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Track: Lair – Setan Dolbon
With their new album ‘Ngélar’ out now via Guruguru Brain, Indonesian collective Lair have shared the second track from the album with an accompanying video, ‘Setan Dolbon’. They have also been confirmed to play at this year’s SXSW. Tha band comments: “Originating from a true story around the year 2013 in a village in Jatiwangi, a troubling phenomenon occurred that instilled fear, suspicion, …
Track: Indonesian Soul/Funk Collective, Lair, Share New Single ‘Tatalu’
Lair (pronounced “lah-eer,” a local dialect for the Indonesian word of ‘lahir’, meaning ‘birth’ or, roughly ‘being born’) is a Panturan-soul/funk outfit hailing from Jatiwangi, West Java, Indonesia. They are set to release their new album titled ‘Ngélar’ on the 23rd of February via Guruguru Brain. The first track from the record, “Tatalu” is online today. Groove laden, guitar led brilliance from Indonesia …
Track: Maya Ongaku – Melting
Maya Ongaku have shared the video for new track ‘Melting’, directed by Itsuki Yoshizawa. The track is taken from their debut album, ‘Approach to Anima’ due the 29th May via Guruguru Brain,the label run by members of Kikagaku Moyo to share feel-good sounds from across Asia. Along with the new video, they have announced a European live show at Le Guess Who? …
Track: Maya Ongaku – Nuska
Hailing from the seaside communities surrounding Enoshima, a small island located 50 km southwest of Tokyo, Maya Ongaku is a ragtag collective of local musicians, currently a trio of Tsutomu Sonoda, Ryota Takano, and Shoei Ikeda. The name derives not from any kind of ancient civilization, but rather a neologism defined as the imagined view outside one’s field of vision. …
Say Psych: Track: Mong Tong – Chakra
Taipei, Taiwan sibling duo Mong Tong have signed to Guruguru Brain, the label for Asian underground music run by Kikagaku Moyo, and have announced details of their debut album, Mystery秘神’ which will be released on 19 June. Brothers Hom Yu and Jiun Chi also play in Prairie WWWW (落差草原 WWWW) and Dope Purple. They both returned to Taipei in 2017 after …
Say Psych: Album Review: Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples
Masana is a fictional word created by Kikagaku Moyo to express a utopian feeling, an existence where everything can interact harmoniously and offer inspiration and understanding. The fourth LP from the band, Masana Temples, radiates this vision, architecting a vibrating world that isn’t confined to the known limits of what came before it. Kikagaku Moyo have …
Say Psych: Track: Kikagaku Moyo – Dripping Sun
Kikagaku Moyo have today shared the second track from their orthcoming album Masana Temples which is scheduled for release on 5th October on Guruguru Brain. Drummer Go Kurosawa describes his inspiration for the track “a day trip song. Get up, ride on a horse, take a walk, explore, and go back to your place and …
Say Psych: News: Kikagaku Moyo announce new album and release track ‘Gatherings’
Kikagaku Moyo have announced details of their upcoming 4th LP, Masana Temples, and shared the first track taken from it, ‘Gatherings’. The LP sees the whole band relocate from Japan to Europe and will be released on 5th October when they also undertaken an extensive tour. The shifting dimensions of ‘Masana Temples’, are informed by various experiences the …
Psych Insight: Album Review, Sabdatanmantra by Ramayana Soul
After what seemed like a slow start Japanese label Guruguru Brain really seems to have taken off this year with a string of releases from different parts of Asia. In the coming month or so I hope to be reviewing quite a few of them, culminating in seeing quite a few of the bands on …
Say Psych: Album Review, 芒神 God of Silver Grass by 破地獄 Scattered Purgatory
This is such a beautiful album. I could leave it at that because in a sense that is all you need to know. It is an album that would not be out of place in a Zen garden, with all the notes seemingly placed quite exactly in order to create just the right sort of …