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EXCLUSIVE OYA FESTIVAL DOWNLOAD: Nisennenmondai - Ikkkyokume

Posted 8/7/2008 12:19 PM by Samuel Duke

Tags: psych, drone, oya festival, indie, Samuel Duke

Nisennenmondai—Japanese for the “Year 2000 Problem”, as in Y2K—are three women from Tokyo, Japan who play harder, better, faster, and stronger than any all-male band I’ve heard in a really long time. The trio blast marathon no-wave-inspired songs that rattle, hum, wander, screech, bash, groove, contain almost entirely no vocals, and are just as rhythmically compelling as dance music. Today we’ve got an exclusive download of their monster track “Ikkkyokume” from their double EP release Neji/Tori on Norway’s Smalltown Supersound. The song, clocking in at over seven minutes, shows just how much sonic artillery they have, morphing from endless psych drone to dance funk to MC5 miming and then all climbing onto each other for a finale of white noise and tube amp screech. Oya Festival goers will be able to catch a performance from the group today, where they can probably spot the good dudes in No Age (admitted fans) being blown away.

Sounds like: Liquid Liquid, Sonic Youth, Fugazi

Exclusive Download: Nisennenmondai - Ikkkyokume

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