MINAMO
Keiichi Sugimoto
Yuichiro Iwashita
Namiko Sasamoto
Tetsuro Yasunaga
MINAMO were formed in 1999 by Keiichi Sugimoto and Tetsuro Yasunaga. Their first album was self-released in 2000, later being repressed by american label Quakebasket. In 2001 it was voted one of the records of the year by The Wire magazine. Their instant apraisal took them to the USA on a tour that same year. Yuichiro Iwashita and Namiko Sasamoto joined the band was well. The first album as a quartet was released in 2002 by japanese label 360 records. In that same year, they would retur to the USA for some live performances - following a concert in Chicago, the Chicago Reader considered them "a superb experimental japanese group". More three albuns followed inthe next years, all aclaimed by critics and public.
Having played around the world, they have also performed as opening acts to the following bands: Microstoria, Simon Fisher Turner, Vert, Oren Ambarchi, Yoshihide Otomo, On Filmore, Tim Barnes, I-Sound, Ikue Mori, Josh Abrams, Michael Schumacher, Incapacitants, Aki Onda, Masakatsu Takagi, Ogurusu Norihide, Michael Prime, Jonathan Coleclough, oblaat, HIM, BusRatch, Def Harmonics, Aero and many more.
"Minamo has crafted a work of
art that is so utterly and astoundingly beautiful. [They] fuse their
influences of classical minimalism, psychedelic folk, electronica, free
improvisation, noise, etc. to create a universe of sound that is
entirely their own" | Other Music
"Gently strummed guitars are coaxed from within glassy tones and noisy electronic textures to bring you something that is both challenging and rewarding at the same time. (...) one of the most exciting creative groups currently exploring new sonic territory." | apestaartje
DISCOGRAFIA |
2006 | A Herdsman's Life, Esquilo, Portugal
2005 | Shinning, 12k, EUA
2003 | Shrine / Nest, mr. mutt, Itália
2003 | Beautiful, apestaartje, Holanda
2002 | .Kgs, 360º, Japão
2001 | wakka 100 box set, quakebasket, EUA
2000 | wakka, cubic music, Japão