Miso Soup • The Album Sounds

One of my best live bands experiences (stylo)

Japanese avant-rock quartet Miso-soup began appearing in the East London area around 1999. Since then they have played over 300 gigs creating an underground phenomenon, attracting the likes of Damo Suzuki (ex-CAN) to play alongside them. Before playing a single gig they locked themselves away for 2 years, crafting and recording improvised noise in a building that used to be a chocolate factory. Between them they have a broad range of influences from free jazz to acid folk, minimal improvised music to hip hop. Their's is a unique sound rather like Can playing Mahavishnu Orchestra. Progressive, diverse and inclusive. To see them live is to journey with them as every song veers like a drunken sailor between structure and improvisation, reflecting their initial motivation for making music; simply to enjoy it.
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1. Public Life
2. 12 Pinballs
3. Maboroshi
4.  Pah, Pah, Pah
5. Planet Magic
6. September Step
7. Untitled #28
8. Mura-No-Soncho
9. Academic Monkey
10.  *****Waltz

Masaki Hosotani • guitar,piano 

Ken Iwasa • trumpet, synth, percussion

Yuhi Nakano • bass guitar, sampler

Keisuke Fujita • bass guitar, sampler

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Format: 320
Country: UK
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: jazz rock-fusion, kosmische jam, space music