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Nisennenmondai - Destination Tokyo

Review by Philip Bloomfield

On paper, Nisennenmondai are the stuff of indie boy wet dreams. Three cute Japanese girls, unexposed to Western rock music until a»

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destination tokyo' could be described as a mix of the groovy krautrock of neu! and new york 1980's no wave / disco created by bands such as sonic youth, dna, and esg, infused with elements of the instrumental black flag of the process of weeding out and the avant / post-punk of this heat. the album was released on the girls' own label, bijin records, in japan last year. the smalltown supersound world-wide release is complete with new kim hiorthoy designed artwork. the first 12" single from 'destination tokyo' includes remix treatment from norwegian disco master prins thomas, who became so enamored with the band after seeing them perform, that he reached out to the label about creating a remix. prins thomas' remix takes the band into an 11 minutes longhypnotic trip of kraut, psychedelia and folk.
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