#N/A (Nisennenmondai with Adrian Sherwood): 2CD

‘#N/A’ (literally, Nisennenmondai with Adrian Sherwood) is a new studio album which sees cult Japanese trio Nisennenmondai filtering their epic motorik jams through the mixing desk of the legendary dub producer.

Nisennenmondai are three girls from Tokyo, Sayaka Himeno (drums), Yuri Zaikawa (bass) and Masako Takada (guitar), who have been playing instrumental music together since 1999. From their initial beginnings as a noisy no wave band openly referencing influences such as Sonic Youth, DNA and This Heat, they have since honed and streamlined their sound into a more minimalistic pulse with an emphasis on the hypnotic possibilities of repetition, creating a sound that can be likened to ‘organic techno’.

Recording their new album with Sherwood has resulted in the band sounding bigger than ever before, with a greater emphasis on small rhythmic details and subtle dub touches, reminiscent in places of the classic Basic Channel sound.

This international edition of the album includes two bonus ‘live dub mixes’. Whilst Adrian showed considerable restraint in his production job on the studio album, on a subsequent live date at Tokyo’s Unit club he was recorded deploying a wild array of FX tricks, dropping in splashes of cavernous reverb and space echo delay to the performance of two pieces from the band’s previous album ‘N’.

Tracklisting

‘#N/A’
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5

Nisennenmondai At Unit,
Tokyo, 18 April 2015,
Live Dub Mix By Adrian
Sherwood A’ (live in dub)
B-1’ (live in dub)