O minimalismo sónico e a virtude da repetição criam no ouvinte um efeito hipnótico, assim como um maior foco em cada um dos instrumentos. O mesmo acorde repetido e saltitante, por entre as linhas mais austeras e convictas do baixo, alinha num plano em que a bateria parece querer resvalar para outros territórios mais selvagens, mas que se deixa contida. O minimalismo engana, parece a todo o momento querer eclodir em explosões sónicas para as quais não há um plano de emergência.
Kukangendai chega-nos de Kyoto, no Japão e formados em 2006 já editaram 4 LP’S, sendo o mais recente de 2019, intitulado PALM. É uma banda que gosta e se sente mais livre em performances ao vivo, tendo colaborado com bandas como Goat ou com o poeta, cineasta e fotógrafo Gozo Yoshimasu, com o qual realizaram uma digressão em 2017.
Apesar de se focarem no rock experimental, indo sempre mais além, Kukangendai não se acanha em aventurar por outros géneros, tendo colaborado com Moe and Ghosts, num álbum chamado Rap Phenomenon, de hip-hop experimental.
Perguntámos a esta banda intrigante e aventureira as suas predilecções para 5 livros, 5 discos, 5 filmes/séries e aqui estão:
Junya Noguchi (Guitarra, Voz)
Livros:
- El Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges
- Black Buddha, Masayuki Shuno
- In Watermelon Sugar, Richard Brautigan
- Un étranger avec, sous le bras, un livre de petit format, Edmond Jabes
- Konomichi, Yoshikichi Furui
Discos:
- Barricades, Shira Legmann / Michael Pisaro
- Doing it to death, JB’s
- BIRD, BRAZIL
- Too slow to disco vol. 3, VA
- Baroo, Carl stone
Filmes:
- Barrier, Jerzy Skolimowski
- Death proof in grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
- A Ghost Story, David Lowery
- Hereafter, Clint Eastwood
Keisuke Koyano (Baixo)
Livros:
- Alte Meister. Komödie, Thomas Bernhard
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison
- Philosophy of Delicious cooking, Jun Hirose
- In water melon sugar, Richard Brautigan
- Soft and Hard, Atsushi Sasaki
Discos:
- Parity Indicate, Pitch Shifters
- Dream baby dream, Suicide
- The Seasons of Recerse, Gaster del sol
- Ever New, Bevery Glenn Copeland
- Drum + Bass, DJ Klock
Filmes:
- In a year of 13 moons, R.W. Fassbinder
- Barrier, Jerzy Skolimowski
- Journey to the Shore, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Sauve qui peut (la vie), Jean-Luc Godard
- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Luis Bunuel
Hideaki Yamada (Bateria)
Livros:
- A Cloud in Trousers, Vladimir Mayakovsky
- The Subterraneans, Jack Kerouac
- Vom Weser des Rhythmus, Ludwig Klages
- La carte et le territoire, Michel Houellebecq
- A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
Discos:
- Da Mind Of Traxman VOL.2, Traxman
- Multistability, Mark Fell
- Comme à la radio, Brigitte Fontaine
- Kinsei, Omoide Hatoba
- Hulk, OMSB
Filmes:
- Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
- The Funeral, Juzo Itami
- Happy hour, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- The Square, Ruben Östlund
- Nader and Simin, A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
- TRANSLATION -
Sonic minimalism and the virtue of repetition create in the listener an hypnotic haze, just like a major focus in each of the instruments. The same chord repeated and bounced through the more austere and firm lines of the bass, lines up in a matrix where the drums feel like it wants to tread savage territories but ends up contained. Minimalism can trick us, it looks like that at any given moment it can erupt in sonic explosions for which there are no emergency plans.
Kukangendai is from Kyoto (Japan). Formed in 2006 they already released 4 LP’S and the most recent one is called PALM released in 2009. It’s a band that likes and feels more freedom in live performances, having collaborated with bands such as Goat or with the poet, filmmaker and photographer Gozu Yoshimasu, with whom they did a tour in 2017.
Despite having a focus on experimental rock and beyond, Kukangendai does not feel shy about exploring other genres, having collaborated with Moe and Ghosts, in an album called Rap Phenomenon, of experimental hip-hop.
We asked this intriguing and adventurous band their predilections for 5 books, 5 records, 5 films/TV shows and here they are:
Junya Noguchi (Guitar, Vocals)
Books:
- El Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges
- Black Buddha, Masayuki Shuno
- In Watermelon Sugar, Richard Brautigan
- Le livre de luciole, Edmond Jabes
- Konomichi, Yoshikichi Furui
Records:
- Barricades, Shira Legmann／Michael Pisaro
- Doing it to death, JB’s
- BIRD, BRAZIL
- Too slow to disco vol. 3, VA
- Baroo, Carl stone
Films:
- Barrier, Jerzy Skolimowski
- Death proof in grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
- A Ghost Story, David Lowery
- Hereafter, Clint Eastwood
Keisuke Koyano (Bass)
Books:
- Alte Meister. Komödie, Thomas Bernhard
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison
- Philosophy of Delicious cooking, Jun Hirose
- In water melon sugar, Richard Brautigan
- Soft and Hard, Atsushi Sasaki
Records:
- Parity Indicate, Pitch Shifters
- Dream baby dream, Suicide
- The Seasons of Recerse, Gaster del sol
- Ever New, Bevery Glenn Copeland
- Drum + Bass, DJ Klock
Films:
- In a year of 13 moons, R.W. Fassbinder
- Barrier, Jerzy Skolimowski
- Journey to the Shore, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Sauve qui peut (la vie), Jean-Luc Godard
- Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Luis Bunuel
Hideaki Yamada (Drums)
Books:
- A Cloud in Trousers, Vladimir Mayakovsky
- The Subterraneans, Jack Kerouac
- Vom Weser des Rhythmus, Ludwig Klages
- La carte et le territoire, Michel Houellebecq
- A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin
Records:
- Da Mind Of Traxman VOL.2, Traxman
- Multistability, Mark Fell
- Comme à la radio, Brigitte Fontaine
- Kinsei, Omoide Hatoba
- Hulk, OMSB
Films:
- Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
- The Funeral, Juzo Itami
- Happy hour, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- The Square, Ruben Östlund
- Nader and Simin, A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
Texto | Text / Tradução | Translation: Cláudia Zafre
Escolhas | Choices : Kukangendai