11-11-2011, 12:06
too strange for me
I was able to make out a few lyrics
the clip, something about a sexy worm
1.1
from the album - Fandango Fresh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpoD6Pm-YE
released Nov 8th, 2011
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Bio - from zunzunequi.org
Formed in the libertine and verdant undergrowth of Bristolâs cultural side streets (members Kushal Gaya and Yoshino
Shigihara first met at an improv session at notorious DIY cinema The Cube Microplex), Zun Zun Egui started out
playing up and down the UK to hardcore and party crowds ready to be let loose by music. They self-released a
limited editon CD-R and then, on the back of a snowballing word-of-mouth live reputation, started to be invited to
play shows all over the world at festivals, squat cafes, hotel lobbies, art centres and other unlikely spaces.
Meanwhile they recorded two white-hot slabs of 12â vinyl at their Bristol-based studio lair for Blank Tapes.
Always with a desire to connect, ZZE and Qu Junktions cooked up their own colourful club night called âHow Comeâ¦â
in Bristol and had tour mates like The Ex and Sun Araw pull up and play as well as Michachu And The Shapes, Bass
Clef, Krar Collective and AJ Holmes. Now Zun Zun Egui have dreamt up their debut album proper, and itâs one to
savour. Recorded in the Welsh wilds and produced by bassist Luke Mosse, âKatangâ, is released on Bella Union/Yep
Rock in autumn 2011 with singles in advance.
Everything about âKatangâ, from its 50 minutes of freerange rock music to the wonderful fifth-world visual feel
conjured up by keyboard player/singer Yoshino Shigihara, emits a weird, kinetic and contagious energy that could
only have come from these four individuals coalescing as personalities and players, carving out an intuitive
musical lexicon that, whilst far removed from rockâs lingua franca, finds its own way to connect on a direct and
universal level. Away from the tribal sprawl of modern music culture and what they call âthe realm of ideasâ,
âKatangâ finds Zun Zun zoning in on the heart of the matter.
Album Review - from all music
Hot on the heels of the wildly enigmatic debut from Wu Lyf, Bristol-based guitar band Zun Zun Egui continue the
British avant-garde scene's fascination with indecipherable lyrics on their first offering, Katang. With tracks
performed in English, French, Japanese, and Creole alongside several mutterings which appear to be from an entirely
made-up language, it's impossible for anyone, bar the most accomplished of multi-linguists, to understand what
their self-described "free-range rock music" is about. Luckily, the band's relentless energy and difficult-to-
pigeonhole sound ensures that it's still possible to gauge their intentions even when they descend into gibberish
-- from the yearning melancholy displayed in the shuffling jazz beats and shimmering indie guitars of "Sirocco" to
the rallying call to arms of "Cowboy," a curious blend of juju music harmonies, jerky disjointed percussion, and
nimble punk-funk riffs. It's the latter's Afro-beat-inspired sound -- also evident on the ramshackle garage blues
hooks and infectious caterwauling of the exhilarating opening title track -- and the angular math rock of the
nonsensical "Fandango Fresh" ("sexy worm and you got to burn"), which have garnered the most attention. But their
ventures into more sedate territory are just as captivating, whether it's the intricate, Talking Heads-esque art
rock of "Dance of the Crickets," the sparse, downbeat blues of "Trust My Head" -- the only song on the album which
could be described as conventional -- or the disorienting and spacy, prog rock instrumental "Shogun." Katang won't
be for everybody, and even the most ardent aficionados of experimental music are likely to feel slightly exhausted
by the time the howling cries and swirling psychedelic solos of final track, "Heart in a Jar," draw to a close. But
while it's too bizarre to trouble the mainstream, it's still an admirably ambitious and equally enthralling debut
which proves that language is no barrier to invention.
