Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Les Rallizes Denudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family

Les Rallizes Dénudés - Heavier Than a Death in the Family

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I completely hated radio, that is, until I started listening to KGNU this year. KGNU is a community radio station here in Boulder - all volunteer, no ads, radical and leftist political shows, and fucking amazing music. A couple of nights ago they played an hour long set of Les Rallizes Denudés, it's the craziest and greatest thing I've ever heard on a radio station.

Les Rallizes Denudés are an influential, yet reclusive Japanese psychedelic noise band. They were formed in 1967, and the band was known for their ties to avant-garde theater groups (as typified by Shuji Terayama's troupe) and leftist political groups, as well as for their feedback-drenched live shows and use of strobe lights and mirror balls onstage, which earned them comparisons to the Velvet Underground. Most of their albums that have been released are in very limited editions. You will only find them on a few internet blogs (like mine), hardcore record collectors in Japan, and a few U.S. radio stations, I guess. The band's style is typified by simple, repeated bass lines and shrieking guitar feedback.

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