16 Jun 2014

Kikagaku Moyo Vinyl Pre-order Now Up


Just a heads up here on a couple of extremely limited edition, (not to mention essential) vinyl pre-releases that I don't want y'all to miss out on - the first two Kikagaku Moyo releases coming real soon from Captcha Records!
The key bit of information below is that they are only going to press the amount of orders they receive, so you HAVE TO PRE-ORDER, so no time to sleep on this one.

+++++++++++++PRE-ORDER HERE ++++++++++++++++++++

Press release follows

Captcha Records is stoked to be collaborating with KIKAGAKU MOYO

We are releasing both critically acclaimed albums, "Kikagaku Moyo" and "Mammatus Clouds" on heavyweight vinyl on 9/2. This is the first time that both are available in the United States.

THIS IS A ONE TIME PRESSING ONLY!!! WE ARE ONLY PRESSING THE NUMBER OF ORDERS WE RECEIVE. DON'T SLEEP ON THIS.

WE ASSURE YOU, THAT THESE ALBUMS WILL BE LIMITED AND VERY SPECIAL.

KIKAGAKU MOYO/幾何学模様. The name means GEOMETRIC PATTERNS in Japanese. This Tokyo band started channeling the spirits of the Japanese psychedelic underground in the summer of 2012, quickly developing the sound of ‘60s psychedelia to a breathtaking degree. Their debut album exerts an elemental power. Enlivening their sound with sitars, percussive drums, theremins, wind instruments and ethereal vocals, the band manages to sound powerfully spacious and lazily serene all at once. Their songs can be light as air, or heavy as earth. Many evolve out of intense experiences of engagement with the natural world. The album’s first track, “Can You Imagine Nothing?” was written over a night spent jamming on a suspended footbridge in remote mountains. As the song progressed the bridge began to sway, making band members feel as though they were floating weightless in midair.

Drummer Go Kurosawa says that KIKAGAKU MOYO use sound to recreate passages in nature where natural geometric patterns appear, like snowflakes and honeycombs. The music also reflects patterns found in the mental state of hypnogogia, where one sees colors and patterns appear out of complete darkness. The simple, hypnotic drones on this album gradually unfold into complex polyrhythmic structures—fractal architecture for the ears. Each song builds on a direct yet otherworldly folk/psych vibe, evolving into a joyous, haunting, far-out and totally colorful tribal sound. Lysergic mind-expanding soundscapes, ghostly rhythms, clouds of uplifting fuzz, swirling guitar excursions into space, water-stained sitar licks and beautifully wasted vocals are guaranteed to send you. We say if you’ve dug bands like Amon Düül, Ghost, Can and the Flower Traveling Band, you should take a chance on Kikagaku Moyo.

1 comment:

  1. For European customers.
    Our repress of the debut is already on the streets:

    http://cosmiceyerecords.blogspot.gr/2014/05/kikagaku-moyo-repress.html

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