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Abikyokan
Electro / New Wave / Pop

Novaya Zemlya



Tokyo
Japan

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Member Since9/4/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.goatbabe.com/abikyokan/menu.html
Band MembersJacob Arntson - bass, guitar, keyboard, vocal, recording Grant McGaheran - drums, samples, bass, keyboard, vocal, photography Tatsumi Ochiai - bass, guitar, keyboard, devices, vocal, production, design
InfluencesPrince, Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, The Cure, Lee Perry, Horace Andy, King Tubby, Scientist, Mad Professor, CAN, Kraftwerk, Steely Dan, Depeche Mode, DAF, Divine, Sisters of Mercy, Quasimoto, MF Doom, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Throbbing Gristle, Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, The Smiths, XTC, Booker Little, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Elvis Costello, Bill Hicks, Peter Cook, Serge Gainsbourg, Devo, R.E.M., Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, Nirvana, Yes, King Crimson, Camberwell Now, Guernica, Giorgio Moroder, Patrick Cowley, John Oswald, Residents, Arthur Russell, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Faust, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Magazine, UB40, The Specials, Madness, Material, Stereolab, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tindersticks, pumping Italo, dusty European folk records, early house, funk and the need to dance...
Sounds LikeAt the moment, mutant electro-blues, melancholy psychedelic disco, pumping gothic exercise music, ambient jazz nightmares. Subject to change at any time.

"Body 6000"
Type of LabelMajor


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 13 2009 6:00P
Shibuya Under Deer Lounge Shibuya, Tokyo
Dec 19 2009 5:00P
Hounancho Studio Tats Hounancho, Tokyo

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   About Abikyokan
Abikyokan formed around the core trio of Jacob Arntson (Seattle, USA), Grant McGaheran (Sheffield, UK) and Tatsumi Ochiai (Chiba, Japan) in Tokyo in 2004. The band pool a wide variety of influences to create a new avant-pop sound. Live, the band see no song as ever finished, and improvise on their music without boundaries. The band has no leader, each member plays a variety of instruments and guest musicians often join the band onstage. Together with DJing, producing and remixing, the members of Abikyokan see the band as an outlet for musical energy and a chance to shake up a music scene they feel is intensely dull and cliched. 2006's Zuper album saw the band fusing free jazz and blues influences with a love of Italo disco and machine funk. Novaya Zemyla, the band's latest, takes hip hop, African pop and Japanese enka into the mix.

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a chain brick yard

a chain brick yard



Oct 13 2009 7:39 AM

thank you my love abikyokan*


arigato*


<3
 



have a nice music*
赤犬姉妹

赤犬姉妹



Oct 13 2009 7:39 AM

ご機嫌いかがでしょうか。
御友達申請、誠に有難う御座います。
大変嬉しく思います。
今後とも、何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます。

京子
ben frost

ben frost



Oct 9 2009 8:56 AM

if i come to tokyo soon can i play a gig with you?  i'll wear a toupee
delalooz

delalooz



Sep 10 2008 9:20 PM

cool tunes!
thanx
MINGUSS

MINGUSS



Nov 7 2008 2:14 PM

Hi Abikyoukan,

Thanks for your invitation and
friendship!

Cool music!!!

Have a great weekend!

MINGUSS
ELECTRONICS WARRIOR

ELECTRONICS WARRIOR



Apr 22 2008 11:58 AM

Thank you,abikyokan.
all the best.
Makino Eri

Makino Eri



Mar 16 2008 9:37 AM

hi.
Grant,Jake,Tatsumi-san.

thank you for yesterday!
i am very enjoyed.
心から楽しかった。。

心底、ABIが大好きです。
Lapin

Lapin



Feb 20 2008 4:32 AM

thanks for the add.
regards!
kitsch hitori gakudan

kitsch hitori gakudan



Feb 20 2008 12:25 PM

THAAANNKKKKKKK YOUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VANZAI VANZAI  VaNzAai
MIR

MIR



Feb 12 2008 12:33 AM

thank you!!!
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SO SWEET RECORDS // STYLE BAND TOKYO PARTY 11/14



Feb 6 2008 12:06 PM

Hi !!
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izumi

izumi



Dec 21 2007 2:51 PM

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Happy holidays☆
MOLICE

MOLICE



Sep 28 2007 12:53 PM

Thank you for the add!!!!!
we are japanese rock band!!

YOROSHIKU-ONEGAISHIMASU!!!
The Big Jugs Experience [TBJE]

The Big Jugs Experience [TBJE]



Sep 16 2007 2:45 PM

Have this!



It's the official one! Beware, HOWEVER, evil forces are at work producing an alternative flyer, and it's distribution to the public is innevitable, thus un-stoppable! See you on October 7th!
Oppaikudasai

Oppaikudasai



Aug 30 2007 5:50 AM

###ARIGATOU##GOZAIMASU###

(*^o^*)

###THANKS##for#the##ADD###

Love

###OPPAIKUDASAI###
TichCuc

TichCuc



Aug 27 2007 11:25 PM

Hey cheers for the gig guys!!
Let's combine forces again soon!
Galv
Birth Death Experiences

Birth Death Experiences



Apr 27 2007 8:49 AM

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Apr 18 2007 4:25 PM

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naoe-miki

naoe-miki



Feb 8 2007 2:09 PM

thanks for add!!
Go Ape Crazy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pki9

pki9



Feb 5 2007 7:58 PM

respect and kick in the ass from serbias youngest and undergroundest:P electroguitar band
David Murray

David Murray



Jan 12 2007 11:19 AM

thanks for adding david murray...
visit David's myspace
Fewlankyew Kiyun

Fewlankyew Kiyun



Sep 24 2006 4:22 PM

Thanks for the add guys!!!! It'll be soooooo awsesome to see you guys play again!!!
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