Jason Paul - Vox
David Rozner - Drums and Percussion
Jesse Blockton - Guitar
DaVe Lipp - Sax
Matt Hyams - Bass
Tris McCall - Keyboard and Synth
Influences
Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, Prince, Roxy Music, The Doors, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, Brian Eno, The Dap-Kings, ABC, The Orange Juice, Antony and the Johnsons, Culture Club, Happy Mondays, Howard Jones, Scritti Politti, Human League, Joy Division, The Rolling Stones
Sounds Like
David Bowie's "Plastic Soul" period, the chaotic sophistication of early Roxy Music with the glossiness of Talking Heads "Eno" albums.
Japan Seoul self-released their first full-length album “Soul Food” in October 2007. The music takes disparate elements of soul, synth-pop, rock, and gospel music and unifies them with an art-rock sensibility. Vocalist Jason Paul's memorable melodies and distinct baritone evokes plastic soul-era David Bowie, while the band's chaotic, free-form yet sophisticated musical approach recalls early Roxy Music, combined with an ever-present danceable groove.
Japan Seoul formed in late 2006 in New York City. The band is songwriter/producer/artist Jason Paul, former members of the late great NY rock trio THE VITAMEN, David Rozner, Jesse Blockton, and Matt Hyams, along with music journalist and saxophonist, DaVe Lipp, and keyboard whiz Tris McCall, who's worked with several notable NY rock bands such as Overlord, KapOw! and Palomar.
“Soul Food” takes the listener on a spiritual journey through music by tackling themes like death, god, salvation, and enlightenment with an occasional nod to love and sex. However, 'Soul Food' never really settles on life's answers since most of it's conclusions seem to deliberately contradict each other. Ultimately, this is a work of artifice. This is Plastic Soul.
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you have to watch the entire series!! SO FUNNY!!! I swear, my whole Saturday went by before I knew it, just watching one show after the other. I'm such a loser, I know, lol. Anyways, got any plans for next weekend? ... cuz i doooooooo! oooh, I think the pizza's here, I'm so freakin hungry right now, but it's all good. and that survey thing i was doing - THAT YOU WAS MAKING FUN OF ME FOR DOING!! - i just got paid! $76 for my first check, and since i got paid, I'm gonna do more of em, but I'm already at $184, so I'm loving it. They're so seriously stupid tho - the one I got last night was about my hair and stuff - like what kind of shampoo do I use, do I normally use conditioner ... for real, so easy. you should do it, i'm tellin yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
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Wah, I'm going to miss your next show by a 5 hours! (I don't arrive in NYC until Midnight that night.) Anyhow, I look forward to the album in the fall. =)
Great Sounds! Japanese soul music rocks! who knew? thanks for finding me. you don't know how much i love The Vitamen! i hope they don't put a restraining order on me! let's do a show sometime?!
all those in nyc be advised -- if you wanna dance your ass off and party like your parents aren't coming home for a week, see these dudes play. they will not disappoint.
