8 Tracks: Of Minimal Music With Nisennenmondai

Tokyo group Nisennenmondai push the standard power trio guitar-bass-drums setup far beyond its accepted limits, into the realm of organic noise techno.
First starting out in 1999, their sound has evolved from Sonic Youth/This Heat-referencing no wave into something with much closer links to dance culture, for example their 2015 collaboration with Shackleton.
Released on On-U Sound, their new studio album #N/A sees the cult Japanese trio filtering their music through the mixing desk of legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood. It would be easy to draw parallels with Sherwood's other contributions to the 'metal dance' genre, namely his work with Einstürzende Neubauten, Ministry, Cabaret Voltaire and Nine Inch Nails.
To accompany the new album, the group have put together an 8 Tracks of their favourite minimal music for us. From Silver Apples to Steve Reich, get stuck in.
#N/A is out now on On-U Sound.
Minimal sequence, rhythm, only a few but very sinister sounds draw us into the music when we listen to it. I got to know about Sähkö Recordings in Finland through Ø’s album called Metri. I was digging some music on the label on YouTube and found this track randomly. I fell in love with it with the very first listen. I felt thrilled for the first time in a long time. (Takada)
Every time I listen, the high pitch sound that appears towards the end gets me.
It just makes me so excited every time. What an amazing track. (Himeno)
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