LONDON: Upset The Rhythm @ The Luminaire

Monday 28th July, 2008

8:00pm

Event information

NISENNENMONDAI (Smalltown Supersound / Japan)
Nisennenmondai are one of our most favourite bands. Imagine an insane birthday party with Sun City Girls, Keiji Haino and Mika Miko all invited, things are gonna go volcanic, and that's where Nisennenmondai come in! Of all the noisy girl groups of Kansai, Tokyo's Nisennenmondai - their name translates as 'Year 2000 problem', a reference to the millenial computer bug - honestly! - are at once the most intense and hypnotic band to run out of the scene. Himeno Sayaka (drums), Zaikawa Yuri (bass) and Takada Masako (guitar) met, of all places, at the same after school music club at university in Tokyo and quickly jumped into band formation, self-releasing two EPs with short shrift before touring Japan alongside the likes of Death Sentence: Panda!, OOIOO, Lightning Bolt, Hella, Oshiri Penpenz, and Afrirampo. Their pulsing rhythm section and metallic overtoned guitar sound something like a heathen and tranced-out amalgamation of Boredoms, Neu!, Ruins and Leopard Leg - apt comparisons considering their group ensemble ethic and circular pattern performance setup. Nisennenmondai are as thrilling as they are convulsive. Now don't forget to blow out the candles!
www.myspace.com/nisennenmondai
www.nisennenmondai.com

PITCHFORK
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/51219-nisennenmondai-pop-group-mp3stream

Venue information

LONDON: Upset The Rhythm @ The Luminaire

0	311 Kilburn High Road Kilburn London NW6 7JR
>	www.upsettherhythm.co.uk
!	07713 867881
`	Doors at 8pm, live music from 8.30pm. Tube: Kilburn [Jubilee] / Kilburn Park [Bakerloo]. Bus: 16, 32, 189, 316 Train: Silverlink [Brondesbury]. Over 18s unless otherwise stated.