My OperaPhew Pack
Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:20:34 PM
Here we have the Aunt Sally album + Phew's 1st solo release, the single "Shūkyoku (Finale)".
Now 1st of all lets clarify that I am not talking about the Aunt Sally of Aunt Sally's Original Creole Pralines. (Although I HIGHLY recommend them
), nor am I speaking of the political idiom or the traditional British throwing game.
I speak of none other than the band that in many respects led the way for Japan's No Wave music scene at the dawn of the 1980's. Aunt Sally, fronted by experimental/nihilistic/avant-garde vocalist and musician Phew, was a high school band that had an idiosyncratic presence in the local Kansai Osaka area punk/new wave scene. After the band's brief lifespan, Phew went solo and released several albums as well as many compilations and collaborative works with such influential figures as members of Germany's über-krautrockers CAN, DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, Otomo Yoshihide, the Boredoms’ Seiichi Yamamoto, and many others. Her other projects include Novo Tono, Phew Unit, Blind Light, Most, and Big Picture. For a time she also ran her own independent music label, ALIDA.
Phew has often been called the Japanese Patti Smith or the Japanese Nico but such comparisons fall short for she is very much her own unique thing. Phew is 100% Phew (who is indeed Japanese yes).
Phew
Aunt Sally's self titled LP, released in 1979 on the wondrous Vanity label, consists of a kind of experimental rock/waltz/tango fusion, with literary lyrics.
Phew made her solo debut in 1980 with Shūkyoku (Finale), a warped electronic experiment done with assistance from Ryūichi Sakamoto.
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Now 1st of all lets clarify that I am not talking about the Aunt Sally of Aunt Sally's Original Creole Pralines. (Although I HIGHLY recommend them
), nor am I speaking of the political idiom or the traditional British throwing game.I speak of none other than the band that in many respects led the way for Japan's No Wave music scene at the dawn of the 1980's. Aunt Sally, fronted by experimental/nihilistic/avant-garde vocalist and musician Phew, was a high school band that had an idiosyncratic presence in the local Kansai Osaka area punk/new wave scene. After the band's brief lifespan, Phew went solo and released several albums as well as many compilations and collaborative works with such influential figures as members of Germany's über-krautrockers CAN, DAF and Einstürzende Neubauten, Anton Fier, Bill Laswell, Otomo Yoshihide, the Boredoms’ Seiichi Yamamoto, and many others. Her other projects include Novo Tono, Phew Unit, Blind Light, Most, and Big Picture. For a time she also ran her own independent music label, ALIDA.
Phew has often been called the Japanese Patti Smith or the Japanese Nico but such comparisons fall short for she is very much her own unique thing. Phew is 100% Phew (who is indeed Japanese yes).
PhewAunt Sally's self titled LP, released in 1979 on the wondrous Vanity label, consists of a kind of experimental rock/waltz/tango fusion, with literary lyrics.
Phew made her solo debut in 1980 with Shūkyoku (Finale), a warped electronic experiment done with assistance from Ryūichi Sakamoto.
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AzathothAzaroth # Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:24:06 PM