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WaqWaq Kingdom is a Japanese tribal bass duo, consisting of Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara. Both are originally from Japan, lived in the U.K. for over a decade and are now based in Leipzig and Berlin.
Their genre- and time bending sound is like a psychedelic Nabe hot pot: melting Japanese traditional style Minyo with Jamaican dancehall, footwork, dub, techno, tribal polyrhythms and Super Nintendo soundtracks.
The lyrics and visuals are drawing a deep influence from ancient Shinto mythology and the Japanese “Matsuri” festivals that honor the local gods, “Kami-sama”.
WaqWaq Kingdom’s hypnotic and shamanic live performances are an intense time warp experience that re-connect their animistic roots with the future of urban neon colors.
Shigeru Ishihara is mostly knows as breakcore-gameboy legend DJ Scotch Egg, but also for playing bass in Seefeel (Warp Records), the Devilman project and Small But Hard Records.
Kiki Hitomi is the singer/songwriter from bass explorers King Midas Sound (Ninja Tune), Black Chow, the Japanese Dubstep noise duo Dokkebi Q and the NoinoNoinoNoino project. Her highly acclaimed solo debut album “Karma No Kusari” appeared on Jahtari in 2016.
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NoinoNoinoNoino “8” tape out on Caoutchou Records
Watch out for Kiki Hitomi‘s side project NoinoNoinoNoino! Caoutchou Records just released their album “8” on a fantastic looking limited tape edition. If you’re into the dense atmopshere of 1960s Japanese New Wave Cinema and movies like “Suna No Onna / Woman Of The Dunes” the post apycalyptic dubs on this haunting cassette are for you. Some ideas in there later found their way into songs on Kiki Hitomi’s LP “Karma No Kusari“, so listen closely!
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NOINONOINONOINO
“8”
on Caoutchou Records
release date: 17.01.2017
limited cassette (€12,00], digital
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2014, boiling hot sun in Berlin: Kiki Hitomi (1/3 of King Midas Sound), Dead Fader, DJ Die Soon, and DJ Hotel gathered in a shaman’s den to record. Within 3 days without food -only surviving on green holy aroma’s- they produced 44 songs. 13 of those tracks form the album “8”.
These highly intense improvisations, all one take recordings, connect into one long bass-heavy soundtrack that gives a nod to 60’s Japanese New Wave movies like “Suna no Onna”.
The atmosphere is hauntingly claustrophobic, highly atmospheric and dense. These post apocalyptic dubs became the blueprint for Kiki Hitomi‘s LP “Karma No Kusari” on Jahtari.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHXvJVmyEg
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Kiki Hitomi painting the artwork for Roger Robinson’s “Dog Heart City” tape
all done with the water colors of our kid – that was five bucks well-spent! Final artwork looks very hypnotic in real size. Glasses can be taken off as well.
→ DOG HEART CITY → ROGER ROBINSON → KIKI HITOMI
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KIKI HITOMI
“Karma No Kusari”
JTRLP08
release date: 19.08.2016
LP vinyl (€16,99), digital
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Belt up for a mind-altering journey through time and space stopping by Japanese enka, 8-bit psychedelica and mutated digi dub on this genre-defying long player from King Midas Sound’s Kiki Hitomi and Jahtari bossman disrupt.
Set against an intergalactic backdrop of riddims and soundscapes “Karma No Kusari” (“Chain Of Karma”) unfolds piece by piece, with Kiki’s otherworldly tone of voice providing a ghostly atmosphere that is at times unsettling but always achingly beautiful.
This gritty disc of cosmic vintage pop – entirely done without a computer – includes compositions by Maffi, the mysterious Tapes plus a transmission from the immortal Space Ape. With stunning artwork by Kiki herself “Karma No Kusari” is indispensible for any true space cadet.
https://youtu.be/-MSQoFiUqqo
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Kiki Hitomi at the vinyl pressing plant
picking up the blue marbled vinyl edition of her LP “Karma No Kusari“. Watch out, Galaxy!
– 15. July 2016 –
→ KIKI HITOMI → KARMA NO KUSARI