Kikagaku Moyo

Kumoyo Island

Guruguru Brain
29.95 €
icon/play-white
Backorder
Tax included, Shipping not included
In many ways Kumoyo Island represents the culmination of a journey for Kikagaku Moyo. While their decade-long career can be summarized as a series of kaleidoscopic explorations through lands and dimensions far and near, there’s a strong intention in each of their works to take the listener to a particular place, however real or abstract they may be. In that sense, the title and cover art for the band’s fifth and final album draws you into a magical mass of land surrounded by water—but the couch suggests that Kumoyo Island may not be a fleeting stop, but rather a place of respite, where one could pause and take it all in. Reconvening at Tsubame Studios in Asakusabashi, Tokyo, where their earliest material had been recorded, the five members of Kikagaku Moyo found new inspiration in a familiar and comfortable environment. With their adopted homebase of Amsterdam under lockdown and their touring activities halted due to the pandemic, the band felt a renewed sense of freedom being back in shitamachi, or the old downtown area of their hometown. With unrestricted time in the studio, they began to build upon the demos and song fragments they’d amassed since their last tour. In the 1.5 months spent in Tokyo, everything started to come together. “Monaka”, its name taken from a type of Japanese wafer sweets, takes melodic inspiration from traditional minyo folk styles, while “Yayoi Iyayoi” is a rare instance of the band singing in their native tongue, its evocative lyrics utilizing archaic words taken from old poetry and nature books found in one of the many secondhand bookstores of Tokyo. For “Meu Mar”, an Erasmos Carlos cover, the original Portuguese lyrics were translated into English, then to Japanese. Strangely enough, the words seem to conjure an image of the protagonist floating among the clouds, looking down upon Tokyo Bay. In fact, it may be possible to draw a parallel between the topography of the band’s home country—an island nation, surrounded by bodies of water—and the mysterious isle of Kumoyo. Are they one and the same? Has the band finally made it back home? It’s up to the listener to decide.

Share Article

Details

Genre

Disco / World / Cosmic / Asia

Release Date

02.09.2022

Cat No

GGB-028

Tracklist

Track 1
icon/play-white
Track 2
icon/play-white
Track 3
icon/play-white
Track 4
icon/play-white
Track 5
icon/play-white
Track 6
icon/play-white
Track 7
icon/play-white
Track 8
icon/play-white
Track 9
icon/play-white
Track 10
icon/play-white
Track 11
icon/play-white
Wave
12"
Kikagaku Moyo
0.00 €
Forest Of Lost Children Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
12"
Kikagaku Moyo
0.00 €
Forest Of Lost Children Guruguru Brain
World
icon/play-white
LP
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Mammatus Clouds Guruguru Brain
Backorder
World
LP
icon/play-white
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Mammatus Clouds Guruguru Brain
Wave
icon/play-white
LP
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Stone Garden Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Stone Garden Guruguru Brain
Wave
icon/play-white
LP
Kikagaku Moyo
27.95 €
Kikagaku Moyo Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
Kikagaku Moyo
27.95 €
Kikagaku Moyo Guruguru Brain
Jazz
icon/play-white
LP
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
House In The Tall Grass Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Jazz
LP
icon/play-white
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
House In The Tall Grass Guruguru Brain
Wave
icon/play-white
LP
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Masana Temples Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
Kikagaku Moyo
24.95 €
Masana Temples Guruguru Brain
Asia
icon/play-white
LP
Lair
30.95 €
Ngelar Guruguru Brain
Backorder
World
LP
icon/play-white
Lair
30.95 €
Ngelar Guruguru Brain
Psychedelic
icon/play-white
LP
Mong Tong
27.95 €
Mystery Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
Mong Tong
27.95 €
Mystery Guruguru Brain
Asia
icon/play-white
LP
Mong Tong 夢東
28.95 €
Tao Fire 道火 Guruguru Brain
Add To Cart
World
LP
icon/play-white
Mong Tong 夢東
28.95 €
Tao Fire 道火 Guruguru Brain
Wave
icon/play-white
LP
Maya Ongaku
27.95 €
Approach To Anima Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
Maya Ongaku
27.95 €
Approach To Anima Guruguru Brain
Wave
12"
Kikagaku Moyo
0.00 €
Forest Of Lost Children Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
12"
Kikagaku Moyo
0.00 €
Forest Of Lost Children Guruguru Brain
Kraut Rock
icon/play-white
12"
Minami Deutsch
29.95 €
Fortune Goodies Guruguru Brain
Backorder
Electronica
12"
icon/play-white
Minami Deutsch
29.95 €
Fortune Goodies Guruguru Brain
Industrial
icon/play-white
12“
Ed Rain
23.95 €
Met him on a Wednesday Malka Tuti
Backorder
Electronica
12“
icon/play-white
Ed Rain
23.95 €
Met him on a Wednesday Malka Tuti
Electronica
icon/play-white
2-LP
Various
30.95 €
Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 3 Compost
Backorder
2-LP
icon/play-white
Various
30.95 €
Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 3 Compost
SloMo House
icon/play-white
EP
Lorenzo Fortino
11.95 €
Ambizione Estrema Futop Musica
Add To Cart
House
EP
icon/play-white
Lorenzo Fortino
11.95 €
Ambizione Estrema Futop Musica
Transcultured
icon/play-white
LP
Jinjé & A Brief Utopia
25.95 €
We Invisible Cult Measures
Backorder
World
LP
icon/play-white
Jinjé & A Brief Utopia
25.95 €
We Invisible Cult Measures
Transcultured
12“
Nephews Of Phela
15.00 €
Mulah 2 / Uhuru Mash Up Not On Label
Backorder
World
12“
Nephews Of Phela
15.00 €
Mulah 2 / Uhuru Mash Up Not On Label
Transcultured
icon/play-white
LP
Saagara
25.95 €
3 Glittebeat
Backorder
World
LP
icon/play-white
Saagara
25.95 €
3 Glittebeat