radio black forest
05-27-2009, 01:30 PM
Radio Black Forest presents:
Tenniscoats (tokyo japan)
Arc Vel(Birmingham) +
Ampersand
June 3rd
the flapper
kingston row
birmingham
TICKETS: 6.50 from swordfish,polar bear or wegottickets.com
In essence Tokyo’s Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective conscious. Matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs, the duo of Saya and Takashi Ueno (assisted by a plethora of floating members), create some of the most compelling music currently emanating from Japan.
Saya, lead vocalist for Tenniscoats is one of the key figures in the tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic/Domino) and Deerhoof’s Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the japanese onomatopoeia for a dog’s bark. These follow last year’s two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. ‘Lets meet very much’ for the Australian ROOM40 label) and Tan-Tan Therapy (for Häpna in Sweden).
Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats’ guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo’s outer suburbs.
"their most impressive statement so far, a convincing and beguiling melange of whispy folk, hazy psychedelia and murmuring electronics among which deft melodies blossom almost unnoticed" THE WIRE
"It would be so easy to just write ‘ambient Japanese folktronica with occasional cutesy vocals’ and have done with it. But frankly, such dismissive generalising ill-serves this wonderful duo".
Chris Jones BBC
"There are clear influences from bands such as the aforementioned Fennesz and Scandinavia's Tape, and the whole free (freak?) folk in general, maybe by way of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, but what Tenniscoats have ended up with is an album which stands on its own as totally singular and hugely enjoyable". Boomkat
ARC VEL
Hailing from the leafy thickets of warwickshire, vels influences stem from flying lotus to tortoise.Live instrumentation collides with crisp electronica..
www.myspace.com/arcvel
AMPERSAND
Ampersand are a newly formed electroacoustic collective comprising members of other cult birmingham acts like skarabee and cities prepare for attack!
For more info:
www.myspace.com/radioblackforest
Tenniscoats (tokyo japan)
Arc Vel(Birmingham) +
Ampersand
June 3rd
the flapper
kingston row
birmingham
TICKETS: 6.50 from swordfish,polar bear or wegottickets.com
In essence Tokyo’s Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective conscious. Matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs, the duo of Saya and Takashi Ueno (assisted by a plethora of floating members), create some of the most compelling music currently emanating from Japan.
Saya, lead vocalist for Tenniscoats is one of the key figures in the tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic/Domino) and Deerhoof’s Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the japanese onomatopoeia for a dog’s bark. These follow last year’s two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. ‘Lets meet very much’ for the Australian ROOM40 label) and Tan-Tan Therapy (for Häpna in Sweden).
Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats’ guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo’s outer suburbs.
"their most impressive statement so far, a convincing and beguiling melange of whispy folk, hazy psychedelia and murmuring electronics among which deft melodies blossom almost unnoticed" THE WIRE
"It would be so easy to just write ‘ambient Japanese folktronica with occasional cutesy vocals’ and have done with it. But frankly, such dismissive generalising ill-serves this wonderful duo".
Chris Jones BBC
"There are clear influences from bands such as the aforementioned Fennesz and Scandinavia's Tape, and the whole free (freak?) folk in general, maybe by way of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, but what Tenniscoats have ended up with is an album which stands on its own as totally singular and hugely enjoyable". Boomkat
ARC VEL
Hailing from the leafy thickets of warwickshire, vels influences stem from flying lotus to tortoise.Live instrumentation collides with crisp electronica..
www.myspace.com/arcvel
AMPERSAND
Ampersand are a newly formed electroacoustic collective comprising members of other cult birmingham acts like skarabee and cities prepare for attack!
For more info:
www.myspace.com/radioblackforest