Masaki (guitar,piano), Ken (trumpet, synth,perc), Keisuke (drums), Yuhi(bass guitar, sampler).
Influences
Art Ensemble of Chicago, Toru Takemitsu, Robert Fripp, Charles Mingus, Fugazi, Ennio Morricone, Terry Riley, Sun-Ra, 13th Floor Elevatos, Don Cherry,Henry Cow, Butthole Surfers, Moondog,, Frank zappa, Captain Beefheart, Catherine Ribiero & Alpes, EPMD, Ash Ra Temple, P.I.L, Raincoats, Mahavishunu Orchestra, Vortex Ost, Os Mutantes, Dirty Three, Big Bill Broonzy, Bert Jansch, CAN, Charlie Haden, ESG, John Barry, Public Enemy, Philip Cohran, Haruomi Hosono, Ruins, Maurice Ravel Bolero, Howlin Wolf, P.F.M, Birthday Party, Jill Kroesen, Klang, Ryotaro shiba, Blind Willie Jhonson, Erik Satie, Lee Perry, Kool Keith, Nick Drake, Jack Kerouac, R.L Burnside, Darondo, Augustus Pablo, Django Reinhardt, Ellen Mcllwaine, Prince, Y pants, Pere Ubu, Musrat Fateh Ali Khan, Section 25, Jimi Hendrix, Pharoahe Sanders, Jonny Guitar Watson, Alton Ellis, Dead Kennedys, Tuxedmoon, Yes, Ultra magnetic mc's, Edith piaf, Neu!, James Brown, Beastie boys, Dizzy gillespie, Link Wray, Serge gainsbourg, Black Sabbath, Merzbow, Beastie Boys, Germs, Dennis Bovel, Aphex Twin, Seiji Ozawa, Curtis Mayfield, Woody Allen, Charley Patton, Sonic Youth, Kaoru Abe, Dj Krush, Patti Smith, Terry Callier, Gong, Doris, Neil Young, Wing Chun, Bob James, Fela Kuti, Captain Beefhert, OOIOO, Bjork, De Funkt, Davy Graham, De La Soul, Kraftwerk, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Ze, Takeshi Kitano, Love, Jah Shaka sound system, Cymande, John Martyn, Ted Curson, Dr John, Wild Bunch, Fairport Convention, Ice Cube, Amps, Booker T& the Mg's, Cramps, Miles davis, Cat stevens, Velvet underground, Hunter gatherer, Richard hell, Steve Reich, Funcadelic, Mc5, Arto Lindsay, Residents, Tom Waits, William Burroughs, Beatles,Fall, Brian Wilson, Akira Kurosawa, Bad Brains, A Tribe Called Quest, Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Roches, Ali Farka Toure, Gang of Four, Tomita, Roy Ayers, Debussy, Espers, Clash, John Coltrane, Lightnin' hopkins, Suicide, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Depeche Mode, Caetano Veloso, Dj Milo, Pink Floyd, Pete Rock, Gilbelto Gill, Charles Bukowski, Pere Ubu, Stooges, ....
Japanese avant-rock quartet Miso-soup began appearing in the East London area around 1999. Since then they have played over 300 gigs creating an underground phenomenon, attracting the likes of Damo Suzuki (ex-CAN) to play alongside them. Before playing a single gig they locked themselves away for 2 years, crafting and recording improvised noise in a building that used to be a chocolate factory. They are: Drummer - Keisuke Fujita, Guitarist - Masaki Hosotani, Trumpeter/Percussionist - Ken Iwasa and Bassist - Yuhi Nakano. Between them they have a broad range of influences from free jazz to acid folk, minimal improvised music to hip hop. Their's is a unique sound rather like Can playing Mahavishnu Orchestra. Progressive, diverse and inclusive. To see them live is to journey with them as every song veers like a drunken sailor between structure and improvisation, reflecting their initial motivation for making music; simply to enjoy it. Members of the group have worked in collaboration with various artists including Aya (OOiOO), Sebastian Rochford (Acoustic ladyland), Chika (The Plastics), Brown sierra, Dan Canyon (Bone Idols) and Kaori (Go team)etc. In 2006 they signed to Five man army(Japan), released their self-titled debut and toured Japan for the first time. Currently you'll find them locked away shaping up a new collection of songs. Tom Ravenscraft named Miso-soup one of the bands to look out for in 2008.
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our third LP release...
"Anutha Kinda Brotha" is the debut LP from underground legend ART TERRY. Since moving to the UK from his native Los Angeles in the early 90s, Mr Terry has established himself as one of London's characters.
Describing Art's sound to the uninitiated usually involves debunking some of the stereotypes of what the 'typical' black Californian might play. Despite his jazz training, and coming of age to the sounds of classic soul and funk, these styles are only a part of his musical vision. His fascination with folk styles, classical music, punk rock, pure pop, easy listening, musical theatre and the European avant garde have taken him on different paths from most...
The result is an orchestral pop record full of sonic inventiveness, whether it's the blend of Shuggie Otis's 60s California and Sun Ra's ancient Egypt on 'Bible', Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons leading a mariachi band on 'Escort', or the Walt Disney music box orchestra of 'Miss Dominatrix', but whilst this is very much a sonic feast, we shouldn't overlook Art's extraordinary lyrical adeptness, and the distinctive character this brings to the proceedings, with a knack for unique and colourful imagery, and how like a great short story writer he is able to paint an engaging picture whilst keeping back from casting judgement on his characters, always leaving open ends for the listener to tie; giving us the feeling that however far astray someone might have gone, there is always sympathy and human feeling for them in Art's mind...
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...
"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…
It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these influences so fully, and arrived at a mature style as David has…
This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic!
"Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our first official LP release...
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" is the debut release from AUGUST, the London based band centred around the songwriting partnership between vocalist VEDINA MOSE and multi-instrumentalist / producer RAPHAEL MANN (MR HUDSON / JOY JOSEPH / ART TERRY), with master drummer CLEAN CUT MARK and clarinetist / vocalist MAREE CHOIE completing the core line-up, and a supporting cast including ART TERRY (keyboards), SHOHEI KAWAMOTO (AKA Japanese producer Baraki, Bass clarinet, soprano sax and flute), and KAI HOFFMAN (French horn)
Always an act that juggled a diverse set of influences, the album has been compared to artists as diverse as KATE BUSH, PRINCE, DE LA SOUL, SLY STONE, MADLIB, SERGE GAINSBOURG and THE DELFONICS, for its concoction of wild experimentation and traditional song craft, organic production and futuristic electronic touches, funk bass & drums and jazz & orchestral references, infectious melodies and lyrical flights of fancy...with nods towards classic soul, JB funk, Studio One, 60s pop, psychedelia, left field hip hop, new wave, doo wop, tropicalia, high life, & avant garde jazz, without any song ever fitting squarely into any of those categories...new music, basically...and an instant classic!
"It's Not The Wand, It's The Magic" can be downloaded now from the iTunes Store
The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers
As ever if this is your kind of thing, or indeed even if it is not, please give it a listen: the free and easy quick download is there for your use and abuse! The full track listing is available within my profile blog!
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