FARM PARTY #4 with ii (Australia), OPQ, henna dress, Moon Face Boys, Aleks & the Ramps DJs, more

Tokyo Gig Guide presents FARM PARTY #4

Live:

ii  (from Melbourne, オーストラリア) 

myspace.com/iitunes

OPQ

myspace.com/opq

henna dress  (変なドレス) 

myspace.com/hennadress

Moon Face Boys  (けいちくちくソロ from MY PAL FOOT FOOT)

suhaak-haaksu.com

DJs:

Denim Owl + Extreme Wheeze (Aleks and The Ramps)

Jon+ Alex (ii)

Timebred (Wild Mood Swings)

Grant McGaheran (Abikyokan)

Video: craig eee (Tokyo Gig Guide)

 ii

ii（アイアイ）は、Aleks and the Rampsのメンバー、AlexとJonによりアブストラクトエクスペリメンタルポップ・デュオ。
楽曲手法としてシンセサイザー、サンプラー、ギター、およびエフェクターなどを用いたインプロビゼーション演奏を軸に創意工夫された、大胆且つ繊細な作品を創作。彼らの音楽はジャンルを超越し、エレクトロニカ、ディープ*ドーン、アンビエント*テクノ、ギター・ポップスと多彩な作品を発表。

アルバムのリリース以後、彼らはツジコノリコ、Beach House、High Places、Fabulous Diamonds、Lawrence English等と共演。
また、ノーゼックとチアがそれぞれ所属する他のバンドでは The Sea and Cake、Tenniscoats、 Limited Express (Has Gone?)、Why? をはじめ、国内外多数のアーティストたちとライヴ、リミックス、レコーディングなどを盛んに行う。

ii is the abstract, experimental pop duo of Alex Nosek and Jon Tjhia (from Aleks and The Ramps) from Melbourne, Australia. Mostly improvising - and using an array of synthesisers, samplers, guitars and effects - the pair create adventurous and richly detailed music. Their sound sits somewhere between strange electronics, deep drone, ambient techno and guitar pop.

Following compilation appearances and short releases, ii released their first album in 2008. Landlakes is a substantial album that collected the previous eight years Nosek and Tjhia spent collaborating, and fine-tuning their improvisational relationship. Landlakes was critically celebrated in Australia and internationally. XLR8R called it "unlikely and refreshingly abstract pop" that "begins the countdown to 2008's year's-best lists", while The Big Issue said "this Melbourne instrumental duo sees them traverse positively unusual terrain, lending intermittent, guitar-led pop to a textural, ambient and artefact-strewn foundation."

Since the album's release, ii have been busy with one-off collaborations, remixes, shows around Australia and new recordings. They've played with bands including Tujiko Noriko, Beach House, High Places, Fabulous Diamonds, Lawrence English and many more. At the same time, Nosek and Tjhia's other bands - Aleks and the Ramps, Oblako Lodka, Tailor Made For A Small Room and Scissors for Sparrow - have played with The Sea and Cake, Tenniscoats, Limited Express (Has Gone?), Why? and others.

http://www.dizzydonor.org/ii/japan/

http://www.lostinfound.com/aleks/

OPQ

http://www.myspace.com/opq
OPQ will fill Gamuso with bizarre homemade instruments, toys and their experimental, ambient psychedelic sounds.

henna dress
http://www.myspace.com/hennadress
Electronica pico pico wildness with gameboys and gadgets.

Moon Face Boys
http://www.suhaak-haaksu.com/
New solo project of Kei from the wonderful experimental psych-folk band My Pal Foot Foot.

Video: craig eee (Tokyo Gig Guide)
Farm Parties are as visual as they are aural, with films cut up by craig eee projected throughout the night.

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