Second studio album from Japan’s Kikagaku Moyo, originally released in 2014, blending psychedelic rock, folk, and prog.
The band recorded its six tracks at Tokyo’s Tsubame Studio, including “Smoke and Mirrors” and the eight-minute closer “White Moon.”
Includes a cover of Ananda Shankar’s “Streets of Calcutta,” reflecting the band’s interest in Indian psychedelic music.
For fans of: Dungen, Minami Deutsch, and the psychedelic side of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
Kikagaku Moyo here sound anything but lost, their child-like wonder manifested in a confident, courageous exploration of sound. Labels – psychedelic, folk, prog-rock, psychedelic-folk-mixed-with-prog-rock – do little to accurately reflect the spectrum of influences on display, let alone the more impactful realization of completeness in Kikagaku Moyo’s songs.
Kikagaku Moyo started in the summer of 2012 busking on the streetsof Tokyo. Though the band started as a free musiccollective, it quickly evolved into a tight group of multi-instrumentalists. Kikagaku Moyo call their sound psychedelicic because it encompasses a broad spectrum of influence. Their music incorporates elements of classical Indian music, Krautrock, Traditional Folk, and 70s Rock. 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.
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