(Scott)-This one I am FAIRLY familiar with (though not as familiar as I was with the great Bleach 03), Boredoms..... they come at the recommendation of Kurt D Cobain, for me that's pretty much enough!
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Boredoms formed in Osaka in 1986. At the band's mid-90's peak, they were on a US major label, collaborated with Sonic Youth and Ween, and played Lollapalooza at the request of Kurt Cobain. Boredoms began to explore psychedelia and Krautrock at the end of the 90's. Vision Creation Newsun consists of nine hypnotic tracks that build and fade, with symbols for song titles (kinda like Hairway To Steven). There is also a Vision Creation Newsun EP, a box set, and a four volume series of Vision Creation Newsun remix albums called Rebore, featuring UNKLE and other DJ's reconstructing the album.
The album itself is a showcase for Seiichi Yamamoto's spiraling guitar patterns and the dual drummer rhythms of Yoshimi P-We and Kazuya Nishimura. Boredoms vocalist Yamatsuka Eye is not overly obtrusive or abrasive here: he chants and handles turntables, sampler, vocoder, and synthesizer.
Vision Creation Newsun is far more musically accomplished than the lo-fi sound collages and scatological gibberish of early Boredoms records such as Soul Discharge and Chocolate Synthesizer. Vision Creation Newsun is a beautiful album that hearkens back to classic psychedelia and motorik while pointing the way toward the new century's massive drum ensemble performances of Boadrum.
Vision Creation Newsun-9 tracks, all untitled
Rebore Volume 0: Vision Recreation 01 7/02 77/03 777/04 7777/05 77777/06 777777/07 7777777/ (gotta love the track titles on this one!)
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (1999/2000): http://www83.zippyshare.com/v/FPXDCuLv/file.html
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Thank you! There is a band called DMBQ who are quite interesting. Also a band called Murahachibu who are IMO amazing. Very raw with a Stones/Stooges thing going on. I don't think there is much material by them around. I have the live album which is one of my favourite albums.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago there was a website run by a young (dutch?) guy who was obsessed with Japanese rock and posted so much. Unfortunately he died. I remember his parents kept the website going (not updated though) as a tribute to him. I don't remember his name or the name of the site I'm ashamed to say....
You may be thinking of "cities on flame with rock n roll", hosted by a young man named Dirk who died of cancer
DeleteI just looked up that blog. Very sad about Dirk. Jack, I will have to check out Murahachibu. Sounds like it's right up my alley! I meant to thank my friend Nathan NØthin for sharing Rebore with me.
DeleteI just looked up that blog. Very sad about Dirk. Jack, I will have to check out Murahachibu. Sounds like it's right up my alley! I meant to thank my friend Nathan NØthin for sharing Rebore with me.
DeleteThese are the track titles I see when I load Vision Creation Newsun into Windows Media Player:
ReplyDelete01 ◯ (Circle)
02 ☆ (Star)
03 ♡ (Heart)
04 Ҩ (Spiral)
05 ～(Tilde)
06 ◎ (Two Circles)
07 ↑ (Arrow Up)
08 Ω (Omega)
09 ずっと (Forever)
I also forgot to mention this very interesting and helpful history of Boredoms and their complex discography from the beginning through 2005:
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According to the article, the Vision Creation Newsun box set came with a t-shirt designed for UV light plus "an electronic device installed into the box that emits a 22-second sample of frog-like noises when the set becomes exposed to light."
yes, Scott - you're right. The young man's name was Dirk. Sad story.
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