Saya (Tenniscoats)
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Cafe Oto
18 - 22 Ashwin street
Dalston, London, E8 3DL
£5
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/28621
Saya, vocalist and primary songwriter for Japan's Tenniscoats touches down in London for a rare solo spot to open Dalston's latest live performance space CAFE OTO with a set of inspired psychedelic avant-pop.
Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective consciousness, matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs. As Johan Berthling of Swedish trio Tape commented:
"Their starting point is pop songs, but with a staggeringly free approach: psychedelic folk tunes, complex instrumentals and short pop jewels side by side, everything is possible. A song can be performed in a myriad ways. Their interplay is angular and at the same time the most sensitive one has heard. A feeling of a music that constantly goes on, whether Saya and Ueno are on stage or not. A music free of pretensions, but urgent as few things I have heard."
Saya is one of the key figures in the tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic/Domino) and Deerhoof's Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the japanese onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. These follow last year's two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. 'Lets meet very much' for the Australian ROOM40 label) and Tan-Tan Therapy (for Häpna in Sweden).
Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats' guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo's outer suburbs.
"Innocence without the sweetness that sometimes puts people off of twee-pop, hearkening back instead to the ramshackle psychedelic sing-song of the Red Krayola... well worth checking out." pitchforkmedia.com
ABOUT CAFE OTO
Cafe OTO is a venue based in Dalston, London presenting the most innovative artists working today with a particular focus on new music. The venue's aim is to support and foster a vibrant creative community rooted in their local surroundings whilst embracing the best new music and art from the U.K. and abroad.
Cafe OTO (meaning noise/sound/music in Japanese) comprises of one large café/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music, films, talks and discussions. Based on the ground floor of an old warehouse on Ashwin Street in Dalston the venue opens in April 2008.
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