“Descending through a syrup-thick fog of guitar feedback guided by a distant rhythm section seemingly emitting from the other side of a vast chasm.” There Is No Other Place – Mammatus Clouds (2020) “A far-out trip through ancient woodlands and sun-worshipping stone circles across some hefty slices of visionary psych-folk.” Kogarashi – House In The Tall Grass (2016) “A unique sense of the psychedelic while still offering the raw and fierce riffs they first attracted fans with.” Shrinks The Day – Deep Fried Grandeur (2016) – with Ryley Walker “Enlivening their sound with sitars, percussive drums, theremins, wind instruments and ethereal vocals, the band manages to sound powerfully spacious and lazily serene all at once.” Green Sugar – House In The Tall Grass (2016) “Their songs can be as light as air or as heavy as earth, many evolve out of intense experiences of engagement with the natural world.” “Most importantly, their music is about freedom of the mind and body and building a bridge between the supernatural and the present, improvisation is a key element to their sound.”
“A psych wrecking crew from Japan, their ferocious live reputation has led to a global cult following, prompted by epic jams as lengthy as their hair.”Ĭan You Imagine Nothing? – Kikagaku Moyo (2013) “The group enlivened their classicist approach to sleepy psychedelic rock with rudimentary folk instrumentation and deep drone structures.”
The harmonies add to the hallucination as we follow the vocals, despite not being able to discern their meaning.” “This is 70s psychedelia brought into the future, as heavy, distortion-filled guitars combine with the clean lines of the sitar to create a trance-like atmosphere. Silver Owl – House In The Tall Grass (2016) I hope you enjoy this Top Ten and go on to explore the rest of Kikagaku Moyo’s back catalogue. Kikagaku Moyo’s farewell tour included two gigs in London in June 2022 following an 11.30am appearance on the West Holts stage at Glastonbury Festival on the 25th. And we now get to complete our journey on our terms, on the highest note possible,” says Go Kurosawa. We poured time and energy into not just making music, but creating art, merchandise and a vision for what Kikagaku Moyo is. We wanted to play psychedelic music festivals and tour the world, which we did. Their fifth studio album, Kumoyo Island (released this year), will be their last following the band’s decision to call it quits. Members of the band, now based in the Netherlands, also started the record label Guruguru Brain in 2015 to showcase the unique music scene in East Asia. In 2015, the band toured extensively throughout Europe with an appearance at Eindhoven Psych Lab. Kikagaku Moyo continued to tour throughout 2014 and made their first appearance in the UK that October, selling out several shows. Their first overseas gigs took place in the USA and included a performance at the Levitation festival in Texas in 2014. To circumvent this, the band started busking on the busy Tokyo streets and were inspired to go abroad. Typically, bands have to pay around £250 (¥41,555) for a 30-35 minute show. In Japan, music venues have a system of charging bands instead of paying them for live shows.
This style is especially present on the eponymous debut album (2013).
RYLEY WALKER KIKAGAKU MOYO BANDCAMP FREE
The five free spirits had mixed musical tastes so decided to adopt a psychedelic, meditative style, as a utilitarian approach to playing music together. Ryu Kurosawa, Go’s brother, joined the band on sitar after coming back from India. Then Tomo met their second guitarist Daoud Popal in a smoking area at their college. They met their bassist Kotsu Guy who was recording sounds from a vending machine for a drone project. Go and Tomo searched for others to join them, specifically seeking those who didn’t have much experience (like Go and Tomo themselves) but who wanted to play music together. In the summer of 2012 in Tokyo, Go Kurosawa met Tomo Katsurada, the future guitarist. Kikagaku Moyo ( in Japanese Kanji 幾何学模様, transliterated Kikagaku Moyō) translates to ‘geometric patterns’ which the drummer Go Kurosawa suggested as a band name after visions caused by sleep deprivation. The band spent the rest of 2022 conducting a farewell world tour. On the 19th of January 2022, Kikagaku Moyo announced they would go on an indefinite hiatus and that their next record, set to be released in May, would be their last.
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