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ICHI`s new single GO GAGAMBO has been receiving much airplay on BBC6music, XFM, Amazing Radio and Resonance FM. Recorded onto analogue 8-track tape and released on TOKI DOKI RECORDS opens with a universally recognisable mosquito hum, then proceeds with a catchy, familiar-sounding bass line, strummed out on a long, thin insect-like home-made instrument (Stilt-Bass), while the vocals are punk-like, small and high-pitched, in the language of the insect itself. It's a song about mistaken identity - (gagambo is an insect unfortunate enough to be mistaken as a big mosquito, resulting in probable death by angry clapping hands), and it is a clever blend of the familiar and the bizarre. ICHI`s simple concepts and playful presentation have universal appeal.

Go Gagambo

chaotic steel pan dub reggae punk blips beeps FUN!

Noshintoh (ICHI`S New Wave band from Nagoya, Japan)

ICHI has two self-releases under his ambient side-project named Flyhoop. These are analogue site-specific live recordings with a changing roster of collaborators, and when performed live it is to a backdrop of his cine film. 

Xeu Hua- FLYHOOP (ICHI`S other project)

Gua Feng (ICHI`s other project)

final track from ICHI`S first album recorded at home onto an analogue 8 track tape recorder

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

白黒猫の落花生 ICHI MONO

track 3 from ICHI`S 1st album recorded onto 8 track analogue tape machine

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

ひびわれぞら (HIBIWAREZOLA)- ICHI MONO

track 1 from ICHI`S 1st album recorded onto 8 track analogue tape machine

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

音の葉とんび - ICHI MONO

Track 10 from ICHI`s latest album MEMO

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

アヒルと水兵 (Duck & Sailor man) ICHI MEMO

track 6 from ICHI`s latest album MEMO

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

わっか (Ring) ICHI MEMO

Track one from ICHI`s latest album MEMO 

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

クラクション (Klaxon) ICHI MEMO

ICHI has been heavily involved in Nagoya`s exciting underground music scene for many years. This is Noshintoh, described by many as Nagoya`s treasure, described by others as hard-core -Japanese -Kung-fu -Dub - certainly nothing that could be pigeon-holed. They have been going for 20 years with a changing roster of musicians. Now down to five core members including ICHI, they have recently released there first studio album PAH! (sharing this song title). This is a demo for that album. If you ever get the chance to see them play live GO! You will be entertained on many levels.
http://www.reverbnation.com/nohshintoh

PAH! - NOSHINTOH (ICHI`S newwave band)

ICHI has been heavily involved in Nagoya`s exciting underground music scene for many years. This is Noshintoh, described by many as Nagoya`s treasure, described by others as hard-core-Japanese-Kung-fu-Dub - certainly nothing that could be pigeon-holed. They have been going for 20 years with a changing roster of musicians. Now down to five core members including ICHI, they have recently released their first studio album PAH! This is a demo for that album. If you ever get the chance to see them play live GO! You will be very entertained on many levels.
http://www.reverbnation.com/nohshintoh

INOCHI - Noshintoh (ICHI`s newwave band)

ICHI is a musician/inventor/artist from Nagoya in Japan. Heavily involved in the Nagoya underground scene and extremely driven to create, he is involved in many projects. Here is his new soundcloud page archiving his three main musical projects. You can hear tracks from his two solo albums MEMO (2010) and MONO (2005), tracks from his ambient-improvisation project FLYHOOP (2004), and tracks from his newwave band Noshintoh (2009). 

ICHI as a solo musician

ICHI, from Nagoya in Japan takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits, combining his handmade instrument inventions with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, tape-loops, xylophone, double bass and trumpet, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances. He's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of energy and innovation which inspires a cult following. To see ICHI live is to witness something so playful and unusual you get the feeling that you're experiencing something entirely new. It`s fun, it`s danceable, it`s exciting. His 2nd album Memo, recorded onto analogue 4-track tape recorder and released in Japan, combines the raucous energy of street music in west Africa, the pastoral reflectiveness of goat-herders, and the humour of monty python, and is driven with energy, quirkiness, and his playful manipulation of the mundane.

www.ichimemos.blogspot.com

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