ALBUM REVIEW – MAYA ONGAKU: NOTHING SPACE MUSIC

There are numerous records in my collection that include the command “Play Loud” on their sleeve. It does not appear far-fetched to imagine Maya Ongaku’s latest conveying the suggestion that it should be played quietly. After a period of international touring in support of their decidedly undemonstrative debut album ‘Approach to Anima’ where the audiences […]
Lair are a six-piece Indonesian psych rock/funk outfit hailing from Jatiwangi, West Java. Their name is pronounced Lah-eer (useful information for requesting their often-startling album in your local independent record store) and is a local dialect version of the word ‘lahir’ meaning birth. They take inspiration from classical/traditional Panturan Tarling which is a form of […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LAIR: NGELAR

Maya Ongaku - Approach to Anima

ALBUM REVIEW: MAYA ONGAKU – APPROACH TO ANIMA

For lovers of gently woozy psychedelia, the news that its prime exponents Kikagaku Moya’s 2022 album ‘Kumoyo Island’ would be their final release was a terrible blow. Ambling to the rescue come an unlikely set of superheroes in Maya Ongaku, a trio hailing from the seaside region of Enoshima, an island 50km south-west of Tokyo. […]
Following last year’s highly praised album House In The Tall Grass, Tokyo’s Kikagaku Moyo have announced plans for a new EP ‘Stone Garden’, and summer European live dates. ‘Stone Garden EP’ will be released on vinyl & digital on Friday 21st April via the record label the band run, Guruguru Brain. They have also just […]

KIKAGAKU MOYO ANNOUNCE ‘STONE GARDEN EP’ & SUMMER TOUR DATES