Description:	CD on Smalltown Supersound
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Psychedelia / Space Rock
	Label:	Smalltown Supersound
	Price:	£10.29
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

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...according to our Brian on 24 July 2009.

On Tuesday I was lucky enough to catch the three-pronged hypno agit groove attack of Nisennenmondai, 3 Japanese lasses who've been quietly deconstructing hardy genres such as New Wave & Punk Funk and reshaping the sound of yore into these propulsive krautrock flecked mini epics that completely take your head clean off. The guitarist manages to wrangle amazing shards of scratchy, metallic alien sound from her guitar in an almost subconscious manner whilst a demonically possessed young woman unleashes a cymbal heavy percussive onslaught from almost nowhere and a bass player interjects with excitable bobbing bass strokes to create a thrilling, fresh take on things, infusing the melee with a vicious jawdropping intensity. Their first proper Western release is 'Destination Tokyo' and i'm here for about the fourth time this week getting completely carried away by this utterly beguiling sound, their use of repetition is brilliantly hypnotic, an adrenalised, airy and manic soupcon they can truly call their own. It's like an instrumental Delta 5 on Crystal Meth or summat with some neo-industrial guitar shredding tearing your face off. Feral & wiry, things are nicely interrupted by the hilarious pinky & perky chattering interlude of 'Miraabouru' before 'Mirrorball' returns to the hyper death disco groove, spindly metronomic music with this crazy giddy guitar sound that sounds really unique, fast micro-picked guitar chirrups overlaid with these almost ambient beautiful evocative shapes that suggest a holiday in the Tropics!. This fine recording finishes with the very Neu!-esque title track bringing the intensity back down a peg or two. A wonderful set that will surely, deservedly raise their Western profile. This is simply a great record from beginning to end!CD on Smalltown Supersound! x Brian

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Sound clips for Destination Tokyo by Nisennenmondai: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Smalltown Supersound, STS157CD, £10.29.

What their label says...

TRACKLISTING:

1. Souzousuru neji     2. Disco 3. Miraabouru 4. Mirrorball  5. Destination Tokyo

                           

OVERVIEW:  Nisennenmondai are three girls from Tokyo, Sayaka Himeno (drums), Yuri Zaikawa (bass) and Masako Takada (guitar), who have beenplaying instrumental music together since they met over ten years ago in college. Discovered after being lauded by members of groups including Battles and No Age, and most recently Gang Gang Dance, Prefuse 73, and Hella, Nisennenmondai were first officially introduced to an audience outside of Japan when Smalltown Supersound released their two EPs, “Neji” and “Tori” as one release last year. Their follow-up, Destination Tokyo, will be released worldwide on Smalltown Supersound this summer. WARP is also onboard this time taking care of the band`s publishing.

Destination Tokyo, Nisenennmondai’s first full-length album, was recorded in one take at Peace Music in Japan in the fall of 2007. Compared to “Neji/Tori”, Destination Tokyo sounds more clean, and more minimal and repetitive than the EP collection, leading to a truly intense, brain-melting, hi-fi experience. The repetitive nature of the album also helps the band reach their goal with this record, which is to make people dance. 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.