Fujiya & Miyagi
Despite the name, Fujiya & Miyagi are neither Japanese nor a duo. The electronic trio of singer and guitarist David Best, synth player Steve Lewis, and bassist Matt Hainsby are deeply indebted both to vintage '70s Krautrock and the '90s bands that were themselves influenced by the likes of Neu! and Kraftwerk, from Stereolab and Broadcast to Aphex Twin and the Orb. The group started in the coastal city of Brighton, England, in 1999, when Best and Lewis first met in a pickup football game. Taking their name at random from Mr. Miyagi in {...[more]
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Their sophomore release following the successful debut Transparent Things. Lightbulbs is a journey littered with fragmented images, anecdotes from the sublime to the ridiculous, and blurry stories that you feel you shouldn't have overheard. Each track is an aural contamination set to itch your inner ear every waking moment. Truly contagious music that carves a niche all its own.
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'British kraut-/prog-rock revivalists, Fujiya & Miyagi are finally back with a new single, 'Knickerbocker'... 'Knickerbocker' starts with one of the quartet's usual innocuous yet nonsensical tag lines ('Vanilla, strawberry/Knickerbocker glory'), then the heavy bass line drops in with mechanized, progressive drumming, ethereal, experimental synth lines pop up, guitar plucks and scratches enter into the picture, and we've got a jam. It's magical, the way F & M enraptures listeners with simple layer [ read more ]
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