Really excited for this new show! Look out August, show and album incoming!
Upset The Rhythm presents…
PIKACYU-MAKOTO
Saturday 12 August
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401265
PIKACYU-MAKOTO is
an alliance between two figureheads of underground Japanese psych/pop, the
musically promiscuous Kawabata Makoto (most famous for his leadership of the
legendary Acid Mothers Temple), and Afrirampo's Pikacyu. Pikacyu's drums
pummel, jitter, crash and stumble, but steadfastly refuse to groove. She layers
her voice several times, competing with pitch-shifted versions of herself
whilst Makoto attacks his guitar, cloaking himself in reverb to produce a
wall-of-sound, alternating between melody and noise.
No strangers to one another, the pair have not only gigged
together with their respective bands but also recorded together, when these two
outfits temporarily fused in 2005 to become Acid Mothers Afrirampo (releasing
an album of the same name). Now they have distilled their collaboration, all
other players being stripped away to leave the core of Pikacyu's manic drums
and pop vocal, and Makoto's schizoid guitar conjurings. Brand new album
‘Galaxilympics’ is out on Upset The Rhythm on August 4th on LP and CD.
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