Haino / Merzbow / Pándi trio, OOIOO & Afrirampo in Europe!
One of the best and most interesting Japanese noise release from last year was a trio recording, out on UK's Rare Noise by Japanese noise / experimental legends Merzbow, Keiji…
Qujaku’s new 10″ EP and longest EU tour to date!
Back in 2015 when Qujaku (still under their old name, The Piqnic) played a totally out-of-the-blue show in Budapest during their first, short European tour, I went to check them…
ENA continues his Divided series with two new releases
Despite its Japanese name, Horo, a part of Samurai Music Group is a German label, based in Berlin, however they do have one prominent Japanese producer in their roster: who…
Akiko Kiyama, Sapphire Slows & Kyoka @ Boiler Room Tokyo! [Updated!]
The online stream site Boiler Room already broadcasted several great shows from Tokyo during the past few years, that featured acts like Muro, Merzbow, Boris, Goth-Trad, Broken Haze, plus the…
Giga Noise – an overview of the next generation of Japanoise from Alchemy Records
Back in May a mini festival called GIGA NOISE took place at Tokyo's Akihabara Goodman club featuring mostly lesser known noise acts from all over Japan as part of an…
Goth-Trad is back with a remix for Bristol’s The Pop Group!
Goth-Trad just released his latest album, Psionics (well, its pre-order only limited version at least, the regular version will be out sometime later), but he is already back with more…
VMO is back with another bizarre music video
VMO ( Violent Magic Orchestra), the experimental black metal band, which (together with its "big brother" Vampillia) will be on tour in Europe soon, is back with another extremely bizarre…
Vampillia + VMO in Europe!
If there is a band, that is really very difficult to describe, it is Vampillia, with its totally weird mixture of music genres, maybe calling them an avant-garde black metal…
KK. Null & Balazs Pandi: upcoming album and EU tour!
After his recent tours with Merzbow and Keijo Haino, Hungarian drummer Balázs Pándi will travel around Europe with yet another Japanese noise legend, KK. Null. By far the longest of…
Psychedelia & Cosmic Sounds – an interview with Acid Mothers Temple’s Makoto Kawabata (2015.11)
Makoto Kawabata and French guitarist Jean-François Pauvros played a duo show in Budapest on and we did an email interview with Mr. Kawabata a week or so before the gig.…