the piqnic zyouk europe tour 2015

zyouk tour

to celebrate the release of The Piqnic's exclusive debut album 'ZyouK', released by So I Buried Records in the middle of october, the band is touring across europe for the first time ever in the second half of the month. in the uk exclusively, they are touring with a british lo-fi band, Furrow.

october

17th Frankfurt, Kulta-Salon (DE)

18th Budapest, ShowBarlang (HU)

19th Munster, Gleis 22 (DE)

20th Berlin, XB-Liebig (DE)

23rd London, Power Lunches (UK)

24th Wrexham, Undegun (UK)

25th Glasgow, The Flying Duck (UK)

28th Manchester, Islington Mill (UK)

29th York, The Basement (UK)

31st Preston, The Ferret (UK)

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The Piqnic

The Piqnic are a Japanese shoegaze band formed in 2013 and based in Shizuoka, Japan. Their music is gothic dark shoegaze, which reminds you The Horrors, but it also contains emotional expressions that Japan uniquely has, leading you to feel Scandinavian post rock like Sigur Ros. Aesthetic but also destructive, roar but also silence, The Piqnic are a rare newcomer that has two opposite elements at the same time. Although they’ve been active for only two years, they’ve already self-released two EPs, ‘Saoirse’, ‘I Can’t Breathing’, and they run their own irregular nights.

Furrow

Furrow are a 2-piece from West Felton, UK, comprised of Richard Cartwright and Thom Snell, using effects loops and experimental noise to create layered sounds underpinned with lilting rhythms and distorted melodies taking inspiration from their rural surroundings. After a string of self-released cassettes, Furrows' debut record titled 'West Felton' was released in August 2014 on vinyl via Bleeding Gold Records.

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sib006

So I Buried Records is so excited to announce that The Piqnic, a japanese dark shoegaze band, will exclusively release their debut album from the label this october, only limited to 300 copies.

you can listen to a few tracks from the album from the links below:

hebi

krs

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compared with their previous two eps, which were hugely influenced by the indie music from the west, japanese avant-garde has been the main influence on this brand-new album. it has led the album to have an identity and uniqueness as a japanese band, in keeping their own roots, containing two opposite elements "stillness" and "motion".

you wish to hold naive and fleeting sentimental hopes in the violent darkness as maddening noise and chaos, pieces of ephemeral glassworks that cannot become kaleidoscopes.

album title:

ZyouK

tracklist:

1. ArA

2. hebi

3. ZyouK

4. si

5. krs

6. m-s

7. hinata

8. O

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The Piqnic

The Piqnic are a japanese shoegaze band formed in 2013 and based in shizuoka, japan. their music is gothic dark shoegaze, which reminds you of The Horrors, but it also contains emotional expressions that japan uniquely has, leading you to feel scandinavian post rock like Sigur Ros. aesthetic but also destructive, roar but also silence, The Piqnic are a rare newcomer that has two opposite elements at the same time. although they've been active for only two years, they've already self-released two eps, 'Saoirse', 'I Can't Breathing', and they run their own irregular nights.

no tokyo vol. 01 'drugon album launch party'

all the photos were taken by Hajime Kato

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so i buried presents

No Tokyo vol. 01 'Drugon Album Launch Party'

bands: Drugon, Mani Neumeier, Mandog, liquidbiupil (lighting)

venue: nitehi works

date: 15 march 2015

drugon out now

DRUGON / DRAGON

1. Drug On

2. Next Time See You At The Dalai Lama

3. Dragon's Dream

4. Around The World -Percussion Solo-

5. Da-Ga-La-Do

6. Barbarian

7. Mani-San Beat

8. Dragon Waltz

recorded at Umejima Yukotopia, Tokyo, on 12th February 2005
mastered by Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen)
cover illustration by Mani Neumeier
designed by Soju Tanaka

get one from here.

drugon album launch party

designed by Soju Tanaka

3月15日、横浜、黄金町にて日本初イベント（シークレットイベントを含めると2度目）を行います。

So I Buried Recordsから3月にリリースされるDRUGONのライブアルバムレコ発イベント。

出演アーティストは、DRUGON、Mani Neumeier、MANDOG、つまり、DRUGONのメンバー、3人のみ。

この3組のライブパフォーマンスにサイケデリックライティングユニット、liquidbiupilの即興ライティングが融合、会場であるnitehi worksを夢幻的亜空間へ、ビール片手に宇宙旅行。

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so i buried presents

No Tokyo vol. 01 'DRUGON Album Launch Party'

- 出演アーティスト

DRUGON

マニ・ノイマイヤー

MANDOG

liquidbiupil (ライティング)

- 日時

2015年3月15日(日) 18.30 オープン / 19.00 スタート

- 会場

nitehi works

横浜市中区若葉町3-47-1

- 料金

前売り 2000円 / 当日 2500円　（各々ドリンク代別）

*予約方法

予約メールアドレス、bunshinohi@yahoo.co.jpまで下記の情報を記載の上、送信願います（予約受付は3/14(土) 23.59まで）。

件名: DRUGONレコ発予約

本文: お名前、電話番号、ご予約希望人数

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DRUGON

クラウトロックの最重要バンドの一つ、Guru Guruのリーダーであり、Acid Mothers Templeとの合体バンド、Acid Mothers Guru Guruのメンバーとしても活躍しているMani Neumeierをドラムに、元Canのダモ鈴木のギタリストやAcid Mothers Templeの河端一率いるGodmanのメンバーとしても活動しているMandogの宮下敬一をギターに、そして、元Mandogのメンバーでもある榎本隆幸をベースに携えて結成されたサイケデリックロックバンド。

2004年に行われたMani Neumeierの日本ツアーの際に当ツアーの主催者であったCaptain Trip Recordsから協力を求められ、宮下敬一と榎本隆幸がツアーメンバーとして参加。その後、意気投合した三人がMani Neumeierの呼び掛けにより、DRUGONとして活動を開始。東京タワー蝋人形館等でライブを行なってきた。2014年の去年、今回の初音源リリースに向けて、3月に行われたMani Neumeierの日本ツアーを機に9年振りに活動を再開した。

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So I Buried Records will release a new exclusive recording, a live album by DRUGON, composed by Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru), Keiichi Miyashita (Mandog) and Takayuki Enomoto (ex. Mandog), in march 2015, and to celebrate the release, a launch event will be held in japan on the release date. it's only limited to 300 copies.

you can listen to a few tracks from the album from the links below:

Da-Ga-La-Do / DRUGON

Dragon Waltz / DRUGON

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DRUGON

DRUGON are a psychedelic rock band composed by Mani Neumeier, the leader of one of the most important Krautrock bands, Guru Guru, and a member of Acid Mothers Guru Guru, as a drummer, Mandog's Keiichi Miyashita, a guitarist of Damo Suzuki (ex. Can) and a member of Godman, which was formed by Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), as a guitarist, and Takayuki Enomoto, a former member of Mandog, as a bassist.

in 2004, Miyashita and Enomoto joined Mani Neumeier's japan tour after they were asked by the promoter of the tour, Captain Trip Records. after that, Neumeier asked them to play live together again as a result of performing well while on tour, leading them to form DRUGON. they performed live at several places including Tokyo Tower's Wax Museum, which was popular for its impressive collection of Krautrock waxworks including Mani Neumeier, himself. in march 2014, during Mani Neumeier's japan tour, DRUGON resumed being active for the first time in 9 years to prepare for this first ever release.