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OK TOKYO GLASTONBURY ROAD TRIP MOVIE. This is what happened when we got called by the BBC, 2 weeks before Glasto, to play at the brand new BBC Introducing Stage.....
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***'They currently sound like no one else on this planet. Think dirty funk-punk made in the year 2017'***
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***'OK Tokyo are quite possibly the embodiment of the overused phrase 'undiscovered gem'***
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***'Wow! Thats all I have to say. This band could be huge. If you like quirky garage band material, you will LOVE these guys!'***
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***'With their melodramatic powerpop, seasoned with a good handful of funk, punk and whatever else could be gleaned from the soniferous spice rack, this three-piece cooks up a bonkers little gastrosonic delight'***
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Having saved the universe, the group by chance watched archiPod footage of 2010's X Factor wars which destroyed half the earth's population. From their comet studio OK Tokyo, made the decision to travel back through time to avert disaster for their forefathers. But there was a problem - where did they emerge to base their funky mission of hope? Reading. Or more specifically, 'a cow shed on a farm in Reading.'
Growing up they had only a niggle, a feeling to follow, and Sammy says him and Jonny spent years trying to find their way, 'We have been writing music together since we were kids, including two experimental rap albums when we were 16.' It seemed they were missing something, or rather someone. Having unconsciously followed the scent of cosmic dust, local drumming legend Matt entered the scene. They called themselves OK Tokyo, after the most futuristic city on the planet, and locked themselves away to reconnect.
'When Matt came along, everything fell into place,' says Sammy, 'We got in the cow shed and threw ideas around. Jules Verne, Blade Runner, Clubber Lang from Rocky 3 showed up, and musically, early Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, mainly pop acts, but also bands like Outkast, who've gone into their genre and spun it up a bit. We created a dreamworld. I think you could call it escapism.' You certainly could. The results show that the cow shed jumped over the moon.
Combing hypersonic disco beats, supercharged guitar riffs and stratospheric vocals melodramatic, OK Tokyo channel their ambitious energies through punk-funk towards pop choruses so huge they'll reach deep space.
Debut single 'You Better Believe It' is the perfect trailer. Grounded in the tale of 'a relationship mishap,' it spits sparks all over the place, hitting Klaxons, Test Icicles, even Girls Alouds, and warns all coming loves about, as Sammy says, 'this is how its going to be in the future.'
Why wait around for the future? It's already here.
how was We Are??? Did the hotel survive? Fucking missing Ibiza this week. Listening to a doc on Radio 2 about the history of Chill Out Music and they are going on about the sunset at Ibiza. That was fucking awesome!! Think i am going back next year.....plans on bringing a little bit of Ibiza to Reading might not be as 'crazy' as you might think...new track on my space is the bomb!!!
heyy.. you know the video for sums i found it a cuple of days ago.. ive been sending it and showing loads a ppl.. [and telling them to speread the word of tokyo].. lol
luving sums still.. i need the opening riff to it though its great .. !!!..
The ROBOTS FROM MARS have a new song, “Spaceship Earth”
“Better plug your ears so that your brains don’t leak out…” Johnny Air Guitar.
Visit their My Space page to experience the #1 song from the Red Planet. The reviews have begun to come in:
“Spaceship Earth is destined to become the worst song of all time!” The Psychic News Network
“Spaceship Earth sounds like it was played by a bunch of drunken robots…” The Snob Blog & Party Hearty Militia
“Can’t wait to jam with the Robots From Mars!” Bill Clinton
“Yuck Yuck…The Robots From Mars sound like Devo on uppers…” George W.
“The Robots From Mars are incredibly boring in a heavy handed low brow sort of way.” Dick Cheney
“Spaceship Earth will take you to a place that you don’t want to go!” Barak Obama
“Just like some Democrats we know,” John McCain
“If you are really really BUZZED and you squint really really hard, the Robots From Mars don’t SOUND half bad,” Bender, “And it shouldn’t matter that they paid me to say that… I still get to keep the money, right?”
“SPACESHIP EARTH” By Some Dumb Robot From Mars
Build yourself up from the ground. When you fall down you rebound. There’s always more than one side. Are you along for the ride?
Trust the friends that you know When you’re caught in the undertow.
This spaceship This blue world That we call home Can we close our eyes like we’re alone?
On the late great planet Earth When we make war what’s love worth? Why choose the grave over life? Hard to make friends with a knife. Care for the people that you know When you’re rockin’ to-and-fro.
This spaceship This blue world That we call home Can we close our eyes like we’re alone?
Is there paradise on the Moon?
Is there Heaven in this world?
Why try harder if there’s destiny? Does God hold us in his hand? This spaceship This blue world That we call home Can we close our eyes like we’re alone? Build yourself up from the ground.
stupid question.. but i shall ask any way.. what is an orange vinyl?? :] and i want the dudes vest on the sums cover.. its brilliant!! brings a tear to the eye
Just to let you know the Shills will be taking their melodic rock'n'roll charms to the Hope and Anchor, Islington this Friday supporting Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley.
Yes, we are pushy bastards and yes we do realise but hopefully we'll see you there.
July Friday 25th Club Velocity presents at Rising Sun Arts Centre Silver Street Reading RG1 Doors 8pm Tax £5 door £4 flyer SIXTY WATT BAYONETS The real revolution starts properly in August, but we will take Mavis Staples fronting Minor Threat. Sixty Watts fill our bellies with fire, every second of the day. They are our fuel. MIDIMIDIS told us the other week over a game of scrabble, that they can play now.Bummer. 8 bit midi guitar greatness for the kids. HOT BEDS Number two-like the Ting Tings were grew up on hardcore and teen-c. Featuring Underground Punk Legend Andy Quirk. From London- debut Reading show. www. velocityrecordings. com
July Friday 25th Club Velocity presents at Rising Sun Arts Centre Silver Street Reading RG1 Doors 8pm Tax £5 door £4 flyer SIXTY WATT BAYONETS The real revolution starts properly in August, but we will take Mavis Staples fronting Minor Threat. Sixty Watts fill our bellies with fire, every second of the day. They are our fuel. MIDIMIDIS told us the other week over a game of scrabble, that they can play now.Bummer. 8 bit midi guitar greatness for the kids. HOT BEDS Number two-like the Ting Tings were grew up on hardcore and teen-c. Featuring Underground Punk Legend Andy Quirk. From London- debut Reading show. www. velocityrecordings. com
