Melt-Banana LIVE in Karlsruhe
(Thursday) November 24, 2016 - 20:00
Alte Hackerei - Alter Schlachthof 11a (Map)
3 people attended
DESCRIPTION
MELT-BANANA is a band based in Tokyo Japan, by YAKO (vo.) and AGATA (g.).
So far, they released 7 studio recording albums, 2 live albums, and 2 single compilation albums. They have been performing together for about 20 years, and their range of work is pretty wide.
They seem to be in so called underground scene in japan such as noise music scene or hard-core scene, and at the same time, they also played shows as support act for the Wire, Mr.Bungle, Fantomas, Tool, MGMT etc. , or, they took part in a festival curated by Mr.Lou Reed at Opera House in Sydney, or they have friendship with various artists like Mike Patton, Shellac, Wire, Mogwai, Karl Hyde of Underworld etc ... it is almost kind of unidentified and quite bizarre for me.
Once they had been performing shows as 4 piece band, now they are performing as 2 piece band using PC, and they are keeping energetic activities not only in Japan but also abroad.
Last year, they released a single compilation album Return of 13 Hedgehogs which contains their 13 singles from 2000 to 2009, and they toured in USA for 5 months as they released it. During the tour, they took part in Eaux Claires Fes (USA) curated by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, and Maryland Death Fest (USA). In Japan, they wrote a song for a Japanese animation called Ninja Slayer . It seems that they are still expanding their range.
This year, they were toruing in USA in spring with Napalm Death and the Melvins, played the Raw Power Festival
(UK) and Obscene Extreme Festival (Czech).
In Winter 2016 the will return to Europe for a short tour in Germany, France, Austria.
You cannot just listen to Melt-Banana; you must experience Melt-Banana!
Booking: www.truemmerbooking.de
