In 1999, Mimi-Unagi, which means “Ear-Eel” in Japanese, was initially formed in Seattle. The member was only Motaro Mimino himself, as it had been for 6 years from that point. Having to perform and record all alone, the way to go was half-determined; home-recording with the cheapest 4-track and sell the copy through street performance with an acoustic guitar.
With the style of pervertic moisten scream and discord of the acoustic guitar, the street performance was supported by very few – selling 2 or 3 copies for 1 hour was rather a success.
Soon after going back to Japan in 2001, he joined the Yoga-Heavy-Metal band “Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu”, named after an ancient Chinese worrior, as a vocalist.
With the Slayer-type of sound played on the back, his Boredoms-and-Jello-Biafra-influenced vocals and boneless-Tibetan-monk-like dance performance was sometimes described as an “agony childhood nightmare” or “slimy Allah drowning in the pool of liquid LSD”.
After 2 yeas of being a slimy Allah, he ecided to be an ear-eel.
This album, “Gyu-nyu-no-bero-bero” (Slimy Skin of Cow Milk), is one of the most uncategorizable recording: every single song sounds different to each other, hopping from kecha-orchestra to punkrock, waltz, heavy rock or even French pop.
However, these 13 songs have one thing in common; they have NO MESSAGE.
After relieasing the 13 slimy nightmare on a disk, people eventually joined the project to form Mimi-Unagi as it is now.
"Hail! Hail! the Walkman" is the first single recorded as a "band".
But Mimi-Unagi has been always creating music for the sake of music, not for the message.
So never mind what the lyrics say, sit back and enjoy the slime of us.
Motaro Mimino
"Hail! Hail! the Walkman"
Apr. 2008 @Penguin House
More movies are available on the official website: http://mimiunagi.buzama.com
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