Track Listing
1. Katang
2. Transport
3. Mr. Brown
4. Cowboy
5. Shogun
6. Fandango Fresh
7. Dance of the Crickets
8. Twist My head
9. Sirocco
10. Heart in a Jar
I was able to make out a few lyrics
the clip, something about a sexy worm
1.1
from the album - Fandango Fresh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmpoD6Pm-YE
released Nov 8th, 2011
Bio - from zunzunequi.org
Formed in the libertine and verdant undergrowth of Bristolâs cultural side streets (members Kushal Gaya and Yoshino
Shigihara first met at an improv session at notorious DIY cinema The Cube Microplex), Zun Zun Egui started out
playing up and down the UK to hardcore and party crowds ready to be let loose by music. They self-released a
limited editon CD-R and then, on the back of a snowballing word-of-mouth live reputation, started to be invited to
play shows all over the world at festivals, squat cafes, hotel lobbies, art centres and other unlikely spaces.
Meanwhile they recorded two white-hot slabs of 12â vinyl at their Bristol-based studio lair for Blank Tapes.
Always with a desire to connect, ZZE and Qu Junktions cooked up their own colourful club night called âHow Comeâ¦â
in Bristol and had tour mates like The Ex and Sun Araw pull up and play as well as Michachu And The Shapes, Bass
Clef, Krar Collective and AJ Holmes. Now Zun Zun Egui have dreamt up their debut album proper, and itâs one to
savour. Recorded in the Welsh wilds and produced by bassist Luke Mosse, âKatangâ, is released on Bella Union/Yep
Rock in autumn 2011 with singles in advance.
Everything about âKatangâ, from its 50 minutes of freerange rock music to the wonderful fifth-world visual feel
conjured up by keyboard player/singer Yoshino Shigihara, emits a weird, kinetic and contagious energy that could
only have come from these four individuals coalescing as personalities and players, carving out an intuitive
musical lexicon that, whilst far removed from rockâs lingua franca, finds its own way to connect on a direct and
universal level. Away from the tribal sprawl of modern music culture and what they call âthe realm of ideasâ,
âKatangâ finds Zun Zun zoning in on the heart of the matter.
Album Review - from all music
Hot on the heels of the wildly enigmatic debut from Wu Lyf, Bristol-based guitar band Zun Zun Egui continue the
British avant-garde scene's fascination with indecipherable lyrics on their first offering, Katang. With tracks
performed in English, French, Japanese, and Creole alongside several mutterings which appear to be from an entirely
made-up language, it's impossible for anyone, bar the most accomplished of multi-linguists, to understand what
their self-described "free-range rock music" is about. Luckily, the band's relentless energy and difficult-to-
pigeonhole sound ensures that it's still possible to gauge their intentions even when they descend into gibberish
-- from the yearning melancholy displayed in the shuffling jazz beats and shimmering indie guitars of "Sirocco" to
the rallying call to arms of "Cowboy," a curious blend of juju music harmonies, jerky disjointed percussion, and
nimble punk-funk riffs. It's the latter's Afro-beat-inspired sound -- also evident on the ramshackle garage blues
hooks and infectious caterwauling of the exhilarating opening title track -- and the angular math rock of the
nonsensical "Fandango Fresh" ("sexy worm and you got to burn"), which have garnered the most attention. But their
ventures into more sedate territory are just as captivating, whether it's the intricate, Talking Heads-esque art
rock of "Dance of the Crickets," the sparse, downbeat blues of "Trust My Head" -- the only song on the album which
could be described as conventional -- or the disorienting and spacy, prog rock instrumental "Shogun." Katang won't
be for everybody, and even the most ardent aficionados of experimental music are likely to feel slightly exhausted
by the time the howling cries and swirling psychedelic solos of final track, "Heart in a Jar," draw to a close. But
while it's too bizarre to trouble the mainstream, it's still an admirably ambitious and equally enthralling debut
which proves that language is no barrier to invention.
Track Listing
1. Katang
2. Transport
3. Mr. Brown
4. Cowboy
5. Shogun
6. Fandango Fresh
7. Dance of the Crickets
8. Twist My head
9. Sirocco
10. Heart in a Jar
