the official MORTAR RECORD Sound Cloud
MORTAR RECORD is an independent record
this label "CDR ONLY LABEL" 

Slag Team 2.0: Reboot! is a continuation of The Yorokobi Slag Team Circus. For more on the award-winning former act read below. Slag Team 2.0: Reboot! are currently located in Hong Kong and Japan, and use either the power of the interweb and sites such as facetube, or carrier pigeons trained to handle the weight of analogue recording tape, to facilitate the songwriting and recording process.

More on The Yorokobi Slag Team Circus - When veteran documentary film maker Moses Moncola arrived in northern Japan in the early 90s little did he know of the musical direction that his career would come to take. He first gained acclaim with the award winning (Television Kwik magazine best documentary 1987) "Gothenburg - all for one, one for all", a film documenting rural farming communities around Gothenburg that' "defied the viewer not to shed tears at it scenes of rustic ambience" (K.Macaskill, Vantage magazine). Following the success of this his next project "Obanazawa - this one's on you baby!" was to document daikon and renkon farming around the Obanazawa region of Yamagata prefecture, northern Japan. After taking residence in Yamagata Moncola found himself drawn to exploring the diverse local culture, in particular, the vibrant karaoke scene. It was here that he met Tony Handsome, recent winner, with karaoke partner Koree Badwill, of the Tohoku karaoke championship, for their rendition of the Tag Team's "Whoomp there it is!". Having blown much of the budget of "Obanazawa - this one's on you nany!" at karaoke parlours Moncola realised he had to downscale his documentary ambitions. Deciding to abandon the "Obanazawa" project temporarily, Moncola commenced shooting "Whoomp there it was", a film intended to document the karaoke success of Handsome and Badwill. After 18 months of filming initial footage, Handsome, himself a talented budding guitarist, convinced Moncola to try his hand at bass guitar for a musical project he was starting. Instantly the playing styles of the pair clicked, and the loss to the documentary and karaoke industries became the gain of the music industry. Spending 6 months in a mountaintop buddhist monastry cultivating their musical talents they emerged as the funk-punk-blues version of Lennon and McCartney. Taking the name Slag Team, in honour of the still pending documentary concerning Handsome's karaoke exploits covering Tag team, the pair tentatively emerged as a musical force. The line was not complete however. A chance meeting with Canadian author, playwright and soul singer C.D. Liscious, who at the time was touring her play "The cornfields don't have eyes" around Japanese arthouses added a further member to the ensemble. Liscious's range of soulful vocal expression and instrumental adaptability perfectly complemented the raw power of Handsome and Moncola. Still this did not complete the line-up. Yamagata imports and exports entrepeneur and local musical legend Abe Ajinomoto completed the line up. With an unearthly visionary command of any instrument Abe provided the final piece of the jigsaw, broadening the scope and horizon of the music. now the line up was complete, readly to revolutionize the ears of all who listen. After gaining success in the 2005 Vodafone "Lock on Rock" campaign with crowd favourite "Dare ha sexy?", the Slag Team are here to illuminate you. V. Smitherson-Mubs, 2006 (weeping into his laptop).

Members:
Tony Handsome - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Programming, Production, Swimming, Wrestling, Propaganda, Propaganda, Propaganda.
Moses Moncola - Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Wadaiko, Sanshin, Production, Skipping, Hula-Hooping, Propaganda, Propaganda, Propaganda.

Sounds Like:
A strong sexy time!
Record Label:
Sexy Records

Followers of モルタルレコード