10 - the Boredoms

 

 

 

The Boredoms are one of the great uniting (yet destructive) influences on the Japanese underground music scene.  This song is from their Super Roots series, which more or less documented the music they made in between albums.  Here are some interviews with the Boredoms that may or may not shed some light on their music.

 

Browbeat

 

Myspace

 

Video from US Tour

 

 

 

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